Relay Essay
How does the rest of the world look at Japan? Scholars who are studying Japan overseas provide their insights into this country.
2012.3. 1
Japanese Youth after 3.11: From Underdogs to Change-makers?
Just as the youth who wish to help rebuild Tohoku have faced serious social-structural 'bottlenecks' along the way, so do young adults in Japan more generally face great resistance as they strive to reinvent their struggling society. Increasingly marginalized from traditional politics, they have had to find novel ways to respond to pressing social needs and contradictions. One emerging method is...
2011.11.15
A Dream Born at the Pyramids / Building a Bridge between Japan and Egypt
"As I paused for a break on the side of the pyramid, exhausted, I noticed a Iwanami shinsho (pocketbook from Iwanami Shoten, Publishers) lying in front of me." "As the situation continues to change in the Arab countries and the entire world, the Department of Japanese and Japanese Literature has an expanding role to play. Two fellows from Cairo University who currently reside in Japan write essays on how they got into the Japanese language and the Department of Japanese and Japanese Literature.
2011.11.15
Building a Bridge between Japan and Egypt / A Dream Born at the Pyramids
The term "inter-cultural dialogue" has been a buzzword since the beginning of the 21st century. I believe that the Department of Japanese and Japanese Literature, the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University, is one of the institutions whose efforts, while modest, have quietly played a role in realizing that dialogue.
2011.10. 1
Fukushima in the Heart of Germany: Reflections on German News Coverage During the Crisis
"Crises, conflicts, and disasters do not occur simply in a natural sense. On the contrary, particularly under the conditions of comprehensive mediazation of society, we should understand such events as the result of an all-embracing constructional process." Professor at Free University of Berlin and expert on Japanese studies Alexander Görke writes about the media following the earthquake in Japan.
2011.9. 1
Volunteers from Abroad Reach out to Children in Tohoku
When a major earthquake and tsunami struck eastern Japan on March 11, 2011. Leah, an American woman teaching English in Tokyo, wanted to find some way to help children in stricken area.
2011.8. 1
Special Series: Connect with Tohoku--Real Voices 007
The idea of "Genki Mail" was originally conceived by Yukitaka Uritani, director of the Asia Africa Cooperation Environment Center (ACEC), after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
2011.7.15
Special Series: Connect with Tohoku--Real Voices 006
After the March 11 earthquake, Peace Boat started coordinating volunteers to engage in relief activities, mainly in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture.
2011.6.15
Special Series: Connect with Tohoku--Real Voices 005
In the affected areas, nearly 90,000 are still missing while more than 100,000 people are taking shelter. The construction of temporary housing and removal of rubble are progressing at a snail's pace, and the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has yet to be brought under control.
2011.5.30
Special Series: Connect with Tohoku--Real Voices 004
He told me that their house and boat had been washed away by the tsunami and that his father was unable to continue fishing. "Everybody says we'll never be able to return to our home on the island, but I still want to become a fisherman," he said firmly.
2011.5.15
Special Series: Connect with Tohoku--Real Voices 003
We held the Arts NPO Forum in Tottori Prefecture from March 18 to 20. We had a discussion on "What the arts and arts NPOs can do now", which led us to establish the Arts NPO Aid fund. To support artists and non-profit art organizations affected by the disaster, we are providing not only funding but also equipment and human resources...
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