In this interview, Tokyo College Ushioda Fellow Alastair Morgan will share with the audience some fascinating insights on three decades as a British diplomat. Retired in 2019, Alastair Morgan spent his diplomatic postings in Asia, namely Tokyo, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Pyongyang. What was his life like as a British diplomat? What were the challenges he faced in his various postings? ...

In-Person Event
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

In 2024 the UNESCO World Heritage Committee listed the gold mines on Sado island as world heritage sites with significantly less controversy than in 2015, when the cluster of Meiji Era Industrial Revolution sites, mainly in Kyushu, were listed....

Zoom Webinar
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The marriages between America and its Japanese and European allies were never easy, but all sides gained from them. Now that America has turned hostile to us both, Japan and Europe share a predicament: we cannot live entirely independently of America, but nor can we trust it. ...

In-Person Event
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

It’s my pleasure to introduce a new blog series linked to the Deep Interdisciplinarity reading group at Tokyo College. For the last year, we have been meeting every month to discuss foundational questions about research methods and the future of academic scholarship. In this series, we will share insights gained from these discussions, from our readings, and from our own scholarly practice. It will also be a place where colleagues from across Tokyo College and beyond can also communicate their thoughts on the same themes....

Cintia Kozonoi Vezzani
May 7, 2025

Tokyo College is an organization like no other. Founded in 2019 to serve as an interface between the University of Tokyo and overseas researchers and research institutions, our core philosophy centers around the “Joy of Discovery and Power of Knowledge.”