The Japan Foundation has published this video series on the Japan Studies scholars who have received fellowships from their grant programs. They talk about their passions for Japan Studies and discuss what motivated them to focus on Japan for their academic careers.

Our own Dr. Robin Kietlinski is one of the featured scholars in this series.

See the rest of the videos here:

• Why Study Japan: Research Treasure Hunting, Part 1
  
• Why Study Japan: Research Treasure Hunting, Part 2
  
• Why Study Japan: How Schools Can Improve Their Japanese Studies Program
  
• Why Study Japan: What can you do with a degree in Japanese Studies?
  
• Why Study Japan: The Future of Japanese Studies
  
• Why Study Japan: Why Japanese Studies?
  
• Why Study Japan: Japanese Studies & Global Society
  
• Why Study Japan: My Path to Japanese Studies, Part 1
  
• Why Study Japan: Japanese Studies & The Environment
  
• Why Study Japan: My Path to Japanese Studies, Part 2
  
• Why Study Japan: Japanese Studies & Contemporary Culture
  
• Why Study Japan: Japanese Studies & Pre-modern History and Literature