Programs & Projects

Research Projects

Constitutional Revision Research Project was formed in 2005 to examine constitutionalism in Japan, with a particular focus on the current initiative to revise the postwar constitution. The Project hosts several meetings throughout the academic year to analyze and discuss the issues involved in constitutional revision, especially those connected with concepts of national and ethnic identity, women's social participation, the emperor and imperial succession, national defense, and the issues of religion and state.

Cool Japan: Media, Technology, Culture Research Project, jointly supported by the Reischauer Institute and the MIT Japan Program, examines the transnational character of "cool Japan" and its increasing influence overseas.