Join some of the greatest experts on Japan to discuss the future of this island nation. This coming Sunday (May 15, starting 10am), sees a unique event at the Yokohama campus of Meiji Gakuin University and online via Zoom, called THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME, marking the international departmen's ten years of teaching global and transcultural...
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