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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📣 The 2027 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! tinyurl.com/2rc443mz This program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator.

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UCSF Archives & Special Collections @ucsf-archives.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Grateful to @sfchronicle.com for featuring the UCSF Archives & Special Collections! This international digitization and research collaboration, supported by @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social is helping bring Japanese medical history to wider audiences. Excited for what’s ahead!

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The Yanai Initiative is pleased to share that the second installment of our Bungaku Bideo series, The Graffiti, has won Grand Prix at the 15th International Animated Film Festival Animocje!👏 The film has been received warmly around the world since its release. www.animocje.com/news/15th-an...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

柳井イニシアティブ「文学ビデオ」シリーズ第２弾、作家・高柳誠氏とアニメーション作家・折笠良氏による『落書』が、第15回国際アニメーション映画祭アニモチェにてグランプリを受賞しました！本作は、やまなしメディア芸術アワード入選作品展でもグランプリを受賞しています！👏 www.animocje.com/news/15th-an...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We're exhibiting at #AAS2026! Come see us at the Exhibition Hall this week to learn more about recent projects and programs from JPP and the @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social. Plus, get that sweet new swag! 😍🖊️ 楽しみにしています。

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Makia Matsumura @unpianistique.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

An article on our performance at BYU this past Wednesday is up on BYU Daily Universe 📰 “BYU benshi performance evokes appreciation for century-old silent films” universe.byu.edu/campus/byu-b... @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social #silentfilm #benshi #livemusic

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BYU benshi performance evokes appreciation for century-old silent films

Professional benshi silent film narrator Ichiro Kataoka and silent film piano accompanist Makia Matsumura performed live at Brigham Young University's International Cinema on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Yanai Initiative is digitizing thousands of early modern Japanese books & manuscripts across the UC system in collaboration with Ritsumeikan University's Art Research Center, creating what could become the largest digital collection of its kind outside of Japan. newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ear...

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Makia Matsumura @unpianistique.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Today at @BYUIC! ic.byu.edu “Benshi performance by Kataoka Ichiro @katsudobenshi with the screenings of A Page of Madness (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926), Snipped Snake (Chiho Maekawa, 1932) and Liberty (Leo McCarey, 1929).” #silentfilm #benshi #livemusic @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

柳井イニシアティブでは2026‐2027年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！〆切：2026年3月30日。VGR（Visiting Graduate Researchers）プログラムの詳細については、このページをご覧ください： yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/engage?tab=v...

UCLA Visiting Graduate Researcher Applications for 2026-2027 Now Open / 招聘研究員申請書 2026-2027年度VGR申請受付中

DEADLINE: March 30 2026 / 締切：2026年3月30日

The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities invites graduate students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers (VGR) during the 2026-2027 academic year. The Yanai Initiative will accept up to five VGRs next year, each spending spend one ten-week quarter pursuing short-term doctoral research; participating in graduate seminars; attending lectures and other academic or cultural events; and socializing with students and faculty, including other visitors. VGRs will be affiliated with the UCLA Department of Asian Languages & Cultures.

Applicants must be degree-seeking graduate students at institutions outside the U.S., and who plan to return to their degree programs at the conclusion of the VGR experience. Prior experience living in English-speaking environments is not necessary for VGRs.

Please visit our website for more information and to apply at http://yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/engage?tab=visit-application-forms.

DEADLINE: March 30, 2026 (11:00 PM Pacific Time)

柳井イニシアティブでは2026‐2027年度の招聘研究員（VGR: Visiting Graduate Researcher）としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します。来年度は最大5名のVGRを受け入れ、1学期10週にわたり大学院のゼミへの参加、講演、その他の学術・文化イベントへの出席、学生や教員やほかの招聘者たちとの交流などをおこないます。VGRはUCLAアジア言語文化学科に所属することになります。

応募者は米国以外の大学に所属する学位取得を目指す大学院生であり、VGR終了後に本属の学位取得プログラムに戻る予定の方を対象とします。英語圏での生活経験の有無は問いません。

VGRプログラムの詳細については、http://yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/engage?tab=visit-application-forms をご覧ください。

締切：2026年3月30日 (23:00時 PDT)

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The Yanai Initiative invites grad students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers during the 2026-2027 academic year! The deadline to apply is 3/30/26. Visit our site for more info: yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/engage?tab=v...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

このたび新たに「世界の学会データベース」を公開したことをお知らせいたします。本データベースは、世界各地で定期的に開催されている日本研究およびアジア研究に関連する150以上の学会、シンポジウム、ワークショップを一覧化し、絞り込み機能を設けてまとめたものです。研究成果の共有や人脈づくり、専門性の向上のための多彩な学術的交流の場を見つけることもできます。こうした情報を広く、かつ誰もがアクセスしやすい形で提供することは、世界規模で、より公平な環境を研究者たちの間に築くうえできわめて重要であると、私たちは考えています。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/resources...

A screenshot of the Global Conferences Database homepage in Japanese, showing a list of conferences and a series of filters to the left. The header of the page reads: 世界の学会データベースは、日本研究・アジア研究を対象とする学会やシンポジウムなどに関する情報を掲載したデータベースです。絞り込み検索が可能です。本データベースに学会やシンポジウムなどの情報を掲載したい方、既に掲載されている情報を更新したい方は、お問い合わせフォームからご連絡ください。

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Japan Past & Present is pleased to announce the launch of its new Global Conferences Database, a filterable list of more than 150 regularly held conferences, symposia, and workshops related to Japan Studies and Asian Studies from all around the world. 🌏 japanpastandpresent.org/en/resources...

A screenshot of the Global Conferences Database homepage, showing a list of conferences and a series of filters to the left. The header of the page reads: The Global Conferences Database provides a filterable list of conferences and symposia related to Japan Studies and Asian Studies more broadly. To submit a conference or symposium for inclusion or update existing information in the conference database, please get in touch with us via the contact form.

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The Yanai Initiative is pleased to invite proposals for a symposium entitled “Experimental Translations in/with East Asian Languages,” to be hosted at UCLA on April 10-11, 2026. Deadline November 30, 2025, 11:59 PM (PT). See more information threaded below. ⬇️

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Yanai Initiative is excited to share that The Graffiti, the second installment in its Bungaku Bideo series, has won the Best Narrative Short Award at the 2025 Ottawa International Animation Festival! 👏

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

柳井イニシアティブ「文学ビデオ」シリーズ第２弾、作家・高柳誠さんとアニメーション作家・折笠良さんによる『落書』が、アヌシー国際アニメーション映画祭Off-Limits賞に続き、2025年オタワ国際アニメーション映画祭でBest Narrative Short Award (最優秀ナラティブ作品賞)を受賞しました！　この賞は短編ではグランプリに次ぐ、カテゴリー最高賞です。👏

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator. Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We are pleased to announce that Japan Past & Present is now accepting proposals for its Fall 2025 Project Funding cycle! 🎉🗾 We offer short-term support to scholars to create public-facing resources on Japan-related topics to be published on JPP's site. japanpastandpresent.org/en/funding/j...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

JPPはこの度、2025年秋の募集サイクルとなるプロジェクト助成金への応募受付を開始しました！ 🎉🗾 JPPの「プロジェクト助成金」は、JPPのウェブサイトで公開することを目的とした、幅広い日本の人文科学研究についてのリソース開発を短期的に支援するためのものです。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/funding/j...

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

If you're in Japan, the next opportunities to see this amazing show are in Niigata (6/21), Osaka (6/24, 6/26), Kyoto (6/25), Ehime (6/28), and even Hiroshima (7/6)! These paper films and the performances with them are really something! 🎞️

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

日本にはかつて、紙のフィルムで作られた子ども向けの短編映画がありました。映画といえばセルロイドのフィルムで上映されるものだった時代、1932～38年の短い期間だけ、家庭用のおもちゃとして「紙フィルム」作品が売られていたのです。子どもたちは紙フィルムを専用の手回しの映写機で上映してもらって遊んだようです。映像の多くはアニメーション。映画館で観る映画が白黒だった時代に、紙フィルムではカラーで印刷された鮮やかな色彩の映画が観られました。素朴でかわいらしいキャラクターや動物のおとぎ話、とぼけた侍たちの時代劇、時代を反映した戦争モノまで、たくさんの作品が作られています。

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

In an age when most films were printed on celluloid, a few companies in Japan embarked on an experiment: producing and selling short, often animated films printed on paper. Sold as toys for just six years (1932-1938), these “paper films” were screened using special hand-cranked projectors.

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

今週！対面とオンライン！ジャパン・パスト＆プレゼントの第1回国際シンポジウム「Japan Past & Present ― グローバルな日本人文科学へ」の参加登録が開始されました。 🗾 このシンポジウムは、2025年5月29日から31日まで早稲田大学で開催されます。 japanpastandpresent.org/jp/jpp-event...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This week! In-person and virtual! Registration is still open for JPP's international symposium "Japan Past & Present: Reimagining a Global Field" (5/29–5/31)! 🗾 japanpastandpresent.org/en/jpp-event...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The Yanai Initiative is pleased to co-present a screening of the film Asia is One (1973) by the Nihon Documentarist Union, which follows migrants from Okinawa to Taiwan, documenting colonial legacies in the Pacific. Join us 6/6, 6:30pm (Dodd 147) for an introduction by Dr. Nina Horisaki-Christens.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Sunday, April 13, 7 p.m. 📽 Japanese Paper Films Join us for a rare screening of digitized “kami firumu” from @kamifirumu.bsky.social, Japanese short films that were printed on paper in the 1930s. Live musical accompaniment! Free: ucla.in/3Eb9NQZ Co-presented by @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This weekend! Come to the Billy Wilder Theater @hammermuseum.bsky.social for a rare opportunity to see pre-war Japanese paper films with live accompaniment, a fascinating part of animation and film history. 🎞️ At the Billy Wilder 4/13, or in Santa Barbara 4/12! humanities.ucla.edu/news/paper-f...

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Paper films – treasures of pre-war Japan – to be screened at Billy Wilder Theater, April 13

Ninety years after the height of the medium’s popularity, a selection of kami firumu will be presented by the Yanai Initiative and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If you're in the Los Angeles area there's still time to join us for this special event (4/4), offered in partnership with Japan Foundation LA & Japan House LA, featuring 4 Japanese spoken theater performers showcasing their craft! To register or see more info, visit: www.jflalc.org/event-detail...

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Film enthusiasts in LA and the Chicago area! 🎞️✨👇 You can check out what promises to be an amazing performance/screening of rare 1930s Japanese paper film 紙フィルム！

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Deadline approaching! ⬇️ We look forward to your applications!

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

We are delighted to be welcoming the Japanese Paper Film Project (@kamifirumu.bsky.social) to UCLA at the Billy Wilder Theater April 13th! 🎞️ Come enjoy a selection of rare 1930s paper film (kami firumu) and experience these pieces of early film history! www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/japan...

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Japan Past & Present @jppinfo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Are you gearing up for #AAS2025? We’ll be there! Come by booth 613 this week to say hello and learn about all the exciting things we’re up to at JPP and the @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social! 🗾 Plus, swag! 🖊️😍

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Come by, Japan enthusiasts! Check out the latest with Japan Past & Present and of course all the exciting publications and projects the Yanai Initiative has been collaborating on. 🗾 Learn more about translation, performance, and opportunities for graduate students to visit UCLA!

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities invites graduate students from non-U.S. institutions in Japanese humanities fields to apply to come to UCLA as Visiting Graduate Researchers during the 2025-2026 academic year! 柳井イニシアティブでは2025‐2026年度の招聘研究員としてUCLAに迎える日本文化研究の大学生を募集します！

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The 2nd Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2024 in Tokio will be held from 12/8~12/19 at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya! On the 14th (Sat) and 18th (Wed), the animation “Extremely Short” will be screened. Please take this opportunity to come and see the film! www.cannes-df-in-tokio.com

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

カンヌ国際映画祭監督週間 2024 in Tokioが12/8(日)~19(木）までヒューマントラストシネマ渋谷にて開催されます！ 14日（土）及び18日（水）には、柳井イニシアティブが企画・制作する新シリーズ「文学ビデオ」の第一作目『とても短い』が上映されます。是非来てください！ www.cannes-df-in-tokio.com

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Join us at Japan Foundation Los Angeles on 12/4 at 7pm for "An Evening with Tomoka Shibasaki: Readings & Conversation"! 📖 Tomoka Shibasaki, Yanai Initiative Visiting Professor, will discusse her literary works, including the award-winning Spring Garden (Haru no niwa). www.jflalc.org/event-detail...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Get your tickets now to the 11/24 film screening Asako I & II, featuring the author Tomoka Shibasaki whose novel Netemo sametemo the film adapts! 🎞️📖 Presented by Acropolis Cinema and the Yanai Initiative. For more information, visit: dice.fm/event/k688dl...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

作家・古川日出男氏とアニメーション作家・山村浩二氏による短編アニメーション映画『とても短い』について、嬉しいニュースをお伝えします。この作品は、古川日出男氏の短編小説「とても短い」を原作とし、柳井イニシアティブが企画・制作する新シリーズ「文学ビデオ」の第一作目となります。

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We are delighted to share some exciting news about “Extremely Short,” a short film by animator Yamamura Kōji. Based on Furukawa Hideo’s short story "Totemo mijikai," this is the first film in a new series called “Bungaku Bideo” conceived & produced by the Yanai Initiative.

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Calling those in the Seattle area! On 11/13 will be a film screening of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Asako I & II” at the University of Washington, Seattle. 🎬 Presented with support from the Yanai Initiative and Japan Foundation Los Angeles. www.jflalc.org/event-detail...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Happening 11/3 at The Culver Theater! 🚨 Part of Canne’s Directors’ Fortnight Extended: “Desert of Namibia” will be featured alongside Kōji Yamamura's “Extremely Short,” film #1 in the Yanai Initiative’s Bungaku Bideo project. This will be the US premiere! 🎞️ www.acropoliscinema.com/films/desert...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Be sure to check out the program! ⬇️ Student discount tickets are available for the series as well as for individual screenings! Directors’ Fortnight Extended in LA (Nov 1-3): acropoliscinema.com

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

We are delighted to be able to partner with so many great organizations for “A Film Series for You: Celebrating Giant Robot’s 30th Anniversary” Nov 1-17th! at the Billy Wilder Theater in LA! 🎞️ youtu.be/ITk6w3LgnZs

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A Film Series for You: Celebrating Giant Robot’s 30th Anniversary trailer

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

このたび柳井イニシアティブは、柳井正氏より、日本文化・日本人文科学研究の活動、特に新たに立ち上げたプロジェクト「ジャパン・パスト＆プレゼント」のために、3,100万米ドル（約45億円）のご寄付をいただくことになりました。この大きな喜びを皆さんにご報告いたします！ newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/tad...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

The Yanai Initiative is excited & humbled to share philanthropist Tadashi Yanai has committed $31 million to support the Yanai Initiative’s activities in the Japanese humanities, in particular its newly launched project Japan Past & Present (@jppinfo.bsky.social). newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/tad...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

We are excited to share that 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program applications are open! The Yanai Initiative is pleased to support this important venue for training, mentorship, & enhancing visibility of literature around the world. 📝 literarytranslators.wordpress.com/2024/09/03/2...

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

This weekend! Join us for GIFT: Eiko Ishibashi + Ryusuke Hamaguchi, a live performance by Ishibashi accompanying a screening of Hamaguchi's film GIFT! 🎞️ Performances at 2:15 & 8:30pm 9/28; 8:30pm 9/29. Presented by the Yanai Initiative & Acropolis Cinema! yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/event/the-ya...

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