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“The Establishment of Modern Women’s Education in Japan:The Life and Work of Umeko Tsuda” – Lecture Series
The process of Japan’s first modern educational program for women began along with the waves of Japan’s modernization, starting from the mid-19th century. Yet, the sphere of reform remained primarily a male agenda and women were not expected to participate in the process. The goal of education for women is best exemplified in the dictum, […]
Nabbie No Koi: Nabbie’s Love
Setting: Okinawa in the 1990s. Synopsis: Nanako quits her job in Tokyo to return to her home island where her grandfather, Keitatsu and grandmother Nabbie, still live. The ferry is captained by a young man she knew when she lived on the island as a child. Also aboard is a quaint fellow, Sanra, dressed in a dandy […]
Japanese Language and Culture Course – First Term 2013 (Application deadline: 21 June)
Thank you for your application ! Class I and Class II are full, and we will not able to take any more application forms for these classes. Japanese Language and Culture Course First Term (July to November, 2013) Course Instruction 1. Time Table Morning Class [10:30-12:30] Class Class name Day I Conversation (A1 Introductory) […]
A Midsummer’s Okinawa Dream
Synopsis: A bold adaptation of the Shakespeare classic by Nakae Yuji, director of Nabbie’s Love (Nabbie no Koi). Set on a small Okinawa island, this is a story filled with happiness woven between humans and kijimun (spirits). The cast stars Taira Tomi and a well known collection of Okinawan talent from Nakae’s previous productions. Exhausted […]
Noriben : The Recipe of Fortune
Komaki NAGAI, 31, was raised in the working-class Kyojima area of Tokyo. She has had enough of her good-for-nothing younger husband, Noritomo, and takes her daughter, Noriko, aka ‘Nonchan,’ back to live with her mother at the Kyojima home that she was raised in. Komaki doesn’t want to become a burden to her mother, Fumiyo, […]
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