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Steve Forrest
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Read teach eat run, bike write build. Traveller; always learning. Teaching (classical) Japanese at a public univ. in USA. Doing life and Japanese book history, etc. In diversity, strength; in equity, justice; in inclusion, an open welcome. LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍⚧️
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American skyscape. #SkyPortrait
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel” by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, tr from Japanese by Yuki Tejima asianreviewofbooks.com/totto-chan-t...
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Out now, #openaccess
Traditional Chinese Children’s Primers: A Sourcebook,
edited by Katherine Ngo and Kelly Ngo
Lever Press
#histchild #histed

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Traditional Chinese Children’s Primers: A Sourcebook
Part of the <a href="https://www.leverpress.org/reeditions/">Re-Editions: Literary and Cultural Texts Recovered for the Classroom</a> series. First anthology of traditional Chinese children’s primers ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Restorative time out on nearby trails on a mild Saturday afternoon, before starting in on the next batch of recommendation letters. (tis the season). The light on the leaves & water was glorious -- pics don't do it justice
#AmRunning #LateAutumn
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Applications are open for IUC's 10-month Japanese language program. I'm glad to answer any questions about my time there. I pivoted during the pandemic and enrolled the year I turned 40, so it's possible for a wide range of students. iuc.fsi.stanford.edu/programs-10M
IUC Programs 10-Month
iuc.fsi.stanford.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Friday Nov. 7 (9AM PST, 12PM EST, 6PM CET, 1030PM IST), please join us for an exciting AAR #online #symposium on _Buddhist Feminist Historiography_ in celebration of Prof. Stephanie Balkwill's tour de force, _The Women Who Ruled China_

Register here: my.aarweb.org/event-inform...
November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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[ONLINE THIRD THURSDAY LECTURE - Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters]
Date: Thursday 20 November, 2025
Time: 6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT
Speaker: Dr Michelle Damian (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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🖌️CULTURE DAY🎎
November 3rd, 'Bunka-no-hi' (文化の日), is a national holiday in Japan. It's a day for promoting culture, the arts, and academic pursuits.

'Culture Day' was created in 1948 to commemorate the announcement of the post-war Japanese constitution.

#文化の日 #Japan
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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宇都宮市の百人一首マンホール、新たに3種類設置 生活支える足元にいにしえ思う|県内主要,地域の話題,政治行政|下野新聞デジタルニュース|下野新聞デジタル www.shimotsuke.co.jp/articles/-/1...
宇都宮市の百人一首マンホール、新たに3種類設置 生活支える足元にいにしえ思う|下野新聞デジタル
【宇都宮】「百人一首ゆかりの地」をPRするため、市が昨年度初めて設置した下水道マンホール蓋(ふた)「百人一首デザインマンホール」。市は第2弾として新たに、天智天皇の和歌「秋の田の~」など3種類の蓋を制作した。30日に、宇都宮中央郵便局前(中央本町)など市内3カ所に設置する。
www.shimotsuke.co.jp
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I'm delivering a public lecture and leading a roundtable discussion on the religion of anime on Nov. 12 at 7:00 PM ET. Flyer with registration information below. This is hosted by the US JET Alumni Association, but is open to the public for a small fee. usjetaa.wildapricot.org/event-6396204
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
On an almost impossibly perfect day for running, to Monson for this year's Memorial Classic Half. Well-organized, friendly folks, & the eats afterwards were top-notch, as ever. If you're in CT, western MA, or in nearby NY, & looking for a good 13miler, plan on it for next year!
#AmRunning
October 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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One of the recipients of the prestigious Persons of Cultural Merit award for her contribution to manga is Keiko Takemiya.
Year 24 Group mangaka Keiko Takemiya receives the Persons of Cultural Merit award
One of the recipients of the prestigious Persons of Cultural Merit award for her contribution to manga is Keiko Takemiya.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The Asahi has a new simplified Japanese news site, to help language learners, children and the elderly. Around 3 articles a day are written with easy vocabulary and grammar. There are also options to toggle furigana, and spacing between words. yasashii.asahi.com
やさしい朝日新聞
やさしい日本語でニュースを紹介します
yasashii.asahi.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London.
Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.
October 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Crunched some interesting data from a 1938 Buddhist book catalogue, 佛學圖書目錄. Of approximately 3467 books listed, nearly 3/4 were woodblock printed works. This old technology remained in widespread use through the modern era. crta.info/wiki/%E4%BD%...
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Aoko Matsuda's The Woman Dies is a collection of flash fiction that responds to various aspects of pop culture in clever and surprising ways. The stories are filled with buoyant energy and sharp insight, and this is a super fun book. #Japanesefiction 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/10/11/t...
The Woman Dies
The Woman Dies presents 52 pieces of flash fiction by Aoko Matsuda, the author of the short story collection Where the Wild Ladies Are. Each of Matsuda’s small but sparkling stories responds to var…
japaneselit.net
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Third Thursday Lecture – The Art of Manga
🗓️ Thurs 16 Oct 2025 | 🕕 18:00 BST | 📍Online (Zoom)
Join Prof. Nicole Rousmaniere as she explores manga’s global impact as an artform.
🔗 Register:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Third Thursday Lecture - The Art of Manga. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Speaker: Professor Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (Research Director, Sainsbury Institute) About the Talk International enthusiasm for manga and anime is at an all-time high. Manga has finally established itself as part of the mainstream culture in the United States, with sales of print manga titles in the U.S. increasing 27 times faster than those in the conventional book industry in the USA. In Europe, manga has long been recognised as a powerful form of visual graphic expression. Britain, however, has traditionally been a bit slower in its embrace of manga. Bucking this trend in 2019, the British Museum held one of the most ambitious exhibitions on manga, focusing on its history, range, and impact. Featuring over 50 artists from past to present, the Citi Manga exhibition attempted to contextualise and as well as capture the power of manga. Happily, the exhibition was a confirmed success with record visitor numbers, attracting new diverse audiences to the museum. Six years later, the de Young Museum, part of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco in the United States is currently hosting a very different manga exhibition featuring the art of manga drawings (genga) highlighting 10 manga artists (mangaka). With a total of 689 individual works on display, this exhibition is one of the most ambitious one to showcase this important art form. Working with the artists, multiple Japanese publishers, and various stakeholders to create this exhibition was instructive. This lecture will introduce the Art of Manga and explore the lessons learned and possibilities for the future. PLEASE NOTE: We kindly request that no screenshots or recordings are taken during this webinar. By registering for this lecture, you also confirm that you will not use third party AI transcription or recording software for this event.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I’m nearing the limits of my endurance, but I took a first crack at thinking about the winners and losers from Takaichi’s surprising upset Saturday. Much more to come.

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Takaichi wins!
Who wins and who loses from her shocking upset
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October 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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A video of this year's Distinguished Lecture, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History," given by Andrew Gordon is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel.

Please have a look, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested

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2025 Annual Lecture: Andrew Gordon, "After the Pandemic: Revising a Textbook and Rethinking History"
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
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October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Today Brian Tsz Ho Wong (@edinburghuni) completes his series on the NDLJP Full-Text Search System using the system to identify different locations visited by politicians in the 1940s.

Check out the latest installment, with links to part 1 &2
digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/30/u...
September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England is out today and free to download until 7 Oct:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.
The People of Print
Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - The People of Print
www.cambridge.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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How might Japanese pickles help us critically reflect on modern antibiotic relations?

Please join the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series for this talk by Aya Kimura!

📅 Tue, Sep 30
🕥 10:30–11:45 am EST

Registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histsci #envhum 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Cool translation event coming up in Tokyo feat. Yuki Tejima, Jesse Kirkwood, Ginny Tapley Takemori, and Kalau Almony 👀📚 parallelwords-1.peatix.com
Parallel Words: Celebrating the Translation Boom!
Event Description Over the past few years, the English-language publishing market has witn...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM