Japan

China and Japan remain miles apart on uninhabited islesAt MIT event, diplomats and scholars reinforce high stakes, lack of progress on Asian territorial dispute.

Advice for nations pursuing nuclear powerLady Barbara Judge delivers 12th Rose Lecture

Sizing up Japan, after the disasterMIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.

Why are Japanese cartoons a global hit?MIT scholar’s new book heralds ‘creative collaboration’ with the masses as the key to anime’s worldwide popularity.

MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative focuses on reconstructionA series of focused efforts in disaster resiliency

Confronting global disasters from afarCreative responses to devastation

Unique languages, universal patternsMIT linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese, and other surprising convergences between far-flung tongues.

MIT delegation attends Singaporean university’s groundbreakingFive-day, three-nation Asian trip includes meetings with Institute friends and collaborators.

Commemorating 20 years of the JR East Professorship

Learning the lessons of FukushimaJapan’s nuclear meltdowns provide valuable lessons for the design of future nuclear powerplants.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for July/August 2011.

In Profile: Kenneth OyeA political scientist aims to help governments assess the potential risks of new technologies.

Inside the innards of a nuclear reactorTiny robots may monitor underground pipes for radioactive leaks.

Pedro Reis, of CEE and MechE, attends NAE's Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for June 2011

Explained: Measuring earthquakesHow do scientists measure jolts such as the recent disaster in Japan? Hint: They don’t use the Richter scale.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for April 2011

Japan’s supply chain ripple effectsMIT researchers assess how the crisis has affected the flow of goods to and from the island nation.

CANES symposium on 'Nuclear Energy in 2050'Considering nuclear power research and development in the upcoming decades.

iRobot to the rescueCSAIL spinoff sends robotic aid to Japan

Explained: rad, rem, sieverts, becquerelsA guide to terminology about radiation exposure

Seeing through the cracksIn the wake of Japan’s largest earthquake, MIT scientists look for geological clues to explain its devastating magnitude

The nuclear crisis and Japan’s governmentAt MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.

What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactorsPanel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

In wake of Japan disaster, MIT community mobilizes for events, fundraising