READ JAPAN PROJECT: The Nippon Foundation

[News-Book Donation] The Book handover ceremony at the Domasi College of Education in #Malawi. Thank you very much to the Embassy of Japan in Malawi for their kind support. @japan_read facebook.com/EmbJapan.Malaw…

[QRT-Book Donation] The Book handover ceremony at @MakerereU. I would appreciate Ambassador Mr. Hidemoto Fukuzawa for his kind cooperation. @MakerereLibrary, @MakerereNews #Uganda

[News-Book Donation] The Book handover ceremony at the International Relations Institute of #Cameroon. Thank you very much to the Embassy of Japan in Cameroon for their kind support. @ReadJapan_TNF facebook.com/permalink.php?… youtu.be/j_2mYRoxXLA

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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Consulate-General of #Japan in #Mumbai,@TMV_Pune, K.J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, and Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University for holding the handover ceremony of #bookdonation. #library #booklover #japanstudy

Five Years After : Reassessing Japan’s Responses to the #Earthquake, #Tsunami, and the #NuclearDisaster Keiichi Tunekawa readjapan.org/synopsis/334/ #あれから10年 #10YearsLater #PrayForTohoku #LoveForTohoku #10ปีถัดมา #10AñosDespués #10ansaprès #10JahreSpäte

カナダから東北に想いを寄せて #東日本大震災 直後から、大使館は被災地で日本を励まし、様々な支援活動を行いました。 #CanadaCares 🇨🇦🇯🇵

Dear Friends, Have you met story tellers in Tohoku? Let me introduce an essay from Japan-Insights archives. The tenth one is on Kataribe: 2011.3.11-Future by Mr. Goto and Mr. Onodera. doc.japan-insights.jp/pdf/JIN_TOPIC_… Please share this expert’s experience! #japan #japaneseculture #Tohoku

#TheLegendsofTono Kunio Yanagita "This seminal collection of folk legends from the mountainous northern town of #Tono was instrumental in establishing #folklorestudies in #Japan; the author, #KunioYanagida..."readjapan.org/synopsis/308/ #遠野物語 #柳田国男 #Yokai #zashikiwarashi

The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country By Noritoshi Furuichi ”The bubble is long burst, stable and lifelong employment are no longer guaranteed, generational inequality is on the rise..." readjapan.org/synopsis/328/ #NoritoshiFuruichi #古市憲寿 #絶望の国の幸福な若者たち #Japan

The Tale of Genji #MurasakiShikibu "The #GenjiMonogatari is the most famous work of Japanese literature. It is attributed to an early eleventh-century Japanese noblewoman, Murasaki Shikibu, and is usually called the world’s first novel,..." readjapan.org/synopsis/190/ #TheTaleofGenji

Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction “Here are Japanese women in their infinite and fascinating variety..." readjapan.org/synopsis/164/ #FumikoHayashi #FumikoEnchi #ChiyoUno #YaekoNogami #TaikoHirabayashi #YokoOta #InekoSata #TakakoTakahashi #Literature

There are not many, but a few small book stores like "Title" in Ogikubo, Tokyo. Books are well selected, and you could spend hours in there. title-books.com #Japan #tokyo #book #booklover #stayhome #library #selectedboots #bookstore #book #readjapanproject #荻窪

Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830 Andrew C. Gerstle "#Kabuki was, and remains, an actors’ theatre. The audience comes to see someone in a play more often than it comes to see the play itself. The phenomenon is familiar to..."readjapan.org/synopsis/168/ #japan #japaneseart

"Fukubukuro, lucky grab bags sold sealed with no indication of what they contain: this is the analogy chosen by #HarukiMurakami, who has penned the introduction to this collection, to describe its contents...." readjapan.org/synopsis/266/ #JayRubin #Soseki #mishima #bananayoshimoto

#ThetaleofIse #伊勢物語 #在原業平 #japan #japaneseliterature #book #bookdonation #poetry #library

The Tales of Ise "A millennium separates Narihira’s world and ours, yet the book continues to resonate. It continues to inspire artists and writers, not least because of its powerful, painful, playful depictions of love in all forms – familial..." readjapan.org/synopsis/268/

The powerful #earthquake that struck the #Tohoku region of #Japan on Saturday was the aftershock of a catastrophic earthquake of magnitude 9.0 that hit the same area in 2011. readjapan.org/synopsis/300/ Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recovery after J...

The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film ＃TomMes / ＃JasperSharp readjapan.org/synopsis/180/ #SeijunSuzuki #ShoheiImamura #KinjiFukasaku #JapaneseFilm #japanesemovie #film #映画 #HirokazuKoreeda #TakashiMiike #KenjiMizoguchi #YasujiroOzu #AkiraKurosawa #TakeshiKitano #Cinema