Keiko NITTA
Professor, College of Arts, Rikkyo University
【The article below is the same as the article that appears in the fifteenth issue of the CGS Newsletter.】
Kazuko Takemura, a pioneer in the field of gender and sexuality studies in Japan, passed away on December 13, 2011. Professor Keiko Nitta of Rikkyo University pays tribute to her mentor and friend in this eulogy.
Kiyomi KAWANO
board member, Takemura Fund; former professor, Ochanomizu University
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The Kazuko Takemura Fund for Feminist Research for Gender Equality and Justice was established at the behest of the late Kazuko Takemura (see http://takemura-fund. org/). Former Ochanomizu University professor Kiyomi Kawano is currently a board member of this "Takemura Fund" and tells us how it all came about.
Kaori KATADA
Assistant Professor, Saitama Prefectural University
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In this issue, we explore new ways of looking at the nature of labor and society, and how they affect our lives. Working under the title, "To Work is to Live: Gender Perspectives," our first topic is "Basic Income." We asked Kaori Katada, co- editor of the book Bēshikku inkamu to jendā [Basic Income and Gender] (Gendai shokan, 2011), about how she thinks this concept opens up new horizons for society.
Shingo HORI
Assistant, CGS; Graduate Student, Waseda University
Miho MATSUZAKI
Assistant, CGS
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Three ICU students engaged in a roundtable discussion with Kaori Katada after attending her lecture "Basic Income: Feasibility and Potential." Chaired by CGS assistant Miho Matsuzaki, the in-depth discussion centered on the topic "Work, Life, and Basic Income," which was chosen by roundtable coordinator and CGS assistant Shingo Hori (SH).
Interviewer KazukoTANAKA,Director,CGS;Professor,ICU
Interviewee Midori ITO, Action Center for Working Women(ACW2)
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With the growing need in Japan for new initiatives like Basic Income, there is also a need to re-examine labor and society using up-to-date data from the field. Midori Ito, from the Action Center for Working Women (ACW2), recently spoke to CGS Director Kazuko Tanaka about ACW2's surveys of the youth employment situation.
Megumi ISHIMOTO
President and Representative Director, Creators 440Hz
Takeshi NAGAI
Director, Creators 440Hz
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Shure University (administered by the NPO Tokyo Shure) brings students together under the rubric "Live Life Your Way." Graduates of the university later founded the company Creators 440Hz (http://creators 440.org/). Creators 440Hz president and representative director Megumi Ishimoto and director Takeshi Nagai tell us more about the company, which was initiated and developed by the founders' personal reflections on the meaning of work and of life.