Our heartiest congratulations to Sayaka Murata! Her novel Convenience Store Woman (Grove Atlantic, 2018), which was translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, was selected as one of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2018. The English publication was sponsored in part by the Support Program for Translation and Publication on Japan.

Please click here to see the video of the talk event at Japan Society on November 3.

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live will have its U.S. premiere in Washington, DC at the Warner Theatre on March 24, followed by three performances in New York City . With themes of love, justice and friendship, the musical features an all-female cast. The performance in Washington, DC is organized by The Japan Foundation and Nelke Planning in collaboration with the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Embassy of Japan. It is presented as part of  the 2019 National Cherry Blossom Festival , which celebrates the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan through four weeks of diverse and creative programming.

The Harvard Film Archive presents a screening of Mamoru Hosoda's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006). This film is about a 17-year-old girl, Makoto Konno, who accidentally acquires the ability to "leap" backwards through time and subsequently alters the lives of those around her.  This screening is co-presented by The Japan Foundation.

South Side Projections, in partnership with the University of Chicago's Center for East Asian Studies, presents a screening of  Shinsuke Ogawa's Sanrizuka: Heta Village (1973). From the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, Ogawa and his production company made a series of documentaries about the movement protesting the construction of Tokyo's Narita Airport.  Sanrizuka: Heta Village is the sixth film and, in some ways, the climax of the series.  This screening is co-presented by The Japan Foundation.

Two events were held this past December on the 2018 Abe Fellows Global Forum theme of Japanese and American innovation in a global age; on December 1, in cooperation with and at the Georgia Institute of Technology and on December 3, in cooperation with and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Abe Fellows discussed how Japan and the United States are rethinking their approaches to science and technology policy to solve big social problems.

   

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry and an essential aspect of Japanese culture and language that has gained popularity worldwide. Japanese haiku poet Ms. Sho Otaka recently held a workshop exclusively for JF Japanese Language Course students. Participants learned the history and basics of haiku, and practiced writing haiku with her guidance. Thank you to all those who were able to join us!