2014年11月のバックナンバー

2014.11.30

Globalization in the Regional Cities of Thailand

The Japan Foundation, Bangkok invited Prof. Dr. Eiji Oguma, Professor at Keio University, to Thailand in September 2014 to hold lectures for university students and academics, on the occasion of his participation in international conferences in the Greater Mekong Subregion. His lectures, the themes of which were "Widening differences and its countermeasures in Japan" and "Civil movements and social changes in Japan," took place at Ubon Ratchathani University and Chiang Mai University. He contributed an essay about his experiences in one of the Thai local cities he stayed this time.

2014.11.30

A Glimpse at Myanmar's Art Scene and Its Pursuit of Knowledge and International Recognition

In September 2014, the city of Yangon in Myanmar became center-stage for Contemporary Dialogues Yangon 2014 - International Festival of Cultures and Arts , a series of conversations, roundtables, and exhibitions that aimed to discover and discuss contemporary art and culture in Myanmar. Mami Kataoka, Chief Curator of the Mori Art Museum, delivered the keynote speech at one of the roundtables and engaged in a dynamic discussion with panelists on the theme of contemporary art in Myanmar. Here is an account of her impressions.

2014.11.30New

What I felt by Exposing My Body

The Japan Foundation sent author and playwright Yukiko Motoya to attend the 66th Frankfurt Book Fair held in Frankfurt, Germany, in October 2014. At the fair, over a period of two days, Motoya performed readings of her short story Tomoko no Baumukuhen (Tomoko's Baumkuchen) and conducted dialogues with Lisa Mundt, a researcher of Japanese theatre at the Japanese Studies Department of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. In Germany, the theme of Japanese women attracts great interest, and engaging Q&A sessions were conducted on this topic at the reading events. In this essay, Motoya reminisces on the interaction with German readers that she experienced through the readings and the dialogues.

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