Welcome to BAJS

The British Association for Japanese Studies is a UK-based association of scholars and researchers dedicated to the development of Japanese Studies. Our aim is to promote teaching and research on Japan by coordinating events such as academic conferences and circulating information about the field.


Our website is here to inform non-members about the association and its activities, as well as provide BAJS members with an effective and useful method of keeping up to date with Japanese Studies in the UK.

Latest News

  • The application deadline for the BAJS Studentships 2010 has now passed.

    If you missed this deadline, please consider applying again in April 2011. The deadline for the next round of the John Crump and Toshiba International Foundation Graduate Research Studentship will be 15 October 2010; online applications will be accepted from September 2010 onwards.

  • BAJS Conference 2010

    The BAJS Conference in 2010 will be held at SOAS in London on 9-10 September. We are looking forward to two full days of roundtables, workshops, panels and papers, with some 100 presenters from the UK, Europe, Japan and beyond. The conference website can be found here, including the provisional programme and registration information.

  • New Funding Opportunity

    BAJS will be launching a major new postgraduate studentship in 2010, to run alongside its existing postgraduate awards.