Tuesday, July 26, 2016

"New documentary on Tsukiji fish market captures essence of nation’s ‘lively kitchen’"

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Text from The Japan Times , 7/23/16. Ever since he visited Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market for the first time in 2012, movie director Naota...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

"Tadaima Nippon (I’m Home, Japan) - A Study Abroad Video"

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Tadaima Nippon (I'm Home, Japan) - A Study Abroad Video from Kyle Kien on Vimeo . My student from last year put together this film ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

“Natural History on Film – Constituting Universal Knowledge Through Images”

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Announcement via Visual Anthropology Forum: Discussion & Screening “Natural History on Film – Constituting Universal Knowledge Throu...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

"New documentary questions Japan's use of nuclear energy"

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Image borrowed from http://atomtopeace.com/ Text from Japan Today , 7/18/16. Documentary filmmaker Yoshitaka Nitta has made a movie ...
Monday, July 11, 2016

"Relay services give hearing-impaired taste of telephone access"

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Text and photo from The Japan Times , 7/10/16. Kentaro Hayase, who was born with impaired hearing, could not understand what it was like...
Friday, July 8, 2016

New documentary: "‘Kampai!’ raises a glass to sake education"

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From The Japan Times , 7/9/16. For decades, sake (or nihonshu for the majority of Japanese) didn’t really do it for the citizens of this a...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

"Anime film about bullied deaf girl to be shown in theaters with subtitles for hearing-impaired"

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From Japan Today , 7/3/16. Manga creator Yoshitoki Oima’s “A Silent Voice,” titled “Koe no Katachi” (literally “The Shape of Voice”) in J...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

"There’s a real story behind the ‘Fake’ [Japanese Beethoven] documentary"

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From The Japan Times , 6/1/16: Everybody loves a good scandal, and they don’t come much riper than the tale of Mamoru Samuragochi. The pub...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Fewer Coerced Confessions with Videotaping Interrogations?

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Diet passes legislation to revamp Japan’s criminal justice system From The Japan Times , 5/24/16. The Diet on Tuesday passed an amendmen...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Monster Salvage Ethnography Post About Recent Disability Issues in Japan

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Record 453,000 people with disabilities working for firms in Japan From The Japan Times , 11/27/15. A record 453,000 people with disabi...