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“I don’t want you to leave…” said my friend sadly on the day that I left. With painful reluctance, I requested a ride through the rideshare app Snapp and left behind my heart as I headed…

Aging is a life-long process that takes place on both the biological and social levels. As a result, we should approach aging as a new normal to which we must adapt rather than a problem to…

This blog post was created as part of the “zengaku zemi” seminar “Towards an Inclusive Society: An Introduction to Disability Studies” offered at the University of Tokyo during the 2022-2023 academic year. In this course, undergraduate…

On 2022 July 23rd, the Human Security Program (HSP) at the University of Tokyo Komaba and the University of Essex opened a Human Rights Colloquium.[1] The event marked the start of research cooperation and student exchange…

We conducted a farewell interview with Dr. Eureka FOONG, a Postdoctoral Fellow who graduated from Tokyo College in July. Could you recap your activities and achievements at TC for us? Since my first interview, I’m proud…

As both a historian of disability and an accessibility consultant living and working in Japan today, I am often asked my thoughts about the future of inclusive higher education. What can stakeholders in universities do to…

In this blog series, we interview new members of Tokyo College. For this entry, we spoke with Dr. Laur KIIK, a Postdoctoral Fellow who joined us this April. Welcome to Tokyo College! Could you tell us…

This blog post was created as part of the “zengaku zemi” seminar “Life and Language in the 21st Century” offered at the University of Tokyo during the 2021-2022 academic year. In this course, undergraduate students from…

This month, Tokyo College welcomed its fourth academic year since its founding in February of 2019. As I noted in the blog titled “Graduate No. 1” from this past February, Tokyo College has grown steadily over…