Established by Kodansha Publishers in 1995 and named in honor of Edwin O. Reischauer, the Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies are given annually to the best essays on Japan-related topics written by a Harvard undergraduate and graduate student. 

This year’s graduate student prize was awarded to Mayako Shibagaki Liu for her paper, “Envisioning and Enacting Imperial Integration: Colonial Tourism in ‘Northern Korea’ 1931-1945.” Mayako is currently a G2 student in the Regional Studies - East Asia (RSEA) Program specializing in the modern history of Japan and Korea, with a main focus on culture, representation, and identity in the colonial period.

More information may be found on the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies website.