Entertainment·4th June 2019Lifelines: The woodcuts of Naoko Matsubara at the Ashmolean Ella Johnson “I like to dance when I am cutting into the woodblock images of dancers. I feel that I am doing... Read More
Culture·14th December 2018Useful emptiness: conceptualisation of space in Japanese art Tess Eastgate The importance of free time and calm spaces has been frequently emphasised in recent times, often against the backdrop of... Read More
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Features·20th November 2016China and Japan – a Student’s Perspective Scott Harker Over the summer, I was given the opportunity to visit both China and Japan, as a first-time visitor in both... Read More
FeaturesNews·4th November 2016‘Where Diversity Meets Learning’ – Reporting from HLAB 2016 Scott Harker and Sam Sykes Towards the end of Trinity term 2016, the two of us received a slightly strange email to the OxStu Editor... Read More
FeaturesNews·7th October 2016Resilience in Japan: Reflections from Onagawa Sam Sykes On the 11th March 2011 at 14:46 JST, an earthquake struck Japan off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, in... Read More
Features·18th January 2016Feminism, Japan and Me Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe In a bid to put my English degree to good use and rekindle my love affair with East Asia, in... Read More
Features·22nd October 2015Ten Reasons to Visit Japan in the Winter Yuki Numata If you’ve ever been to Japan, you might have noticed that the country places a strong emphasis on its four... Read More
Entertainment·2nd May 2014Review: Surviving Tsunami at the Pitt Beth Hibbert This weekend the Pitt Rivers Museum’s most recent special exhibition, Surviving Tsunami, has closed. The exhibition featured visual material from an on-going... Read More
CommentFeaturesInternational Issues·17th January 2019Japan’s decision to recommence whaling is perhaps not such a bad thing James Ashworth Late last year, the Japanese government’s chief spokesperson announced that the country will restart its commercial whaling program in July... Read More
Profile·17th November 2018A catch up with MissHanake about growing up with YouTube and turning a passion for Japanese into a degree at Oxford Francesca Whitfield Image Credit: Hannah Kentridge Hannah Kentridge is a 21-year-old, 4th year undergraduate at Pembroke College, Oxford, studying Oriental Studies and... Read More
Features·4th October 2018My experience in a Japanese capsule hotel James Ashworth The infamous capsule hotel. Everyone’s heard of those little pods into which people cram themselves in an effort to save... Read More
Features·30th November 2016Japanophilia, Japanophobia: Considering the Experience of Cultural Difference in Japan Sam Sykes Noise, light, energy. The skyscrapers shimmer with neon and exuberant sky-high manga figures; the streets resound with the cheerful... Read More
Comment·20th November 2016Nuclear Weapons: Learning from the Past Mayu Noda In politics, human life ironically seems to be of little interest; the response of the USA and Japan to the... Read More
Features·13th October 2016A People Ebbs – The Demographic Trials and Tribulations of Japan Scott Harker When I arrived in the far northern Japanese town of Teshio, I was initially struck by two things: one was... Read More
Entertainment·13th February 2016One-Punch Man: The first postmodern anime? James Riding If you grew up some time between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, chances are you remember watching a particular... Read More
Features·25th October 2015Individualism and pack mentality: one gobby Geordie’s journey to Japan Beth Lambert There is a popular phrase in Japan called “the nail that sticks out its head gets hammered”, a mantra enforcing... Read More
Entertainment·2nd March 2015Preview: ‘As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams’- Crossing into a fairytale “Think of all the tales you’re going to discover…” Arriving on the B-T stage this 7th week is ‘As I... Read More