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March 19, 2013

IJET-24 in Honolulu: Registration Deadline Approaching!

Details are available on the JAT website, but it's time to Register Now!

JAT is holding its 24th annual Japanese-English translation conference on June 1 and 2, 2013 at the Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (East-West Center), Honolulu. The official IJET-24 program starts with a Hawaiian-style blessing, followed by a plenary session on “The Contribution of Japanese Dialects to Hawaiian Pidgin.”

The... more

March 2, 2013

Artscape Japan March 2013 Issue Out

The March 2013 issue of Artscape Japan is now up on the Artscape website.

New articles in the March 2013 issue include: 

FOCUS Design Ah! -- Design Delight for Kids, and Adults Too by Lucy Birmingham 

FOCUS Come Together: The 3rd Pocorart Exhibition at 3331 Arts Chiyoda by Roger McDonald

HERE/THERE The Un-Kawaii Otaku: Makoto Aida at the Mori Art Museum by Alan Gleason 

Our... more

February 26, 2013

Tokyo on the International Literature Map

The Tokyo International Literary Festival will take place March 1–3 at various locations in central Tokyo. All events are free, but registration is required. For details or to register, visit the Tokyo Literary Festival webpage.

An article about the festival in the Japan Times is here.

February 20, 2013

In Memoriam, Donald Richie 1924–2013

Hailing from Ohio, U.S.A., Donald Richie first arrived during the U.S. Occupation and spent close to 66 years as a long-time resident of Tokyo. He was first and foremost a writer, who was instrumental in introducing Japanese cinema to the world. Though best known for The Inland Sea  and The Japan Journals (1947-2004), his... more

February 11, 2013

Japan Writers Conference, Nov. 2–3, 2013

Update:

Seventh Japan Writers Conference is on in Okinawa. Organizer John Gribble sends the following additional information and last-minute changes. SWET salutes JWC and wishes everyone well!

JWC Update 1 Nov. 2013

First, on Saturday morning in Room 3, Hugh Ashton will speak on "Writing about Japan for an audience outside Japan." He's an expert.

Second, our co-coordinator, Bern Mulvey is ill and unable... more

January 31, 2013

Kyoto Journal is back!

After a two-year hiatus (apart from publishing Fresh Currents: Japan’s Flow from a Nuclear Past to a Renewable Future since June 2012), Kyoto Journal has February 9, 2013 as the date for the re-launch of its entirely redesigned website  and returned to regularly-scheduled publishing as a mostly digital quarterly publication, with the imminent release of KJ 76 and 77, both... more