Established in 1991, the UCLA Terasaki Center has been a platform for research on Japan. Our distinguished faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and the board of advisors have been contributing to the field of Japanese studies for over 20 years.

Faculty Board of Advisors Chair in US-Japan Relations Postdoctoral Fellows Alumni

Students Visitors Staff Supporters Dr. Paul I. Terasaki

The Terasaki Center sponsors a vast array of events throughout the year. With its colloquium series, the Center brings academics from diverse fields to UCLA each year. Special workshops and annual conferences bring leading scholars to discuss topics relating to Japan.

Center News Annual Newsletter

Center Events Community Events Past Events

The Center is proud to support our faculty, current and prospective students, and the local community through a variety of grants and fellowships.

Internal Funding
Learn more and apply for Center funding here.

External Funding
Funding sources in this section are not administered by the Center.

Center programs were established with strong support from the local community to promote research and instruction in Japanese studies, with a recent focus on the profound transformations unfolding in contemporary Japanese society.

UCLA Japanese Studies
Programs by Faculty and Students

Global Japan Initiative
Understanding Japan/Japanese culture within a global context.

The Terasaki Center is actively expanding support for faculty and graduate students, building relationships with other universities as well as Japan and Japanese Studies related organizations, and enhancing its role in the community.

Mission & History
Digital Archive

Global Hub
The Center is dedicated to connecting Japanese communities around the world with those engaged in the study of Japan and the Japanese.

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global japan initiative Understanding Japan/Japanese
culture within a global context

Yusuke Tsugawa

Associate Director; Professor, Medicine and Health Policy; Albert F. Parlow–David H. Solomon Chair for the UCLA Program on Aging
ytsugawa@mednet.ucla.edu

Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, MPH, PhD, is Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at UCLA, Director of the UCLA Department of Medicine Data Core, and Associate Director of the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. Dr. Tsugawa holds Albert F. Parlow–David H. Solomon Chair for the UCLA Program on Aging. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA, he was a health specialist at the World Bank. Dr. Tsugawa received his PhD in Health Policy (Statistics) from Harvard University, his MPH from Harvard School of Public Health, and his MD from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Japan. Dr. Tsugawa is an expert in “causal AI,” advancing the science of personalized treatment effect assessment by combining robust causal inference methods with AI. His research also focuses on the variation in quality and costs of care across individual physicians and its determinants.