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Tag Archives: US
Exhibition: “Sakura: Cherry Blossoms as Living Symbols of Friendship”
Exhibition at Library of Congress In 1912 the city of Tokyo gave Washington, D.C., a gift of 3,000 flowering cherry trees (“sakura” in Japanese), as a symbol of enduring friendship between Japan and the United States. Despite a war, the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cherry blossom, exhibition, friendship, interviews, Japan, Library of Congress, sakura, US
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FLF: Celebrity Ads
What do James Brown, Sean Connery, Andy Warhol, and Meg Ryan have in common? They were paid extremely high salaries to endorse Asian products. Business Insider reports that While many celebrities shy away from product endorsements in their own country, … Continue reading
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Tagged ads, advertisement, advertisements, celebrities, commercials, fun link friday, Japan, US
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Call for Papers: Workshop – The American University Meets the Pacific Century
Workshop: The American University Meets the Pacific Century (AUPC) Date: March 9-10, 2012 Location: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Deadline: December 1, 2011 Notification: December 15, 2011 Award: Limited funds to support room and board at Workshop and partial … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Illinois, Pacific, social science, students, university, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US, workshop
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High School Diplomats 2012: A cultural exchange program between Japanese & American HS students
Are you a high school student or teacher of high school students interested in international exchange with Japan? If so, check out the High School Diplomats program offered every summer at Princeton University for a wonderful opportunity to expand horizons … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural exchange, high school, High School Diplomats, Japan, Princeton University, US
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Resource: Networking with Japan Societies
As our previous article on maintaining relationships in Japanese Studies emphasized, networking and getting to know the field is very important. Whether you decide to go on to an academic career or stick with other types of employment, like any … Continue reading
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Tagged career, employment, Japan, Japan society, networking, social networking, US
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Book announcement: Sailor Diplomat: Nomura Kichisaburo and the Japanese-American War
This book is a naval-diplomatic history of Nomura Kichisaburo. Some will recognize him as Japan’s pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States; he was also an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, a one-time foreign minister, and spiritual godfather of … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japan, modern history, naval history, navy, Nomura Kichisaburo, political relations, politics, US, US-Japan relations
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Book announcement: On the Front Lines of Forging a Global Society: Japanese and American Coworkers in Japan
by Adam Komisarof As globalization advances and national borders become increasingly porous, Japan is now facing the human reality of these rapid changes: greater cultural diversity in the work force,which brings the concomitant challenge of how to integrate multicultural workers … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, employment, globalization, Japan, labor, society, US, working conditions, workplace
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Call For Papers: The Pacific War 1941-5: Legacies, Heritage, Culture
Location: Australia CFP: The Pacific War 1941-5: Legacies, Heritage, Culture 5-7 December 2011, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia This conference aims to bring together scholars working on the cultural, social and political implications of the Pacific War, and to stimulate debate … Continue reading
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Tagged australia, call for papers, conference, conflict, culture, Japan, melbourne, Monash University, Pacific War, US, war, World War II, WWII
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Fellowship: The Wilson Center
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Fellowships.welcome The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges … Continue reading
Job Opening: Assistant Director, US Asia Technology Management Center
See the original posting and apply here. Posted at HigherEdJobs.com. The US Asia Technology Management Center (US-ATMC) is an education and research center located within the Electrical Engineering Department in Stanford University School of Engineering. The US-ATMC programs focus on … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Assistant Director, technology, US, US Asia Technology Management Center
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