Here you will find the latest on Japan Past & Present and the Yanai Initiative in the news.
JPP
UCLAと柳井イニシアティブがデジタルハブを開設 (Waseda University News, May 20, 2021)
UCLA Announces New Digital Hub For Globalizing Japanese Studies (UCLA College, May 18, 2021)
The Yanai Initiative
General
UCLA College honors 5 visionary supporters with centennial awards (UCLA Newsroom, Apr 8, 2024)
Continued funding for Yanai Initiative aimed at globalizing Japanese humanities (Waseda University News, Jun 9, 2021)
$25M donation makes Yanai Initiative a permanent program (The Daily Bruin, Jan 29, 2020)
UCLA gets $25-million gift from Uniqlo CEO for Japanese humanities endowment (The Los Angeles Times, Jan 16, 2020)
UCLA receives $25 million from Uniqlo founder for Japanese literature and culture studies (UCLA Newsroom, Jan 15, 2020)
Bungaku Bideo
Transpacific Animation Effort ‘Extremely Short’ Makes World Premiere at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (Animation Magazine, May 10, 2024)
Film commissioned by UCLA professor earns spot at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes (UCLA Newsroom, May 7, 2024)
The Art of the Benshi
Silent Film Reinvented: The Art of the Benshi 2024 World Tour (Waseda University News, May 16, 2024)
‘The Art of the Benshi’ is coming to Chicago: A lost page in movie history, rediscovered (Chicago Tribune, Apr 11, 2024)
Benshi Performers Pass Along a Way of Thinking (Hyperallergic, Apr 9, 2024)
On the Scene: The Deeply Moving and Immersive “Art of Benshi” (The Knockturnal, Apr 9, 2024)
無声映画の新たな可能性を世界に発信 (Waseda University News, Mar 18, 2024)
The Art of the Benshi 2024: World Tour Japan's Silent Film Narrators to Run April 5-26 (The Selig Film News, Feb 2, 2024)
Japanese Silent Film Tour ‘The Art of the Benshi’ to Debut at BAM (Indie Wire, Feb 1, 2024)
‘Art of the Benshi’ tour will showcase century-old Japanese film tradition (UCLA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2024)
BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration
Augmented Reality App Lets Users 'Witness' WWII Removal Of Japanese Americans (LAist, May 9, 2022)