Category Archives: culture

Fun Link Friday: Japan Trends

Posted on August 19, 2011 by tnguyen3729

What do Air Conditioned Shoes, Female-Only Apartments, and a Tokyo Music Subway Map all have in common? They’ve all been featured in Japan Trends, a website founded by CScout a company comprised of individuals with backgrounds in marketing, media, fashion, design and innovative … Continue reading →

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Business Luncheon: Exporting to Japan: Lessons Learned from the Meat Industry

Posted on August 18, 2011 by LM

Via the Japan America Society of Colorado. Please join Japan America Society of Colorado and the World Trade Center Denver for a presentation by Phil Seng, President & CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Mr. Seng will offer insight … Continue reading →

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Rare Book Workshop: “The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912”

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Paula

University of Virginia Rare Book School welcomes applications for its upcoming course, “The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912,” which will be taught by Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leeds, visiting researcher at … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japanese drinking games

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Paula

One important cultural constant anywhere and everywhere in Japan is the fine pastime of drinking. Maybe you’re finishing up a language program somewhere and it’s time to kick back with your friends, or maybe you’re just arriving as an English … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard:  A Novel in Three Parts

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Paula

A translation of Levy Hideo’s A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard (Seijoki no kikoenai heya, 1992) has recently been published by Columbia University Press.  As the first work of fiction written in Japanese by a white American … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Avant-gardes in Japan

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Paula

Avant-gardes in Japan. Anniversary of Futurism and Butoh: Performing Arts and Cultural Practices between Contemporariness and Tradition edited by Katja Centonze (Cafoscarina, Venezia, 2010) ISBN: 978-88-7543-293-5 Please visit the webpage: http://www.cafoscarina.it/default2.asp?id=417 This collection of essays examines Japanese avant-garde expressions, the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japan’s youngest expert sake connoisseur

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Paula

Al Jazeera reports in this brief video about Akane Niikura, a 10-year old girl in the fourth grade who has become Japan’s youngest sake connoisseur. But don’t start getting worried about how her parents let her indulge in Japan’s traditional … Continue reading →

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Colorado-Yamagata 25th Anniversary Celebration Lunch

Posted on July 21, 2011 by LM

Via Japan America Society of Colorado: The Colorado-Yamagata 25th Anniversary Celebration Lunch will take place on Saturday, August 6th, at the Brown Palace Hotel and will be attended by a delegation from Yamagata Prefecture, including Vice Governor Takashi Takahashi, and … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: Transnational Boys’ Love Fan Studies

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Paula

TWC (Transformative Works and Cultures) Special Issue CFP: Transnational Boys’ Love Fan Studies (March 2013) Edited by Kazumi Nagaike and Katsuhiko Suganuma, Oita University http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/19 “BL” (Boys’ Love), a genre of male homosexual narratives (consisting of manga, novels, animations, games, … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Paula

We are pleased to announce the publication of A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture, a collection of 26 original essays from a group of scholars across disciplines and representing a wide range of emerging research in this field. The … Continue reading →

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