http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan Facilitate cutting-edge research about Japan at UCLA en-us Shigeru Nakayama, a historian of science, joins UCLA as the fifth Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=98312Adrian Favell, UCLA professor of sociology, speaks in Yokohama, Japan at the opening of The ECHO: JAPAN NEXT, a contemporary art exhibit held at ZAIM as part of the third Yokohama Triennale. http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=98535On leave from Arizona State University, Aaron Moore will conduct research and teach about the relationships between technology, modernity, and empire.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=98008The Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies announces two new appointments for the '08-'09 academic year.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=93896Historian Yoshikuni Igarashi explains how two celebrated Japanese comic book characters embodied the hopes and fears of Japan's postwar middle class.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=92609Terasaki Chair Thomas Rimer discusses the beginnings of Western classical music in Japan and the life of Japan's first well-known composer.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=91938Japanese politics expert Megumi Naoi explains the relationship between Japanese politicians and interest groups.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=90692Kimono stylist Nobuaki Tomita explains the kimono-making process, while showcasing his work and discussing the traditional Japanese costume's history.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=89934Northern Illinois University's John R. Bentley pokes holes in the view that 'Sendai Kuji Hongi' ('Kujiki') is a derivative historical text.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=89412Brandeis University's Matthew Fraleigh explains how the 'shishi' passed on Chinese poetic traditions by reinventing the poem "The Song of the Righteous Spirit."http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=87670