Applications Now Being Accepted for 9th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research...
TOKYO, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hakuho Foundation, a public-interest incorporated foundation, began on June 10 accepting applications for the 9th Hakuho Japanese Research Fellowship (previously...
View ArticleJapan Holds "ARIGATO in LONDON" at London County Hall
TOKYO, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "ARIGATO in LONDON," an event to show Japan's gratitude for the worldwide help, assistance and courage given after the Great East Japan Earthquake and also to show...
View ArticleIN THE NEWS / 1st Japanese dictionary released in Albania
Reko Dida, the wife of the Albanian ambassador to Japan, has compiled the first Japanese-Albanian dictionary in her country, a concise work containing 13,000 words. Dida, 47, first came to Japan in...
View ArticleFirms, students struggle with recruitment
Both companies and students are reviewing their recruiting and job-hunting strategies this year, based on lessons learned from last year's change in the voluntary rules concerning corporate recruiting...
View ArticleFar East Opens up to Trinity Students (15956255)
(Source: Trinity College Dublin - The University of Dublin) Sep 21, 2012 Trinity College Dublin has been awarded two prestigious grants for its School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences....
View ArticlePoet Hachikai Mimi set to give lectures on Japanese literature
Japanese poet Hachikai Mimi - Photo: The organizersHachikai Mimi, one of the most promising young poets/writers in Japan, will arrive in Vietnam to host lectures on Japanese contemporary literature...
View ArticleTraining Institute Now Accepting Applications for 2013-14 Fellowship Program
The International Food Protection Training Institute is pleased to announce that they are currently accepting applications for the 2013-14 cohort of the Applied Science, Law, and Policy: Fellowship in...
View ArticlePanasonic to boost alliances, M&A quest
Onward and upward: Tokyo’s ever-changing skyline sprouts new high-rise buildings like bamboo shoots in spring. No complaints here, even if they are as massive as the new Waterras Tower, close by...
View ArticleIWMF opens applications for 2012-2013 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), based in Washington, USA has opened applications for the 2012-2013 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship. It is named after the 1998 IWMF Courage in...
View ArticleJewish Japanese-American keeps multicultural connections in tune
Even in casual conversation, Danny Katz entertains. His voice doesn't just speak, it croons with comedic pacing, imitations and abrupt shifts in tone. He peppers his speech with accents, New York City...
View ArticleCULTURAL CONUNDRUMS / For cultural insight, read the manual
A popular cartoon from the award-winning Dilbert series written and drawn by Scott Adams has Dilbert's dog Dogbert acting as a tech support employee. In the comic strip Dogbert speaks over the phone,...
View ArticleProfessorship in Russian Language and Culture / Faculty of Humanities,...
(Source: University of Jyväskylä) Faculty of Humanities CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Department of Languages The mission of the Department is to conduct cutting edge research with high social relevance,...
View ArticleCULTURAL CONUNDRUMS / The done deal and the become deal
Following the recent Nobel Prize announcements, and heading into autumn with winter looming around the corner, my thoughts have turned to Yukiguni (Snow Country). This stylistically beautiful novel is...
View ArticleDemand for inclusion of Tulu language in the eighth schedule of the Indian...
Tweet New Delhi, Feb. 18 (ANI): The demand for inclusion of Tulu, an important language of the Dravidian linguistic family spoken by the people in the state of Karnataka and also in the northern part...
View ArticleU.S.-Japan Network: UNCP Asian scholar turning fellowship into action (The...
Contact: Scott Bigelow | 910.521.6351 | scott.bigelow@uncp.edu University Communications and Marketing Wednesday, November 14, 2012 U.S.-Japan Network: UNCP Asian scholar turning fellowship into...
View ArticleDeny Willy Junaidy, School of Knowledge Science receives "The 8th Research...
(Source: JAIST - Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) > [news]Deny Willy Junaidy, School of Knowledge Science receives "The 8th Research Grant for Educational Practice for Children"...
View ArticleUnique languages, universal patterns: Linguist reveals how modern English...
Things look quite different in Japanese, however, where direct objects pop up all over the place, and are signified by the presence of a language particle, -o. For example: The Japanese sentence,...
View ArticleLost in Translation?
Last month, Haruki Murakami published a new novel in Japan. Before anyone could read it, the novel broke the country’s Internet pre-order sales record, its publisher announced an advance print run of...
View ArticleNew Selection Committee Members Appointed for 2013 TonenGeneral Children's...
(Source: TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK) April 18, 2013 TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. Contact: EMG Marketing Godo Kaisha Public and Government Relations TEL：03-6713-4400 New Selection Committee Members Appointed...
View ArticleWriter brought Japanese film to the West
DONALD RICHIE, 1924-2012 Donald Richie wrote extensively on Japan, his adopted homeland after his arrival in 1947 with the US occupation forces. He was best known for his books on cinema, including...
View Article[release] Japan-Italy Cooperation Event Japan and Italy: Space Cooperation...
(Source: JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the "Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI, Italian Space Agency), through the Italian Embassy in Japan,...
View ArticleWriter, teacher, advocate finds her stride in the Japanese countryside
For Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, her sociopolitical outlook colors all aspects of her life, as a writer, educator or activist. "Activism runs through what I read and what I write and what I'm teaching; It's...
View ArticleHakuhodo named Interactive Agency of the Year for 2nd straight year at...
(Source: Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc) Tel: +81-3-6441-6161 Fax: +81-3-6441-6166 www.hakuhodo.co.jp Hakuhodo named Interactive Agency of the Year for 2nd straight year at ADFEST 2013 Group companies also...
View ArticleCreative Australia Fellowship applications now open
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 3:53 pm Press Release: Australia Council for the Arts 7 December 2011 Creative Australia Fellowship applications now open In May in this year the Minister for the Arts, the...
View ArticleHakuhodo Consulting establishes Hakuhodo Consulting Asia Pacific in...
(Source: Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc) Hakuhodo Consulting establishes Hakuhodo Consulting Asia Pacific in Singapore Tokyo-January 15, 2013-Hakuhodo group consulting firm Hakuhodo Consulting has...
View ArticleNidec Establishes New Sales Foothold Targeting Japanese and South Korean...
(Source: Nidec Corporation) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Masahiro Nagayasu General Manager Investor Relations +81-75-935-6140 ir@jp.nidec.com Nidec Corporation New York Stock Exchange symbol: NJ...
View ArticleFive IU Bloomington professors awarded 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships (Indiana...
(Source: Indiana University) Last modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Five IU Bloomington professors awarded 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2013 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Five...
View ArticleThe World’s Largest Nanotechnology Exhibition - nano tech 2013
The 12th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference January 30 to February 1 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan nano tech 2013 TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nano tech Executive Committee is pleased...
View ArticleUMW English Professor Awarded National Fellowship (University of Mary...
(Source: University of Mary Washington) Ben LaBreche, assistant professor of English at the University of Mary Washington, has been awarded a Solmsen Fellowship for 2013-2014. The fellowship will...
View ArticleIU's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures celebrates 50th...
(Source: Indiana University) Last modified: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 IU's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures celebrates 50th anniversary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2013 BLOOMINGTON,...
View ArticleJose Alvares finds Portugal-Japan links
Jose Alvares has tried to "reconnect" the Portuguese and Japanese cultures over the last 43 years he has spent in Japan. The veteran researcher of Portuguese culture and history says it's difficult to...
View ArticleDonald Richie: Author and acclaimed scholar of Japanese cinema
Donald Richie was the foremost authority in the west on Japanese film, and the best-known, for over 60 years. A prolific writer on many aspects of Japanese culture, he was also a recognised writer of...
View ArticleHistory grad student to study in Japan on Fulbright-Hays fellowship...
Project to examine Japanese communities around U.S. military bases November 15, 2012 By Scott Rappaport Dustin Wright, a Ph.D. student in the UCSC History Department, has received a $43,800...
View ArticlePoint Loma Nazarene University Now Accepting Applications for 2012 Kyoto...
Fellowship sponsors a journalist to travel to Japan in November to attend the presentation ceremony and meet the 2012 Kyoto Prize Laureates SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Point Loma Nazarene University...
View Article8th Hakuho Japanese Language Research Fellowship Program Now Accepting...
TOKYO, Sept. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hakuho Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation, began accepting applications for the 8th Hakuho Japanese Language Research Fellowship Program on...
View ArticleViews from Japan / Abe places hope on globally active Japanese
Shigeru Nakanishi / Yomiuri Research Institute Senior Research FellowThe Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, emphasized the “development of human resources capable of...
View ArticleHarry Ransom Center Accepting Applications for Research Fellowships in the...
(Source: The University of Texas System) Sept. 3, 2013 AUSTIN, Texas - The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for...
View ArticleSwann Foundation Accepting Fellowship Applications (The Library of Congress)
(Source: The Library of Congress) Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639 Public contact: Martha Kennedy (202) 707-9115 October 28, 2013 Swann Foundation Accepting Fellowship Applications...
View ArticleThe Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the Humanities for...
(Source: University of Latvia) The AABS invites applications for "The Aina Birnitis Scholarship," which supports a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities in...
View ArticleTwo faculty members win National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships...
(Source: KU - The University of Kansas) LAWRENCE - Two University of Kansas professors, Iris Smith Fischer, English, and Arienne Dwyer, anthropology, have won National Endowment for the Humanities...
View ArticleLaurier professor awarded prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship...
(Source: Wilfrid Laurier University) Carol B. Duncan Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing Laurier professor awarded prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship Feb 14/14| For Immediate...
View ArticleHakuho Foundation Announces Invitees to Its Japanese Research Fellowship
TOKYO, March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hakuho Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation, announced on March 7 the researchers invited to participate in the 9th Hakuho Foundation Japanese...
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