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Panel Discussion International Trends in AI Safety and Governance

With the proliferation of generative AI, discussions on the safety of AI are unfolding domestically and internationally. However, there are various types of discussions on “safety,” and corresponding measures. Moreover, what is considered “safe” or what threats and risks are emphasized can differ depending on the situation and context in each country. While AI Safety Institutes have been established in the UK, US, Japan and to be established in other countries, grasping the types of “safety” specific to Japan and its corresponding measures will become increasingly important as a foundation for future international cooperation.

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Zoom Webinar
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 10:00-12:00 JST

Lecture (Prof. Andrew GORDON) Bringing Dark Heritage to Light: Monuments to Wartime Foreign Laborers in Japan

Prof. Gordon will consider two meanings of “dark” in relation to history and heritage. First, the commemoration of shameful or tragic episodes in history. Second, the existence of little known and in some cases nearly hidden monuments which seek to commemorate this history. He will focus on a few among the surprisingly numerous monuments erected in Japan since the 1960s to mark the sites of coerced foreign labor and mourn the deaths of the laborers.

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Zoom Webinar
Friday, 26 April 2024, 14:00-15:30 JST

BLOG Behind the Scenes with UT7 and Tokyo College (Part. 1 of 2)

Along with many other curiosities about which we asked, some remarks were sadly only captured by our ears as the interviews had ended and the camera was already packed up. So now, we thought that we might offer some more of these behind-the-scenes moments from our individual interviews with UT7 professors that we conducted throughout the months of October and November.

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LI Chunyan, Laur KIIK, Cintia KOZONOI VEZZANI
2024.1.23

BLOG Behind the Scenes with UT7 and Tokyo College (Part. 2 of 2)

Along with many other curiosities about which we asked, some remarks were sadly only captured by our ears as the interviews had ended and the camera was already packed up. So now, we thought that we might offer some more of these behind-the-scenes moments from our individual interviews with UT7 professors that we conducted throughout the months of October and November.

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LI Chunyan, Laur KIIK, Cintia KOZONOI VEZZANI
2024.1.23

ABOUT US Our principle theme “The Earth and Human Society in 2050”

Tokyo College aims to generate new knowledge to contribute to the creation of an inclusive society and spark deeper public engagement with the University.

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Behind the Scenes with UT7 and Tokyo College (Part. 2 of 2)

2024.01.23
Tokyo College Blog

By LI Chunyan, Laur KIIK, Cintia KOZONOI VEZZANI Continuing from Part 1. of Behind the Scenes with UT7 and Tokyo College. Dialogue 5 Speaker IGARASHI Kiyohiko (Professor, Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and…

Rethinking Learning for Sustainable Futures

2023.11.17
Tokyo College Blog

Authors: Trent Brown, Kaori Mita, Jesse Rafeiro, Laur Kiik, Cecilia Grandi-Nagashiro The global sustainability challenge requires processes of collective learning. In short, we, as a species, need to learn to do things differently. But are dominant…

Creating Feminist Spaces in Academia

2023.09.25
Shannon WELCH

  The word feminism is extremely difficult to define because it has been theorized, discussed, and practiced in many different ways. I’ve also learned since coming to Japan that “feminism” can be equally as hard to…

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