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Book Announcement: Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Paula

Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan Jason Danely (Author) Description By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the world. What can … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Home-for-All in Soma

Posted on March 13, 2015 by LM

Here’s a positive story about reconstruction in Soma to end our week. Four years ago a devastating earthquake and tsunami destroyed 250,000 homes in the Tohoku region of Japan. In the wake of the tragedy, architect Toyo Ito established Home-for-All, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Zen Koans

Posted on March 8, 2015 by LM

Author: Heine, Steven; 206pp. August 2014 Paper – Price: $17.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3974-1 Cloth (Print on Demand) – Price: $48.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3973-4 Via University of Hawai’i Press “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” “Does a dog have Buddha-nature?” These cryptic … Continue reading →

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Program: Study noh, kyogen, and buyo in Kyoto

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Paula

The intensive summer program in Kyoto, Traditional Theatre Training (T.T.T.) 2015, invites applications to its 31st annual program. Orientation on 24 July (Fri) will be followed by daily, intensive training 25 July (Sat) to August 11 (Tue). A professionally costumed recital will be held on the Oe Noh Stage on 12 August (Wed). … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Going to Court to Change Japan: Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Paula

Going to Court to Change Japan: Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan Edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies No. 77 2014, viii + 187 pages, ISBN 978-1-929280-83-4. Paper only. $20.00 https://www.cjspubs.lsa.umich.edu/books/list/mono77.php Published by the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The Town that Inspired Spirited Away’s Food

Posted on February 28, 2015 by LM

If you love the cinematic meals of Studio Ghibli, head over to Munchies for a tour of Jiufen, Taiwan, the town that inspired the iconic food scenes of Spirited Away. The side-by-side comparison shots are a wonderful addition to the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Paula

Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan Ehrhardt, George, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin, and Steven R. Reed, editors Japan Research Monograph 18 2014. 298 pp. ISBN-13 978-1-55729-111-0 ISBN-10 1-55729-111-X $25.00 http://ieas.berkeley.edu/publications/jrm18.html The book covers Kōmeitō’s founding in Nichiren Buddhist doctrinal mandates and its … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: “Ghibli Land”

Posted on February 20, 2015 by LM

As much as I’m against Disneyfication and as much as I love Baudrillard’s work on simulacra and theme parks, I would totally visit “Ghibli Land” as imagined by artist TAKUMI. Check out his Facebook page here and the Spoon & … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Kinema Club Conference on Film and Moving Images from Japan

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Paula

Kinema Club XV at Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany Film and Moving Images From Japan NOW –  Film in the New Media Ecology Dates: June 5 & 6  Goethe University Frankfurt / Nippon Connection Film Festival Deadline for submissions: March … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Theatre Nohgaku

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Paula

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at North Carolina State University, in cooperation with Theatre Nohgaku, is delighted to announce “Welcome to the World of Noh,” a four-day program of workshops and a lecture-demonstration on noh that will take … Continue reading →

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