Caroline S. Hau (Cultural Studies)
In my childhood during the 1970s, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriages called kalesas were ubiquitous in Manila’s Chinatown. They brought denizens to and from school, the movie house, restaurant, clinic, store, church, and temple. Their cousin, the spacious karitela, transported goods in bulk from the markets of …
Newsletter No.83
Interview with Professor Patricio N. Abinales
My research project is about everyday forms of authoritarianism as these were enforced in the University of the Philippines (UP) during the 15-year dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. …
On May 26, 2025, a special lecture was held at the Inamori Center at Kyoto University, featuring former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. …
Tomohiro Machikita (Labor Economics and Industrial Development)
Increasing numbers of stores are installing self-checkouts recently. The customer places the basket with the goods on one side of the self-checkout and hangs a shopping bag on the hooks on the other side. The barcode …
Research division and affiliation: Environmental Coexistence, Research Associate
PhD, Materials and Informatics
Research areas: Computer Science, AI and Machine Learning, Digital Healthcare, Smart Agriculture, Environmental Monitoring
Mingalaba! (That’s “hello” in Burmese!) I am Ye Htet from Myanmar …
Hiroshi Ishii (Maritime Archaeology, Modern Conflict Archaeology)
Chuuk is a state of the present-day Federated States of Micronesia. As one of …
Nathan Badenoch (Linguistics)
Living in Japan, your surroundings talk to you—along the Kamo River, in the local Lawson, walking up to Yoshida Shrine, or on the 205 bus—through onomatope, or onomatopoeia. …
Associate Professor, Division of Social Coexistence Studies
PhD in Religion
I always wanted to become an orientalist, and to engage with a wide range of materials in different languages. …
Mario Lopez (Anthropology)
On February 22, 2025, Emeritus Professor Shimizu Hiromu passed away. An anthropologist and eminent expert on the Philippines, …