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The philosopher and literary critic Kojin Karatani turns 85 today. His latest book, The End of Modern Literature: On Permanent Revolution, publishes later this month. Meanwhile, his most ambitious wor...

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

High-speed rail (HSR) is the object of conflicting assessments. It is simultaneously viewed as modern, backwards, progressive, conservative, green,

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The Lamborghini Revuelto Impavido celebrates 25 years of Lamborghini Japan with samurai-inspired styling and exclusive colour options.

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Abstract Environmentalists have long seen in the watershed the promise of an ethic of stewardship predicated on the recognition that no action affecting a waterway can be free from upstream influences...

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Exhibiting Japan explores Japan’s national pavilions at the 1939-40 and 1964-65 New York World’s Fairs, examining how the country presented itself at two of the most iconic cultural events of the 20th...

Abstract. Despite growing interest in the role of digital humanities (DH) in and beyond East Asian/Asian studies, the breadth of possibilities for DH within area studies is still unclear for many rese...

In these posts, I introduce you to some of the remarkable (though often unknown) Japanese men and women whose stories I found interesting. I think these stories are a great way to learn more about Jap...

The Japan Foundation, Toronto is pleased to announce an open call for a Conference Attendance Grant for graduate students in Canada attending the AAS 2026 conference in Vancouver happening March 2026....

Apply by January 30, 2026 to become a Conference Mentor at AAS 2026 in March! The AAS Conference Mentor Program connects early career Asianists with advanced scholars, teachers, and professionals to b...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is among the six largest national space agencies in the world, along with China's CNSA, US's NASA, and Russia's Roscosmos. JAXA's budget is more than $1 b...

Abstract. The idea that societies progress from rickshaw to railroad has been ubiquitous in discourses of colonialism and technological determinism since t