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Prof. Alexander Zahlten interviewed by NHK J-Flicks on new Japanese films featured at international film festivals

Alexander Zahlten, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, was interviewed in a broadcast by NHK program J-Flicks on Japanese films featured in the Berlin International Film Festival, Osaka Asian Film Festival, and International Film Festival Rotterdam.  View the interview here.

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Japan Digital Scholarship Librarian Katherine Matsuura published article for NCC News about Constitutional Revision Research Project website renewal

The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) recently featured on its news page an article by Japan Digital Scholarship Librarian Katherine Matsuura about the new and improved Constitutional Revision Research Project (CRJP) website.

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Rachel Saunders co-edits publication on Harvard Art Museums Exhibition "Prince Shotoku at Age Two"

Dr. Rachel Saunders, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Curator of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Μuseums (HAM), has recently co-edited a publication "Hābādo Bijutsukan Namubutsu Taishi zō no kenkyū" (The Sculpture of Prince Shōtoku at Age Two at the Harvard Art Museums), based on the 2019 exhibition of a similar title.

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Martin Fackler featured in Harvard Gazette for talk on Japan's nuclear disaster

Martin Fackler, journalist, writer, and Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), was recently featured in The Harvard Gazette in an article titled "How deadly lessons from Fukushima changed Japan and the world." This article covered his discussion of Japan's nuclear disaster in a recent event at HKS with Arnold Howitt (co-director, Program on Crisis Leadership, HKS) “Dry Run for War: How Fukushima Changed Japan and Its Place in the World, hoste

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Prof. David Atherton interviewed by Harvard Crimson for "Fifteen Questions" series

David C. Atherton Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, was recently interviewed by The Harvard Crimson as part of their "Fifteen Questions" series. In this article, he answers questions about his journey from Harvard to Japan and back, especially his pursuit of Japanese literature. The full article can be found here.

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