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Japanese Language and Literature Senior Integrated Projects [28]
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Feminine and the Divine: Explorations of Vulnerability and Agency in Japanese Science Fiction Films
(2022)Science fiction is a mode in which present events are rendered in a new and unique light. The ability to render current events in a new light allows for additional critical thinking on recent events and allows individuals ... -
Japanese Ink Painting and the Demise of Apprenticeships in the Arts and Crafts in Japanese Society Today
(1996)The author traces the master-pupil relationships in various areas of Japanese culture, the growth of Japanese painting traditions based on Chinese roots, and the author's own apprenticeship to painting master Ryou Iwasaki. ... -
Through the Decades : Mr. Mikio Kanda's Involvement with U. S. -Japan Relations
(1995)The U. S.-Japan Culture Center is located on the seventh floor of the Watergate complex, in Washington, D. C. The Watergate building is a luxurious hotel and business complex well known as a center of international activities. ... -
Tsushima Yuko and the Modern Woman
(1995)Tsushima Yuko was born in 1947, daughter of the celebrated author, Dazai Osamu, and his wife, Michiko. One year after Tsushima's birth, Dazai committed a double suicide with another woman, leaving his wife, Michiko, to ... -
A Claim to Ethnic Homogeneity : A Study of Japanese Nationalism
(2012)In recent history, Japan has gained the stigma of being fairly xenophobic toward the rest of the world. While the rest of the world seems to be pushing for globalization, Japan in contrast has maintained a heightened sense ... -
Pre-Departure Handbook for Upjohn Japan
(1994)While living in Japan the author earned extra spending money giving English lessons to a house wife who lived in the neighborhood. She writes, “Often I found that I began to teach her as much about American culture to ... -
Hikikomori and Taijin kyofusho : Analyzing Psychopathology Across Cultures
(2018)Taijin kyofusho and hikikomori are mental disorders that are thought to be exclusive to Japan. Hikikomori is a Japanese term used in popular media to describe an individual who withdraws from society. There are even YouTube ... -
Metamorphosis of Chinese Ethnic Society in Modern Tokyo and Yokohama Areas
(2017)According to the data posted by the Ministry of Justice of Japan in June 2017, the number of Chinese residents including Taiwanese in Japan has exceeded 750,000 (2017). During a year in Japan, the author noticed that most ... -
A Translation of Japanese Comic, Golden Boy, with Essay on Japanese and American Perspectives on Japanese Comics, an Overview of the Japanese Education System, and an Introduction to the Manga Translation: Golden Boy, by Egawa Tatsuya
(2000)The author presents related essays on the place of Manga in Japanese culture, an overview of the Japanese education system, and an introduction to Golden Boy, linking the two. The author's original English translation is ... -
The Interest of American Students in Studying Abroad in Japan : The *Trade Imbalance'
(1999)The author addresses the disparity between the number of Japanese students coming to America to study and the number of American students studying in Japan. For example, in 1996-1997, according to Institute for International ... -
Aikido : The History, Philosophy, and Practice of a Contemporary Martial Art at the Hombu Dojo in Tokyo, Japan
(1997)The author was introduced to Aikido during her semester in Japan. In studying the deeply spiritual and philosophical teachings of Aikido through its texts, the author hoped to be able to see how they are reflected in actual ... -
An Abstract Study in Japanese Culture and Language : an Aid to American Businesspeople
(1994)The internship was a ten-week job with Kintetsu World Express, a Japanese shipping company. Aside from various clerical duties, the author developed and implemented an educational program which familiarized the American ... -
Translation and Analysis of Your Lie in April volume 11 and its Featured Piece, Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor
(2016)The author provides a summary of the manga series, Your Lie in April, with special attention to how the performance of the piano piece composed by Chopin is used to provide emotional depth. The complete manga translation ... -
Apocalypse Inverted : A Translation and Analysis of Sakasama no Patema
(2015)The author places the online film release, Sakasama no Patema (2012) in both the Western and Japanese post-apocalyptic literary and cinema traditions and provides line by line translation. -
The "Ills" of the Japanese Education System: Epidemic or Hype?
(1999)This paper has had several goals. First, I have outlined the past and present education system to show the pattern of Japan increasing the nation's human resources. Second, I have tried to expose the controversies behind ... -
Rainbow Over the Rising Sun
(2014)Girrls Luv! Magazine Translation and personal evolution within Kono sekai, literally "this world," is a codeword used in reference to Japan's sexual minority cultures. -
Japanese Perceptions of Animals: The Inside-Outside Model
(2013)In the United States, one can purchase a custom engraved granite memorial for $80.00 with the image of a beloved pet and a favorite verse in memory of a pet.'s life. Engraved Reflections prides itself on providing custom ... -
Conceptions of Josei: A Translation and Analysis of Pumpkin and Mayonnaise by Kiriko Nananan
(2013)I chose Pumpkin and Mayonnaise as the subject for my thesis because I knew I wanted to discuss josei manga; comics have always been a topic of interest for me and I feel that comics targeted specifically to women are an ... -
Tsushima Yuko and the Modern Woman
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Through the Decades: Mr. Mikio Kanda's Involvement with U.S.-Japan Relations
(1995)The U. S.-Japan Culture Center is located on the seventh floor of the Watergate complex, in Washington, D. C. The Watergate building is a luxurious hotel and business complex well known as a center of international ...