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We are excited to announce an upcoming career orientation meeting for Japan Studies (and possibly Tourism and Hospitality) students at LaGuardia Community College, featuring a guest speaker from Hoshino Resorts, a renowned Japanese hotel management company with over 100 years …
The following YouTubers feature life in Japan in English. Highly recommended if you are interested in spending time (study abroad or working) in Japan.
Our own Prof. George Tsouris will be on this panel discussion. Please join the event if you are on campus (this is an in-person event).
The Japan Society (address: 333 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017 / http://www.japansociety.org/) is looking for interns for Fall 2023 (Sept 2023 – Jan 2024). This is an unpaid internship with a minimum commitment of two days per …
The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) has published “The Getting to Know Japan” webinar series, which is designed to assist Americans living in Japan to learn about and gain greater appreciation for Japanese culture and society. World-class specialists will …
Japan Day @ Central Park (a.k.a., Japan Parade) is an annual event celebrating Japanese culture, art, and tradition in Central Park since 2007, with three objectives: to promote cultural exchanges between Japan and the U.S., to express appreciation for New …
Our own Prof. George Tsouris will be on this panel discussion. Please join the event if you have time.
Donald Keene Center at Columbia University is hosting a talk by George Takei on Thursday, April 14, 2022. This is an in-person event at Columbia.
Prof. George Tsouris, who teaches ELJ250 “Japanese Literature in Translation” at LaGuardia Community College, has shared his lecture series on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDvT4cnHvdEM3jDFiXxFLoh9OR4xwEWgh).
If you are interested in taking his Japanese Literature in Translation (ELJ250), visit https://laguardia.catalog.cuny.edu/courses/1092821…
“Engrish in Japan” (https://www.facebook.com/groups/EngrishInJapan/) is a very popular Facebook group that collects unique and sometimes very ironic usages of English in Japan. If you speak only English, they are just strange errors. If you understand the Japanese language, …
Davies and Ikeno (2011)’s book, “Japanese Mind,” presents a short introduction and discussion topics for each of the 28 topics that characterize Japaense society. The topics were originally selected by Japaense college students and their perspectives and understanding of these …
“Japanology Plus,” formerly known as “Begin Japanology,” is probably the best known TV series on Japanese culture. Peter Barakan, the host of the show since its first episode in 2008, introduces different topics of Japanese culture every week.
The latest …
“Prime Japan” is a TV series by Jonathan Sherr who introduces different themes ranging from sushi, sake, Japanese sword and other traditional cultural elements, to design, fashion and other items of Japanese culture.
This show focuses on artistic visual presentation …
CUNY’s Asian American/Asian Research Institute (https://aaari.info) regularly hosts lecture series and some of them focused on Japanese culture, politics, history, and language.
All lecture series are recorded and are available on their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/aaaricuny).
Below …
Cherry trees are in full blossom in New York City this week. There are a few beautiful cherry trees in the courtyard of LaGuardia Community College (only if we could go to campus to see them!).
桜 (sakura “cheery tree”) …
NHK, the Japanese national broadcasting cooperation, offers a lot of TV shows and documentaries online (free). Most of the shows discuss different aspects of Japaense culture and life in Japan. All programs are dubbed in English.
You can download the …
The Japan Foundation in New York has organized this featured series on Anime & Manga Studies. They invited scholars of Anime and Manga to present their research. The recordings are available on the Japan Foundation’s YouTube channel.
The Tokyo stock market hist the 30,000 threshold on Monday, February 15, 2021, the highest since the bubble economy before the 1990’s.
Some believe that the Japanese businesses are recovering from the COVID-19 fallout while others are skeptical that the …
At the dawn of the World War II, Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania, issued a number of visa to Japan in an attempt to help the Jews escape to the Soviets. Sugihara was forced to leave the …
The February 3 is Setsubun in Japanese culture, in which people throw beans to cast the demons out of the family. See this Japan Times’ article featuring on this tradition.…
TV Asashi has surveyed over 150,000 Japanese to choose the best 100 manga in our generation. The original TV show (in Japanese) is still available on the TV Aashi’s YouTube channel.
漫画総選挙2021 (Seriously, 150,000 citizens voted! Manga General Election)
Here …
Another masterpiece episode of Japanology Plus, featuring on the latest high-tech toilets in Japan.
Another great episode about fake food samples (plastic food samples) in Japan. Plastic food samples are replica of a food item made from plastic, wax, resin or similar material. The food sample is designed to look more delicious than the …
鬼滅の刃 (Kimetsu-no Yaiba or “Demon Slayer”) has become the biggest box-office his in the Japanese film history, beating Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” in 2001.
This Japan Times story features how the Japanese pop culture fared in the COVID-19 pandemic and …
In Japan, it is a very popular family tradition to eat KFC together at Christmas. You see Colonel Sanders dressed as Santa on TV and on the street (all KFC stores have the life-size Colonel Sanders statue). It’s still true …
Being Black in Japan. The Washington Post’s article on being Black or Biracial Japanese in Japan. Another major accomplishment that Naomi Osaka brought to the Japanese society, in which people started to discuss race, ethnicity and Japanese identity.…
Some shops in Japan has lasted over 1,000 years, surviving a number of pandemics, wars, natural disasters, and other major crises. They may have some knowledge how to keep small businesses surviving.…
The Japan Club has put together a calendar for Japan-related events in NYC at the Japan Club’s website. Please let us know if you have any other events that you can recommend.…
