Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Upcoming Japan Events
February 21 - March 3, 2020
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Now open for registration!
2/22
SOLD OUT - Bento Workshop
2/25 Business Program: Japan's Global Moment in the G-Zero World
3/6 Business Program: Mireya Solis & Takako Hikotani in "Geostrategy in the Grassroots"
3/11 Japanese/English Language Exchange
3/20 Jazz Series with Boston Higashi Jazz Band
3/27 Tamagawa Taiko & Dance Performance
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The John E. Thayer, III Award was established in 1991 to commemorate the work and commitment of John E. “Jack” Thayer, III, to recognize the achievements of individuals, groups of individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the progress of the understanding and friendship between the people of the United States and Japan.
Do you know anybody who works tirelessly to establish stronger understanding or serves as a bridge between the US and Japan? Is so nominate them for the
Thayer Award
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Japanese of the week:
雪祭り (ゆきまつり): "Yukimatsuri"
Snow Festival
The Sapporo Snow Festival（さっぽろ雪まつり, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is one of the world's most famous snow and ice festivals along with the Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival in China and the Quebec Winter Carnival in Canada. It is held every year in February in Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, the northern most prefecture in Japan. Did you know that Massachusetts is the sister-state/prefecture to Hokkaido and 2020 is the 30th Anniversary of this relationship? Look forward to more Hokkaido trivia in our future newsletters!
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The Japanese Government’s Monbukagakusho (MEXT) offers scholarships to students who wish to pursue Japanese language and culture studies in Japan. This program provides students with an intensive course in the Japanese language and an introduction to various aspects of Japanese studies.
Boston Consulate Deadline:
Feb. 26, 2020.
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Japan Society of Boston Events
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Have We Reached Peak Globalization?
A Conversation about the Evolving Trade and Security Relationship between the US and Japan
Friday, March 6, 2020 12:00PM
Doors will open at 11:30AM
Mintz Boston Office - One Financial Center, Boston, MA
Lunch will be Served
Since the 1950s, global security and economic interests have been pursued largely by promoting "globalism", institutions seeking the increasingly frictionless flow of labor, goods and capital. The recent emergence of trade wars, national security considerations impacting private companies and public markets combined with rising pressure on immigration point to a new environment of "turning inwards." Have we reached "Peak Globalism?" If so, what is the potential impact to the "man on the street" from Kansas to Kumamoto?
Speakers:
Mireya Solís
Brookings Institution
Director – Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
Takako Hikotani
Columbia University & Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Dept. of Political Science
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This event is made possible by our generous co-sponsors
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Tuesday, February 25th 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
No registration required
SPEAKER:
Joshua Walker
President and CEO, Japan Society
MODERATOR:
Ezra Vogel
Honorary Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations;
Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus,
Harvard University
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This event is co-sponsored by The Japan Society of Boston in part with The Weatherhead Center For International Affairs, Harvard University.
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A Personal Matter
by Kenzaburo Oe
Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 6:00PM-8:00PM
"Homer" on the 18th floor,
50 Milk Street, Boston, MA 02110
Do you love Japanese literature? The JSB Book Club will be meeting to discuss
A Personal Matter
by Kenzaburo Oe. The purpose of the JSB Book Club is to strengthen the Boston community of Japan enthusiasts by coming together to discuss Japanese literature.
This is a member only event.
Not a member? No problem! Join now
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Friday, March 20th
6:00-8:00pm at CIC Venture Cafe
1 Broadway, Cambridge
Inspired by Japan's long-time love of jazz music, the Japan Society of Boston is hosting a jazz night!
We welcome the Jazz Band from the Boston Higashi School. The Higashi School's mission is to help children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder learn to reach their full potential through the methodology of Daily Life Therapy
®.
Japanese Appetizers will be served.
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Friday, March 27th
6:00-8:00pm at First Parish Unitarian Universalist
630 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
Join us as we celebrate this exciting Japanese tradition of music, dance and fun! This high energy evening is a great event the whole family can enjoy.
The Tamagawa Taiko & Dance group has been touring the world from Japan since 1961. Their unique blend of music, Japanese folklore dance and performance has awed audiences around the world.
$25 General Admission | $15 JSB Members | $10 Students (with ID)
Children 12 and under are FREE with attending adult
Non-reserved seating
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Tamagawa Taiko sneak peak!
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Be sure to visit
the event page
and sign up to be able to witness the show for yourself! You won't be disappointed.
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CIC Boston
50 Milk St, 18th Floor Kitchen
Saturday, February 22, 2020
1:00 - 3:30 PM
SOLD OUT
To kick start a healthy diet and our appreciation for Japanese culture, New England JETAA and Japan Society of Boston will co-host a hands-on workshop on healthy bentos (box lunches) and kyushoku (Japanese school lunches). Our workshop will include a discussion on Japanese cuisine and it's historical and cultural influence on US-Japan relations, a hands-on demonstration on how to prepare a healthy and delicious Japanese bento, and the premiere of "Nourishing Japan," a new documentary on school lunch and food education in Japan. Attendees will assemble and eat bentos during the event.
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Other Japan Events Around Boston
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January 30th - February 23
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
For the third year, MFA Film is thrilled to present a vibrant showcase of the very best recent films produced in Japan. This year, the festival opens with a free screening of Okko’s Inn, the latest feature from famed anime studio Madhouse and director Kitarō Kōsaka, a key animator on numerous classic films at the venerable Studio Ghibli. Seamlessly blending immersive, idyllic landscapes with storybook charm, Okko’s Inn delivers a rare ghost story that is firmly grounded in the trials and joys of humanity. Don’t miss other incredible films throughout the festival!
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Saturday, February 22
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
11 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA
Short Film by Casey Buckles
Butoh/Sound by Lord &
June
Modern Noh by Carrie J Preston
Modern Scroll Painting by Midori Gleason
MAGMA is a performance venue. It is the host venue of the Trident Live Arts Series, established in 2014, which produces experimental dance, music, and performance art from local, national, and international artists. The series works in collaboration with Trident Gallery of Gloucester. MAGMA is also the home base of Director Sarah Slifer Swift’s dance company, Meek Productions.
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February 21-24
24 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
$5 Weekend Matinee Admission or Free with Cambridge Public Library Card
The Harvard Film Archive is pleased to welcome Tetsuya Mariko, now an artist-in-residence at Harvard’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, for three evenings of screenings and conversations, together with producer Eisei Shu.
Japanese filmmaker Tetsuya Mariko (b. 1981) has directed a series of arresting and subversive films centered on characters locked into cycles of extreme antisocial behavior. Whether loners who have long abandoned any desire to engage except by their absolute but anarchic rules, or lovers set out on stark revenge, Mariko’s self-absorbed antiheroes inhabit an alternate zone that inverts quotidian reality by sparking cycles of dark violence in broad daylight and transforming banal domestic and everyday spaces into unexpected stages for bleak, brooding yet also darkly humorous theatrical performances.
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Monday, March 16th
6 - 8 pm
Room 102 ISEC
805 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA
The Shigeyama family has been performing in Kyoto for over 400
years! For this event we are excited to welcome Shigeyama Ippei,
Shigeyama Motohiko, and Shimada Hiromi. Ippei and Motohiko
have performed worldwide, not only as Kyogen actors but also as
contemporary actors and TV personalities.
The evening will begin with Ippei explaining the history and
distinctive qualities of Kyogen, followed by a performance from the
renown classic “Kakiyamabushi” (The Persimmon Thief), and
“Susugigawa” (The Washing River), an adaptation of the medieval
French farce “Le Cuvier” written by Iizawa Tadasu in 1952.
The program will be presented in Japanese with English translation.
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March 11 - 15
Seaport World Trade Center
Seaport Ln
Boston, MA
The Boston Flower & Garden Show is about inspiring, educating and motivating the region’s gardeners. Whether for curb appeal, backyard, kitchen, indoor, rooftop or community gardens, this is where New England’s green lovers go to discover new ideas while having fun with family and friends.
Ikebana International Boston Chapter will be displaying many Ikebana arrangements from the Ikenobo, Ohara, Sogetsu and Ichiyo school.
There will also be a Hina Doll Display by the Consulate of Japan in Boston.
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February 14th - July 26th
Cambridge, MA
Painting Edo — one of the largest exhibitions ever presented at the Harvard Art Museums — offers a window onto the supremely rich visual culture of Japan’s early modern era. Selected from the unparalleled collection of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg. More than 120 works in the exhibition connect visitors with a seminal moment in the history of Japan, as the country settled into an era of peace under the warrior government of the shoguns and opened its doors to greater engagement with the outside world.
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