News
April 1, 2013
SWET Open Forum: Best Practices Seminar Brainstorming
Date: April 25, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30–9:00 p.m.
Place: Wesley Center (6-10-7 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo); Room 205. (Map)
Fee: no charge; SWET members and non-members welcome
For further information contact SWET.
How can we better help our clients? What resources can we muster to strengthen their English-related endeavors?... more
March 30, 2013
BCLT Summer Translation Workshop: Application Deadline May 7
May 7 is the deadline for applications to this year's British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School, to be held July 21–27, 2013, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Participants in the workshop translating from Japanese will receive a full bursary and travel allowance from The Nippon Foundation.
For information on how to... more
March 23, 2013
Spotlight on Japanese Children’s Books
The website, Books from Japan, maintained by J-Lit center, is featuring a new selection of Japanese children’s books available for translation and publication overseas on the occasion of the 50th Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which will take place March 25-28, 2013.
See the selection of children’s books waiting to... more
March 2, 2013
Artscape Japan March 2013 Issue Out
The March 2013 issue of Artscape Japan is now up on the Artscape website.
New articles in the March 2013 issue include:
FOCUS Design Ah! -- Design Delight for Kids, and Adults Too by Lucy Birmingham
FOCUS Come Together: The 3rd Pocorart Exhibition at 3331 Arts Chiyoda by Roger McDonald
HERE/THERE The Un-Kawaii Otaku: Makoto Aida at... more
February 26, 2013
Tokyo on the International Literature Map
The Tokyo International Literary Festival will take place March 1–3 at various locations in central Tokyo. All events are free, but registration is required. For details or to register, visit the Tokyo Literary Festival webpage.
An article about the festival in the Japan Times is here.
February 20, 2013
In Memoriam, Donald Richie 1924–2013
Hailing from Ohio, U.S.A., Donald Richie first arrived during the U.S. Occupation and spent close to 66 years as a long-time resident of Tokyo. He was first and foremost a writer, who was instrumental in introducing Japanese cinema to the world. Though best known for The Inland Sea and The Japan Journals (1947-2004), his vignettes and... more
