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	Asia Daily Briefing - More destruction in Japan September 6, 2018

	Strong earthquake  hits Japan's Hokkaido,  3m homes without power TOKYO -- Just two days after a  major typhoon tore through  Japan's Osaka area, disrupting  business and travel on a large  scale, a powerful earthquake  dealt destruction on the northern  main island of Hokkaido  on Thursday morning, leaving  millions of households without electricity and forcing the  closure of airports and rail services.
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	Editor-in-chief's picks September 6, 2018

	THE FACE OF A CRISIS It has been a year since a brutal military  crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim  minority in Myanmar's Rakhine State  sparked an exodus of refugees into neighboring  Bangladesh. On Sept. 3, nine months after their  arrest, two Reuters journalists were sentenced  to seven years in jail for receiving "secret" state  documents while covering the plight of  the Rohingya community. In the meantime, reports of  military clashes with Kachin, Karen and  Shan insurgent forces continue to trickle out from Myanmar. The world is now watching the reaction of the  Myanmar government and more keenly, that  of its de facto head, State Counselor  Aung San Suu Kyi, who endured many  years of military persecution herself.  Her silence so far has led to much criticism from  democratic quarters. It has been 30 years since Senior Gen. Saw Maung  led the military to seize control of the country  during a nationwide pro-democracy uprising.   Although Saw Maung's rule is long over, the  military retains a firm grip on the country  despite the election of Suu Kyi's National  League for Democracy to government. In this issue of the Nikkei Asian Review, we focus  on today's Myanmar. In 2011, the country, still  under military rule, opened up to the West.  But in the aftermath of the Rohingya crisis,  Western countries are at risk of losing their influence over Myanmar once again. Western  companies are also pulling back. On the other hand, China and other Asian  nations are starting to wield more power over Naypyitaw. Asian investors, in particular those  from China, Singapore and Thailand, are leading investments into Myanmar and influencing the  way the country is developing. Our journalists on the ground report the real  voices from these investors who are at once  facing political uncertainty and yet untapped  economic opportunities in Myanmar. We also bring to you an interview with a key  character in Myanmar's transformation from j unta rule to civilian. Min Ko Naing was a studen t at Rangoon University 30 years ago and an  important voice of the pro-democracy student demonstrations in 1988. He was arrested in  March 1989 and spent much of the next 23  years in and out of prison. Our journalist  who first interviewed him in 1988  caught up with him recently to talk about  the last 30 tumultuous years. We hope you enjoy reading the Nikkei Asian Review. Sincerely yours, Sonoko Watanabe Editor-in-chief Nikkei Asian Review
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	Japan Update September 5, 2018

	Major typhoon kills 7  and paralyzes swaths  of Japan TOKYO/OSAKA -- The worst  storm to hit Japan's main islands  in 25 years struck the heart of one  of its largest metropolitan areas,  killing seven people and shutting  down Osaka's main international airport indefinitely. About 3,000 people, including passengers, are stranded at the  flooded Kansai Airport, and 700 flights have been canceled across Japan. The storm also shuttered shops, factories and amusement parks.
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1. SYMPOSIUM> Graduate Student Symposium: Buddhist Political Engagements

SYMPOSIUM> Graduate Student Symposium: Buddhist Political Engagements

by Scott Mitchell

Colleagues,
For those in the San Francisco Bay Area in October, please note that the Institute of Buddhist Studies will be hosting its 5th annual Graduate Student Symposium on Friday, October 5, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Details, directions, etc., can be found on our website here.
Buddhist Political Engagements
How has Buddhist thought, cosmology, or ethics been used to engage, disengage, critique, or conform to systems of social and political power? Graduate student presenters will explore the various discursive strategies Buddhists have used historically and contemporarily to reimagine Buddhist worlds in the present moment, to critique or support political systems, and develop practices and approaches to the path in line or at odds with social norms.
Melissa Anne-Marie Curley will deliver the keynote address, “Impure Land: Ethical Living for Evil People.”
Dr. Curley is an assistant professor in the department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. Her work focuses on Buddhism, particularly Pure Land Buddhism, in relation to modern understandings of selfhood and the state. Her first book, Pure Land, Real World: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination, examines modernist reinterpretations of images of utopia and exile in the context of the Asia-Pacific War. She is currently working on a project exploring Buddhist engagements with self-help in East Asia and North America, from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first.
Symposium Schedule
First Session: 1:00 – 2:30
Brent Beavers
Graduate Theological Union and Institute of Buddhist Studies
“The Gender Transformation of Avalokiteśvara”
Brianna K. Morseth
Dharma Realm Buddhist University
“Taixu and Buddhism in Taiwan: Coming down from the mountain and out from the cave”
Timothy Loftus
Temple University
“Making a Case for Inclusion: Ambedkar’s Buddhism”
Adrien Chorn
University of California, Berkeley
“Buddhist-Rightful Resistance: Monastic Activism in Contemporary Cambodia”
Second Session: 3:00 – 4:00
Blayne Higa
Institute of Buddhist Studies
“Coming Out” as Buddhist: The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii and the Struggle for Marriage Equality
CJ Dunford
Graduate Theological Union and Institute of Buddhist Studies
Minority Stress- and Trauma-Informed Shin Buddhist Pastoral Care for LGBTQ Communities
Ismail Buffins
Harvard Divinity School
Anger, Interdependence, and Democracy: Subaltern Perspectives on Buddhist Soteriology
Keynote: 4:30 – 5:30
Melissa Anne-Marie Curley
“Impure Land: Ethical Living for Evil People”

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