Edo-Tokyo Museum will host a Rutgers talk on Japan-U.S. exchange on July 8

The Edo-Tokyo Museum will hold the lecture “Japan-U.S. Exchange: Rutgers College and Japanese People in the Late Edo and Meiji Periods” on July 8, 2026, from 14:00 to 15:30.

The official event page says the talk will introduce Rutgers University, which accepted many Japanese students in the late 19th century, and Rutgers graduates who came to Japan as teachers and missionaries. The lecturer is Haruko Wakabayashi, associate professor in Rutgers University’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

The venue is the museum’s Large Hall in Ryogoku. Capacity is 350, the fee is 1,000 yen, and applications are accepted online or by reply-paid postcard until June 29. If there are more applications than spaces, participants are chosen by lottery, so check the official page before applying.