Brad Richardson Memorial Fund: To build on Brad Richardson’s contribution to Ohio State, the State of Ohio and the community of Japan-related scholars and professionals, The Ohio State University's Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) has created the Brad Richardson Memorial Fund and seeks to grow it to the endowment level.   IJS seeks to raise $2,000 during the month of February through BuckeyeFunder. Brad Richardson was Distinguished University Professor in Political Science, the IJS founding Director, and a former Honorary Consul General of Japan for Ohio.  Brad passed away in 2015.  The Memorial Fund will be used to propel us vigorously towards the same goals that Brad promoted.  Namely, the funds will support academic and outreach activities that promote Japanese Studies on campus and that enhance the interest, knowledge and discourse on Japan-related topics in the academic communities and general public.  Until the contributions to the fund reach the endowment level, the fund shall function as a current-use fund.

2024 Brad Richardson Memorial Lecture: 

• The Indo-Pacific as Japan’s 21st-Century Grand Strategy
• February 23, 2024
• 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET
• In person on Ohio State's Campus in the Journalism Building, Room 300 
• Saori Katada, University of Southern California
• With discussant Ji Young Choi, Ohio Wesleyan University
• Registration Link