As influences that would undermine the development of a strong and unified state, such roles were often perceived as a threat to Japanese culture by conservatives and traditionalists as well as by the ...

While no longer an everyday garment, kimonos are still an iconic part of modern Japanese culture. Photograph by Molly Ferrill Visitors who would like to shop for kimono-inspired fashion firsthand ...

You will gain linguistic and cultural fluency to provide expertise on Japanese culture and society. You will also learn valuable historical and social context as well as analytic skills applicable to ...

A new study suggests that modern Japanese have descended from three ... in the Jomon people known for their distinctive pottery culture (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) and the Yayoi people with their ...

Modern Japanese appear to be genetically descended ... origins in the Jomon people known for their distinctive pottery culture (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) and the Yayoi people with their own pottery ...

Japan is a fascinating country with a unique mix of modern innovations and ancient traditions. It has one eye fixed on the ...

Special-topics seminars offered recently by our faculty include “Class and Culture in the Literature of Meiji Japan,” “Reading Gaze and Voice in Modern Japanese Literature and Culture,” “Japanese ...

Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese and to the culture of Japanese-speaking regions. This course meets three (3) hours per week in the classroom and requires at least ...

Works by Polish artists from the 19th and 20th centuries are on display for the first time at the National Museum of Modern ...