Japanese Studies

York students win top prizes at Ontario Japanese Speech Contest

The 41st annual Ontario Japanese Speech Contest (OJSC), where six York undergraduates secured podium positions, was held at the University of Toronto on March 4 and marked the first time that the event returned in person since 2020. In total, eight students from the Japanese Studies Program, in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) at the […]

York students victorious at National Japanese Speech Contest

York students from the Japanese Studies Program in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) garnered top prizes at the 34th Canadian National Japanese Speech Contest (NJSC). NJSC contestants, who are the first-prize winners in each category of the year’s respective provincial Japanese speech contests, travelled from all […]

York students make their mark at Ontario Japanese Speech Contest

The 38th annual Ontario Japanese Speech Contest was held at the University of Toronto on Feb. 29. Nine students from York University’s Japanese Studies program participated in the contest’s four categories. Five students from York took home prizes. Lily Feng In the beginners’ category, the grand prize went to Lily Feng, while Mohona Meeftahul won the third place prize. Anson Wong brought home the first-place […]

York U hosts first Conference on the Language of Japanese Food

A linguistics conference hosted by York University’s Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), examined the language of Japanese food May 4 and 5 at York’s Keele Campus. The Conference on the Language of Japanese Food 2018 (CLJF2018) was the first attempt to break away from […]

Honours Minor Degree Program in Japanese Studies

The Honours Minor in Japanese Studies may be combined with any approved Honours B.A. program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that […]

York winners in the 2014 Ontario Japanese Speech Contest

Ontario Japanese Speech Contest Results (PDF) View the YFile story.

York faculty member honoured with the title of ‘Invited Professor’ by University of Havana

York Professor Norio Ota, coordinator of Japanese Studies and Korean Studies, Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, was awarded the title “Profesor Invitado” at an open public induction ceremony with an official letter and a certificate from the Rector of the University of Havana recently. At the ceremony […]