GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
From time to time, Japan scholars and organizations send JSA announcements of their work or other offerings. This page offers a selection of those announcements for interested members to investigate.
Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
"Fukushima 10 Years Later: Voices from the Continuing Nuclear Disaster"
March 11, 2021, 4pm HST
A film screening followed by Q&A with the director, Dr. Komei Hosokawa
This March 11th marks ten years since the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011.
Please join us via Zoom at 4pm (HST) on Thursday, March 11, 2021 for a film screening of a recently produced documentary in Japan titled, 『終わりのない原子力災害 ── 3.11東日本大震災から10年』directed by Dr. Komei Hosokawa. The screening will be followed by Q&A with Dr. Hosokawa.
You may view a trailer of the film here. The English translation of the title is, "Fukushima 10 Years Later: Voices from the continuing nuclear disaster." There will be English subtitles available for the film screening on March 11th.
Registration is required: http://go.hawaii.edu/JDk
Please share the attached event flyer with your family, friends, and colleagues.
Thank you.
Center for Japanese Studies
School of Pacific & Asian Studies
College of Arts, Languages & Letters
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Phone 808-956-2665
Fax 808-956-2666
Website: http://www.hawaii.edu/cjs
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation
Nominations from publishers due on or before April 1, 2021.
Greetings from the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago (CEAS)!
CEAS is pleased to announce the CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for The William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.
This annual competition, coordinated by the Committee on Japanese Studies of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago, honors the legacy of William F. Sibley, Associate Professor Emeritus in East Asian Languages & Civilizations and scholar and translator of Japanese literature. In keeping with Sibley’s lifelong devotion to translation and to the place of literature in the classroom, the award provides up to $3,000 as a publishing subvention for translations of Japanese literature into English.
Eligible translations include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, short stories, compositions, literary criticism, and essays. New translations of works previously translated are acceptable. Subvention funds will be paid directly to publishers. Nominations will only be accepted from presses that have previously published Japanese literature in translation.
The deadline for nominations from publishers is April 1, 2021.
Full details and nomination instructions can be found on the CEAS website:
https://ceas.uchicago.edu/content/william-f-sibley-memorial-subvention-award-japanese-translation
Any questions about the award or nomination process can be directed to Megumi Kim at [email protected].
Abbey Newman
Associate Director
Center for East Asian Studies
University of Chicago
1155 East 60th Street, Room 317
Chicago, IL 60637
USA
Tel: 773-834-4739
A New Documentary Released
A VERY RUDE AWAKENING
THE NIGHT JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINES CAME TO SYDNEY
A documentary based on Peter Grose's bestselling book, A Very Rude Awakening.
Produced and directed by Gary Jackson
Web: https://www.ww2australia.com.au/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/275992394
For a Study Guide and to explore different purchase/rental options, please go to
The Education Shop
A documentary based on Peter Grose's bestselling book, A Very Rude Awakening.
Produced and directed by Gary Jackson
Web: https://www.ww2australia.com.au/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/275992394
For a Study Guide and to explore different purchase/rental options, please go to
The Education Shop
Narrated by the author, the engaging 48-minute production puts to rest all the misinformation that has persisted about that infamous Sunday winter night in 1942.
This is a neutral, balanced, critical analysis of what did happen and why anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. We lay bare mistakes that turned best-laid military plans into an embarrassing failure with tragic loss of life on both sides.
"When military plans are drawn up, they're drawn up with all the best information and Intelligence that can be gathered. You're sending in your best team to undertake that plan of operation, but normally at the very first shot, the plan tends not to go the way it was actually intended." Commander Shane Moore, RAN (retired)
This is a neutral, balanced, critical analysis of what did happen and why anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. We lay bare mistakes that turned best-laid military plans into an embarrassing failure with tragic loss of life on both sides.
"When military plans are drawn up, they're drawn up with all the best information and Intelligence that can be gathered. You're sending in your best team to undertake that plan of operation, but normally at the very first shot, the plan tends not to go the way it was actually intended." Commander Shane Moore, RAN (retired)
The M-24 was the midget that got away but it didn't get far, running out of battery power and air just 5km short of a planned rendezvous with the parent sub. The wreck was found by chance 65 years later in 54 meters of water off Sydney's northern beaches. It was the only one of the three midget raiders to fire its torpedoes. Both torpedoes missed their target -- the USS Chicago -- by a dangerously small margin, narrowly avoiding big trouble with Australia's brand new alliance partner, the United States. Photo courtesy: Gary Jackson.
What were they thinking? The attack strategy, planning, execution and the aftermath are explained in military terms and clearly illustrated. The many failures are graphically reconstructed with unprecedented accuracy and insight.
An inspired narrative draws on expert interviews plus brilliant CG visuals to take us back for a detailed understanding of what really did happen all those years ago.
A task force of 500 men in five huge I-class submarines assembled off the coast. Two carried a floatplane in a waterproof hangar. Three carried a midget submarine strapped to the rear deck. The control room on the midget subs was terribly cramped. Two men worked in a confined space less than two meters long and two meters in diameter.
An inspired narrative draws on expert interviews plus brilliant CG visuals to take us back for a detailed understanding of what really did happen all those years ago.
A task force of 500 men in five huge I-class submarines assembled off the coast. Two carried a floatplane in a waterproof hangar. Three carried a midget submarine strapped to the rear deck. The control room on the midget subs was terribly cramped. Two men worked in a confined space less than two meters long and two meters in diameter.
The midget was a horribly cramped and dangerous two-man throwaway weapon. On paper, it looked like a brilliant design and much wasted effort was put into keeping it secret. In practice, it was a nightmare for the crew, with deadly bad habits. Digital reconstruction by Gary Jackson.
The first midget to enter the harbor collided with a channel marker, then backed up and became hopelessly tangled in the incomplete boom net. The bow rose to the surface. "Yes, it's a submarine alright!", the Australians agreed after arguing for two hours, not wanting to believe it.
To avoid certain capture, the Japanese crew used the scuttling charge to destroy the submarine and themselves. And then the real trouble started.
Cmdr. Shane Moore RAN (retired) discusses the design problems of the battery-powered midgets and reveals why they were so deadly, particularly to the brave young crews who manned them.
Japanese Spy Pilot Susumo Ito, who flew multiple undetected reconnaissance missions over Sydney, gives a candid view from the other side in this conflict.
To avoid certain capture, the Japanese crew used the scuttling charge to destroy the submarine and themselves. And then the real trouble started.
Cmdr. Shane Moore RAN (retired) discusses the design problems of the battery-powered midgets and reveals why they were so deadly, particularly to the brave young crews who manned them.
Japanese Spy Pilot Susumo Ito, who flew multiple undetected reconnaissance missions over Sydney, gives a candid view from the other side in this conflict.
Flight path of one of Susumo Ito's reconnaissance missions. Many undetected flights were made over Sydney, Hobart, New Zealand and Fiji as a task force of 500 men in five huge I-class submarines looked for worthwhile targets.
Photo courtesy: Gary Jackson.
Photo courtesy: Gary Jackson.
Uncovered archival footage provides a never-before-seen perspective, with expert eye-witness commentary.
Government-approved forensic dives on the off-limit wreck of the long-missing third midget submarine have brought some closure to a long-standing mystery. Marine archaeologists, however, can only work backwards from surviving forensic clues and can never satisfactorily explain the reasons for the raid, its failure and what was going on at the time between Japan, Australia and the United States.
"Often the clear view comes only in hindsight." - Gary Jackson
The DVD brings together years of work in an engaging, entertaining, very re-watchable and teachable video. To view rental/purchase options and a study guide, please to to The Education Shop.
Government-approved forensic dives on the off-limit wreck of the long-missing third midget submarine have brought some closure to a long-standing mystery. Marine archaeologists, however, can only work backwards from surviving forensic clues and can never satisfactorily explain the reasons for the raid, its failure and what was going on at the time between Japan, Australia and the United States.
"Often the clear view comes only in hindsight." - Gary Jackson
The DVD brings together years of work in an engaging, entertaining, very re-watchable and teachable video. To view rental/purchase options and a study guide, please to to The Education Shop.
Special Offer
Bloomsbury Shinto Studies
Get 35% off any book in the Bloomsbury Shinto Studies series using the discount code
GLR QU1*. For more information about the series please visit: bit.ly/BloomsburyShinto.
*Please note the discount applies to any title in the series and will expire on 30th November 2018. Simply enter the code at the checkout on the website Bloomsbury website when you purchase the book.
The discount applies to individual titles. However, libraries may take advantage of this, if they were to purchase the books from Bloomsbury's website.
For further information, please contact:
Alexandra Smith
Marketing Manager
Biblical Studies | Religious Studies | Theology
Bloomsbury
50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP
E: [email protected]
T: +44 (0)20 7631 5886
www.bloomsbury.com
Bloomsbury Shinto Studies
Get 35% off any book in the Bloomsbury Shinto Studies series using the discount code
GLR QU1*. For more information about the series please visit: bit.ly/BloomsburyShinto.
*Please note the discount applies to any title in the series and will expire on 30th November 2018. Simply enter the code at the checkout on the website Bloomsbury website when you purchase the book.
The discount applies to individual titles. However, libraries may take advantage of this, if they were to purchase the books from Bloomsbury's website.
For further information, please contact:
Alexandra Smith
Marketing Manager
Biblical Studies | Religious Studies | Theology
Bloomsbury
50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP
E: [email protected]
T: +44 (0)20 7631 5886
www.bloomsbury.com
Call for Papers
Reconsidering Language and Gender in Contemporary Japan and among Japanese Diaspora amid the #MeToo Movement
Special Issue of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (JAPC)
Guest edited by
Kikuko Omori ([email protected])
Hiroshi Ota ([email protected])
Abstract due date: 31 January 2019
Recent #MeToo movement and 2017 women’s march around the world have promoted the social climate that demands improvement in women’s rights especially in workplaces. Against such background, In Japan, a top finance ministry official left the position due to the allegation of sexual harassment not long ago. The global effort toward normalizing gender equality poses an enormous challenge for a traditionally male-dominant and patriarchal society like Japan. While Prime Minister Abe’s “Womenomics” or an effort to promote female labour participation might help bring up the number of women workforce, it’s unclear whether society’s treatment of women has conspicuously changed in the desired direction.
Now Japan is at a critical juncture for the improvement of women’s rights. Likewise, Japanese people living outside Japan should see it as necessary. In order to promote gender equality in Japan and among Japanese diaspora, more research about gendered and sexist language at work, home, school, and in media is imperative because power differentials between male and female often penetrate into people’s mind through the use of language.
This Special Issue of JAPC addresses gender issues focusing on language and communication aspects of life in contemporary Japan and Japanese diaspora communities. The JAPC invites scholars whose works focus on language, gender, and Japanese culture, taking into consideration the following non-exhaustive list of issues:
Interested authors should send a brief abstract (maximum 800 words) stating the theme, methodology, and aim of the paper by 31 January 2019 to
Kikuko Omori ([email protected]) and
Hiroshi Ota([email protected]).
Guest edited by
Kikuko Omori ([email protected])
Hiroshi Ota ([email protected])
Abstract due date: 31 January 2019
Recent #MeToo movement and 2017 women’s march around the world have promoted the social climate that demands improvement in women’s rights especially in workplaces. Against such background, In Japan, a top finance ministry official left the position due to the allegation of sexual harassment not long ago. The global effort toward normalizing gender equality poses an enormous challenge for a traditionally male-dominant and patriarchal society like Japan. While Prime Minister Abe’s “Womenomics” or an effort to promote female labour participation might help bring up the number of women workforce, it’s unclear whether society’s treatment of women has conspicuously changed in the desired direction.
Now Japan is at a critical juncture for the improvement of women’s rights. Likewise, Japanese people living outside Japan should see it as necessary. In order to promote gender equality in Japan and among Japanese diaspora, more research about gendered and sexist language at work, home, school, and in media is imperative because power differentials between male and female often penetrate into people’s mind through the use of language.
This Special Issue of JAPC addresses gender issues focusing on language and communication aspects of life in contemporary Japan and Japanese diaspora communities. The JAPC invites scholars whose works focus on language, gender, and Japanese culture, taking into consideration the following non-exhaustive list of issues:
- Japanese gendered and sexist language use in a variety of contexts
- Media expression(narratives) and its effect on gender and sexuality issues in Japan
- LGBT linguistics in Japan
- Child-rearing and gendered/sexist language in Japan and Japanese diaspora
- Language and sexual harassments in organizations including academic institutions and athletic organizations
Interested authors should send a brief abstract (maximum 800 words) stating the theme, methodology, and aim of the paper by 31 January 2019 to
Kikuko Omori ([email protected]) and
Hiroshi Ota([email protected]).
Library of Congress Digitizes
Unique Japanese Censorship Collection
by Eiichi Ito
The Library of Congress (LC) recently launched the Japanese Censorship Collection, an online archive comprising more than one thousand marked-up copies of government-censored monographs and galley proofs from prewar Japan. The Library of Congress has been collaborating with The National Diet Library (NDL) to digitize and make the collection accessible onsite and online. At present, 247 copies are available on the Library of Congress website for offsite viewing, but this number will continue to grow as more titles enter the public domain. The Library of Congress released the archive following the National Diet Library’s last year.
Please find more information about this digital archive in the news release, blog posts, and Facebook post listed below.
“Library of Congress Digitizes Unique Japanese Censorship Collection.” News release. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. April 16, 2018. https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-042/library-of-congress-digitizes-unique-japanese-censorship-collection/2018-04-16/.
“Japanese Censorship Collection at the Library of Congress | 4 Corners of the World: International Collections and Studies at the Library of Congress.” Blog. April 16, 2018. //blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2018/04/japanese-censorship-collection-at-the-library-of-congress/.
“Library of Congress International Collections - Posts.” April 16, 2018. https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongressinternationalcollections/posts/578795392486667.
“New Online: Unique Collection of Censored Japanese Books | Library of Congress Blog.” Blog. April 16, 2018. //blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/04/new-online-unique-collection-of-censored-japanese-books/.