Coexisting with the Body: Dialogues on the Self and Body in the 21st Century
15th session "Student-Led Health Education Messages — “Tobacco Control Karuta"

Starting in July 2025, we will launch a new series titled "Coexisting with the Body: Dialogues on the Self and Body in the 21st Century." This series is co-organized by a JSPS KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research) project (Grant Number 23K12596) and the University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy (UTCP).

For this series, we will welcome speakers who are engaged in diverse research and activities broadly related to the concept of the "body" across various specialized fields, including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, medicine, psychology, fashion, theater, and music.
Through their lectures and interviews, we aim to explore questions such as "How do we engage with the alterity of our own bodies?" and "What factors define the unique perspectives on the body in contemporary society?" We also hope to foster discussions that can lead to insights for addressing the various conflicts people face regarding their bodies in modern times.

15th session "Student-Led Health Education Messages — “Tobacco Control Karuta"

Speakers: Tomoko Suzuki（Professor, Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Osaka Shoin Women’s University）

Date: 1:00-3:00 PM, Sunday, March 8th, 2026
Location: EAA Seminar Room. Bldg 101, University of Tokyo KomabaⅠCampus and Zoom
Register(In-person): Please register via Google Form
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“Tobacco Control Karuta” is an educational card game created by students who have studied tobacco control, with the aim of communicating health messages to their peers. In this session, we first provide an overview of the current state of tobacco control initiatives being promoted at the national level. We then introduce concrete examples of practical efforts designed to promote “health education that can be applied in everyday life.”

Tomoko Suzuki
Professor in the Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Osaka Shoin Women’s University. Registered Dietitian. Her areas of expertise are health education and nutrition education. She teaches courses in nutrition education within registered dietitian and dietitian training programs. As part of undergraduate thesis supervision, she has worked with seminar students to develop health education tools such as Cancer Prevention Karuta, Food Education Karuta, and Tobacco Control Karuta. She has long been engaged in the development of educational materials that incorporate students’ perspectives.

Organized by:
JSPS KAKENHI "A Study on the Social Problematization of Tattoos and the Categorization of Tattoos as Fashion" (Principal Investigator: Rie Yamada, Grant Number 23K12596)

Co-organized by:
University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy (UTCP), Uehiro Research Division for Philosophy of Co-existence