Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center (JLPP)

We are pleased to announce that the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center (J-Lit Center) will hold the following event: 

JLPP SEMINAR: Bringing Japanese Literature to the World

Date: June 20, 2006, 3 p.m.- 7 p.m.

Venue: The International House of Japan (Roppongi, Tokyo - see map) 

Speeches:  3 p.m.- 5 p.m.

About the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP): Hirose Keiko, President, J-Lit Center

Mr. Chad W. Post, Associate Director, Dalkey Archive Press
“Literature across Language: The Present Situation of Publishing Translated Literature and the Future of Japanese Literature” 

Mr. Roland Kelts, Author, Editor of “A Public Space,” Lecturer at the University of Tokyo
“Why American Young People Read Japanese Stories”

Questions and Answers

Reception: 5 p.m.- 7 p.m.

Greetings:  Kawai Hayao, Chief, Agency for Cultural Affairs

Those who would like to attend should contact JLPP by June 12. Free of
charge. 

Contact: Hiroko Iwata, Ako Sahara
tel: 03-5363-1127 fax: 03-5363-1128 e-mail: j-lit [at] j-lit.or.jp