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Tag Archives: Japan
Book Announcement: American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan
American Evangelists and Tuberculosis in Modern Japan Elisheva A. Perelman Tuberculosis ran rampant in Japan during the late Meiji and Taisho years (1880s–1920s). Many of the victims of the then incurable disease were young female workers from the rural areas, … Continue reading
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Tagged disease, history, Japan, medicine, modern Japan, science
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Resource: How to Japonese Podcast
What was your path to learning Japanese like? And how did you maintain it? What do you use those skills for now in your career? For those interested in podcasts and learning more about how people in the Japan field … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese, Japanese language, language, podcasts
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Book Announcement: Japan’s Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945-2019
Japan’s Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945–2019 Kenneth J. Ruoff With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff has expanded upon and updated The People’s Emperor, his study of the monarchy’s role as … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, Japan, Japanese politics, modern, modern history, modern Japan
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Call for Applicants: Noh training in Kyoto August 2020
The INI – International Noh Institute（国際能楽研究会）has issued a Call for Participants to the 2020 Kyoto Summer Intensive program, running between August 10 and 22 in Kyoto. During this period participants will study noh dance and chant, as well as other aspects of performance, … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese theater, japanese theatre, noh, Noh theater, performance studies
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Fun Link Friday: Japanese currency redesigns
What’s on your country’s money? After traveling overseas, I always come back to the US thinking about how boring our own bills seem! And it appears that Japan is putting even more thought into new and exciting illustrations for their … Continue reading
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Tagged currency, fun link friday, history, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history, money
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Life after Japanese Studies: Identifying, Maintaining, Contributing to and Building (non-academic) Professional Networks
Life after Japanese Studies: Identifying, Maintaining, Contributing to and Building (non-academic) Professional Networks — This guest series features Danielle Reed, who launched her own consulting practice PinPath, LLC in November 2019. Previously she worked as the Senior Program Director of … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Super-sized Sushi 🍣
Are you a hungry sushi enthusiast? Are you ready to tackle an 11 pound “Generous Roll”? Check out our quickie fun link Friday today, a video by Great Big Story on Hiromu Inagaki, who makes massive (and tiny!) sushi! Click … Continue reading
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Tagged food, food culture, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese food, sushi
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Fun Link Friday: Breakdancing Monks
How do you bring your hobbies and skills into your everyday life? This past week Tricycle reported on some fun news in the world of Buddhism: two monks from different Buddhist practices who have formed a breakdancing duo. Hoping to … Continue reading
Resource: North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC)
Today we are introducing a site and organization that offers a variety of resources useful to academics, writers, researchers, and various other professionals: the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC). From their website: Founded in 1991, NCC … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Move over, gingerbread house, here’s a sweets sailboat
While many of us may be honing our skills for seasonal gingerbread house competitions, none of us can hold a candle to the students of the recently opened Noda Kamada Gakuen vocational high school in Yokohama, who created a MASSIVE … Continue reading
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Tagged cookies, culinary school, food, food culture, Japan, sweets
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 