We were lucky enough to sit down for an interview with Higashimura, the massively accomplished mangaka best known in English for Princess Jellyfish

国文学研究資料館は、国内各地の日本文学とその関連資料を大規模に集積し、日本文学をはじめとする様々な分野の研究者の利用に供するとともに、それらに基づく先進的な共同研究を推進する日本文学の基盤的な総合研究機関です。

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「ヨイトマケの唄」などのヒット曲で知られ、長年にわたって舞台でも活躍した歌手で俳優の美輪明宏（みわ・あきひろ、本名=丸山明宏=まるやま・あきひろ）さんが6月20日、老衰のため死去した。91歳だった。告別式は近親者で行った。所属事務所が公式サイトで発表した。長崎県生まれ。1952年に東京・銀座のシャンソン喫茶「銀巴里」に出演し活動を始めた。57年の「メケ・メケ」がヒットし、作詞・作曲も手

1st Japanese Popular Fiction Translation Competition. Discovering, nurturing, and supporting translators who share our vision of bringing Japanese culture to the world.

I recently served at the East Asian Library as a Korea Foundation Global Intern from June 2025 to March 2026. As I wrapped up this internship, I wanted to share what I experienced and learned along the way. Work My primary responsibility was Korean materials acquisition at the East Asia Library. It all started with […]

Torikaebaya monogatari is a twelfth-century Japanese tale like no other. As suggested by its title, which literally translates to "if only I could exchange them" (torikaebaya) "story" (monogatari), it...

「巴里（パリイ）より」の初めに　予等は日夜欧羅巴（ヨウロツパ）に憬（あこが）れて居る。殊（こと）に巴里（パリイ）が忘れられない。滞留期が短くて、すべて表面計（ばか）りを一瞥（いつべつ）して来たに過ぎな…

‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class

AI might soon rob us of the thrill and challenge of cross-cultural conversation.

ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments Because this document has escaped containment, a couple points of explanation. I wrote this for myself and a few colleagues as we work out how to handle...

AI and translation tech lower barriers to global communication, but literary translation requires the ability to convey tone, rhythm and cultural context.

Jim goes on a somewhat spoilery journey looking back on an issue encountered in translating Strange Houses by Uketsu, which ended up making a major difference on the book.

Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) was established in September 2006 to enable promising and talented researchers to focus on their ...

A few starting points for East Asian studies, and links to China, Japan, and Korea studies.

The plagiarism machine seems to be worming its way into everything. Here's a list of Japanese Study apps That DON'T Use AI!

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