Eriko Yamamoto, Ph.D., is a historian specializing in Japanese American history, ethnicity and Oral History. Currently she is an American Studies Center adjunct researcher and on the Global and Regional Studies adjunct faculty of Doshisha University. Formerly she was a professor of American Studies at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Nagoya (1989-2003) and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at UCLA Asian American Studies Center (1998-99). In 2003-4, she was on the Discover Nikkei international project at the Japanese American National Museum to launch a new website on the Japanese diaspora. A native of Ishikawa Prefecture, Yamamoto received her BA in English from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. While pursuing an MA in American Studies at the Univ. of Tsukuba, she went to Claremont Graduate School on a Sankei Scholarship, receiving an MA in American Studies in 1983 and followed with an East-West Center Grant to further her study on Japanese immigration history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her Ph.D. was awarded in 1988 in American Studies. In her effort to promulgate oral history in Japan, she has co-founded the Japan Oral History Association in 2003. A life member of Oral History Association (U.S.), she is the first Japanese to be elected Council member for the International Oral History Association (2004-6). Her publications include “Miya Sannomiya Kikuchi: A Pioneer Nisei Woman's Life and Identity,” Amerasia Journal (1997), “Cheers for Japanese Athletes: The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the Japanese American Community,” Pacific Historical Review (2000), “Oral History in Japan: The Need for Collective Effort and Communication among Practitioners,” Words and Silences (2002). She serves as the president of the East-West Center Chubu Chapter and the vice-president of the Nagoya Fulbright Association. She is also an amateur folk singer who admires Joan Baez and performs in Kyoto/Osaka to promote world peace.

Marc Bremer is an emeritus professor of management at the Faculty of Business Administration of Nanzan University and an adjunct professor at the Institute for the Liberal Arts of Doshisha University.His research concerns financial markets, banking and management.His work has been published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies.Two recent articles are, “Lessons from Mergers and Acquisitions of Regional Banks in Japan: What Does the Stock Market Think?” and “Short Sales Constraints and Stock Returns: How Do the Regulations Fare?”.He finished his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate School after completing a M.S. degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science.He was a Fulbright lecturer at Nagoya University and Nanzan University.He was also a financial controller at the Northrop Corporation.Currently he is writing about the long-term implications of golden shares for American industrial policy.

Welcome Message from the Local Hosts

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Our warmest greetings from Nagoya, Japan!
We are truly excited to be the local hosts for the 2026 International Joint Conferences of APCSSM/ISEPSS/ICEAI/ISCEAS in Nagoya, the heartland of Japan’s manufacturing industry and advanced science, and to have you take part in the international engagements on our site!
Historically Nagoya has played an important role as the birth place and home ground for great samurai leaders who aspired to unify the nation. While aristocratic cultural sophistication may not be visible as in Kyoto, the long tradition of high culture was deeply imbedded. Now combined with modern sophistication as an economic center, Nagoya takes pride in its leading status in advanced industries such as automotive, robotics, machine tool manufacturing, aerospace and ceramics, in which our local companies are known worldwide. As a major academic center in central Japan, Nagoya and its vicinity have dozens of great universities, of which Nagoya University is the most famous. Of the thirteen Japanese Nobel Laureates to this day, six are from Nagoya University, making it the nation’s No. 1 science institution. Some surmise the reason may lie in Nagoya University’s free-spirited atmosphere where junior scientists can contribute their opinions. On the other side, anime, popular culture and figure skating are also major charms of the city.

We landed in Nagoya in 1989 because of Marc’s Fulbright assignment to Nanzan University and Nagoya University, as a married couple. As our sojourn got gradually extended and became more than 30 years, Nagoya has become more than our home. We have witnessed the city’s transformation into a sophisticated international city with a strong industrial backbone.

The Conference venue, the Nagoya Convention Center, is wonderfully convenient. It is next to the main train station and is the hub of many activities including corporate headquarters, major railroads and subway lines and easily accessible from Centrair Airport. Within walking distance are the Noritake Museum and the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. We sincerely hope you will enjoy your visit to the city, as well as the fruitful sessions and interactions at the conference. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our city!

Sincerely,
Eriko Yamamoto and Marc Bremer