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Dr. P. P. Karan |
Dr. H. Todd Stradford |
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Dr. P.P. Karan is Professor of Geography and co-Director
of the Japan Studies Program at the University of Kentucky. He is
a former chair of the Department of Geography at the University of
Kentucky, and has held professorships at distinguished universities
in the United States, Japan, Europe and India. He has authored nine
books, contributed one or more chapters to twenty books; edited two
books, and authored over 80 research papers in professional journals.
Many of these works have been reprinted and cited numerous times in
scholarly books and journals. His most recent books are The Japanese
City and The Japanese Landscape: Where Land and Culture
Merge, and Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy,
and Society..
Office: 1439 Patterson Office Tower, University of Kentucky |
Dr. H. Todd Stradford is
an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Geology
at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. He has studied
at Jochi (Sophia) University in Tokyo and has been employed by Mitsui
Corporation, Zennoh Agricultural Group, Japan Technical College, and
Yatsushiro Engineering School. His dissertation was done on
the state of agriculture in Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku. He has
maintained contacts with colleagues in Japan, leading to soccer exchanges
between United States and Japanese colleges, and hosting visiting
Japanese government groups in the United States. He has covered
many back roads of Japan from Okinawa to Tohoku on a 750cc Honda Sabre
motorcycle, and has guided this summer excursion for eight years.
Office: 244 Gardner Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville |
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President Imoto
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Mr. Matsumoto
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In Yatsushiro, the Summer Seminar would
not work without the help of these two men. President
Imoto, of IEC Kyushu Kokusai College,
allows the use of his school's facilities, including classrooms, computers,
instructors, and transportation. Mr.
Matsumoto is a leading businessmen
in Yatsushiro, and always makes sure that our students enjoy their
stay, inviting them to caberets, dinners, gymnasiums, fishing trips,
and on traditional outings such as tea ceremonies.
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