WHAT: Students at Florida International University’s Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies are helping one family displaced by the recent triple catastrophe of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan. Following the devastating earthquake last month, Ayato Kaneko, his wife and two small children fled their home to avoid [...]
FIU to hold teach-in on crisis in Japan
03/17/2011 By
Recent tragic events in Japan – a magnitude-9 earthquake, a tsunami and the threat of a nuclear meltdown – have combined the worst of both natural and man-made disasters. How will Japan respond? What are the worldwide lessons to be learned? Join the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) for a [...]
Japanese ambassador addresses students during FIU visit
08/31/2010 By
Japan’s Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki presented a handwritten cipher to a standing-room only crowd of FIU faculty and students on Monday during a presentation filled with economics, humor and some personal reflection. Decoded, his cipher showed how Japan still ranks right behind the United States in a [...]
