

The department has taken an active role in the promotion of Japanese studies. It has organised academic and intellectual encounters on the local as well as international scales, which have led to the production of a number of departmental publications.
| Seminar name | Speaker | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gender and Sexuality on Television Dramas: Japan and Brazil | Dr Mauro Neves Junior, Visiting Scholar, Sophia University | 24 Feb 2004 |
| A Study on the Error of Additional /No/ by Singaporean Secondary School Students | Mr Tan Chyn Ngian MA Candidate | 20 Feb 2004 |
| Memory, Mirrors and Missing Women: Metafictive Narrative Strategies and the Doppelganger Motif in the Fictions of Abe Kôbô and Murakami Haruki | Mr Baryon Tensor Posadas MA Candidate | 13 Feb 2004 |
| The Portrayal of Islam and Muslims in Japanese News: A Content Analysis of Asahi Shimbun’s Coverage of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks | Mr Tan Chee Kuan MA Candidate | 6 Aug 2003 |