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Japan Center<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The UT Japan Center connects research, education, and public engagement to advance U.S.\u2013Japan collaboration across disciplines. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The UT Japan Center is a transdisciplinary hub for Japan Studies and U.S.\u2013Japan relations, advancing research, professional development, and public engagement to strengthen UT\u2019s global profile and Tennessee\u2019s economic ties, with Japan as the state\u2019s largest foreign investor. Tennessee currently hosts more than 200 Japanese companies, representing more than $22 billion in investment and employing more than 63,000 Tennesseans. Launched with funding from the Japan Foundation and UT support, the Center aims to support partnerships and offer trainings, consultation, and events. The Center builds on UT\u2019s existing strengths, including a vibrant community of faculty and administrators engaged in Japan-related work, as well as hundreds of students engaged in Japan-related programs of study. The Center\u2019s work is organized around three pillars: transdisciplinary research, professional development and student mobility, and public engagement and economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wide variety of Japan-related events and programs are available to the University of Tennessee and the surrounding community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Center pursues groundbreaking research across Japan-related themes, including foodways, aging and care, and sports and society <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partners locally, state-wide, nationally, and internationally enhance the Center’s cutting-edge work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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