LINKS
Japanese Literature & Film
Current Events
Cultural & Cross-Cultural
Japanese Language
Design, Sustainability & Time
Japanese Literature & Film
- Genji Unlocked — my Substack exploring how The Tale of Genji became one of Japan's most important cultural treasures: the story of a thousand years of readers, scholars, filmmakers, and adapters who fought over what this monument of classical Japanese literature means
- PMJS (Premodern Japanese Studies) – papers and discussion by scholars working on various premodern topics
- Royall Tyler’s Genji translation
- Suggested references for premodern Japanese literary studies — my page
- Kinema Club — Japanese cinema resources
Current Events: Asia → Japan
- TIME — Asia
- New York Times — Asia
- Mainichi Shimbun (English)
- The Japan Times (English)
Cultural & Cross-Cultural (Japan)
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The New Yorker — Japan tag (archive)
— articles and memorable cover art
The New Yorker — cover art on Japan -
Isuzu “Z.E.N.” Prototype
— background on the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show concept
Isuzu Z.E.N. concept - Tokugawa Art Museum – 12th-century Genji scrolls
- Gotoh Museum – illustrated Genji handscrolls (Tokyo)
- Ningyo Joruri (Bunraku) – National Theatre introduction
Japanese Language
- Japanese Language Program (Princeton)
- Kanji Alive — learn to read and write kanji
- Japanese library resources — UMass guide (Sharon Domier)
- Jim Breen's Japanese Page – computing/dictionaries
Design, Sustainability & Time
- TreeHugger.com — sustainability news, design, and how-tos
- Satoyama Initiative — societies in harmony with nature
- UNU-IAS: International Satoyama Initiative
- “MOTTAINAI”: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — and Respect
- Mottainai & mindful consumption (Travel Japan)