READ JAPAN PROJECT: The Nippon Foundation

Official twitter of the READ JAPAN PROJECT by The Nippon Foundation. Our mission is to promote the understanding of Japan around the world through books.

[Yohei Sasakawa @SasakawaYohei]

[News-Book Donation] The Book handover ceremony at the Domasi College of Education in #Malawi. Thank you very much to the Embassy of Japan in Malawi for their kind support. @japan_read
https://t.co/IlwFuRCens

[Yohei Sasakawa @SasakawaYohei]

[QRT-Book Donation] The Book handover ceremony at @MakerereU. I would appreciate Ambassador Mr. Hidemoto Fukuzawa for his kind cooperation.
@MakerereLibrary, @MakerereNews #Uganda

[Yohei Sasakawa @SasakawaYohei]

[News-Book Donation] The Book handover ceremony at the International Relations Institute of #Cameroon. Thank you very much to the Embassy of Japan in Cameroon for their kind support. @ReadJapan_TNF
https://t.co/WyNAw6Jk3y
https://t.co/dA5CIqwISl

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Dear followers, thank you for having been following us. We want to let you know that our Read Japan Project is setting sail on a new journey! We would like to invite you to follow our new account:@japan_read, where we will continue to update information on the project. Stay tuned

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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Consulate-General of #Japan in #Mumbai,@TMV_Pune,
K.J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, and Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University for holding the handover ceremony of #bookdonation.
#library #booklover #japanstudy

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Five Years After : Reassessing Japan’s Responses to the #Earthquake, #Tsunami, and the #NuclearDisaster
Keiichi Tunekawa
https://t.co/Ix9TEPRMkp

#あれから10年
#10YearsLater
#PrayForTohoku
#LoveForTohoku
#10ปีถัดมา
#10AñosDespués
#10ansaprès
#10JahreSpäte

[カナダと日本 @CanadaNihon]

カナダから東北に想いを寄せて

#東日本大震災 直後から、大使館は被災地で日本を励まし、様々な支援活動を行いました。

#CanadaCares 🇨🇦🇯🇵

[makoto shirai @makotoshirai2]

Dear Friends,
Have you met story tellers in Tohoku?
Let me introduce an essay from Japan-Insights archives.
The tenth one is on Kataribe: 2011.3.11-Future by Mr. Goto and Mr. Onodera.
https://t.co/hg0ud32xXp
Please share this expert’s experience!
#japan #japaneseculture #Tohoku

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#TheLegendsofTono
Kunio Yanagita
"This seminal collection of folk legends from the mountainous northern town of #Tono was instrumental in establishing #folklorestudies in #Japan; the author, #KunioYanagida..."https://t.co/bqIF0WFavb
#遠野物語 #柳田国男
#Yokai #zashikiwarashi

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The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country
By Noritoshi Furuichi
”The bubble is long burst, stable and lifelong employment are no longer guaranteed, generational inequality is on the rise..."
https://t.co/fY9RHsGjyK
#NoritoshiFuruichi #古市憲寿 #絶望の国の幸福な若者たち
#Japan

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The Tale of Genji
#MurasakiShikibu
"The #GenjiMonogatari is the most famous work of Japanese literature.
It is attributed to an early eleventh-century Japanese noblewoman, Murasaki Shikibu, and is usually called the world’s first novel,..."
https://t.co/zvPZPs5hS1
#TheTaleofGenji

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Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction

“Here are Japanese women in their infinite and fascinating variety..."
https://t.co/OuFThdPQu5
#FumikoHayashi #FumikoEnchi #ChiyoUno #YaekoNogami #TaikoHirabayashi #YokoOta #InekoSata #TakakoTakahashi
#Literature

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There are not many, but a few small book stores like "Title" in Ogikubo, Tokyo. Books are well selected, and you could spend hours in there.
https://t.co/59Pelf7JWm
#Japan
#tokyo
#book
#booklover
#stayhome
#library
#selectedboots
#bookstore
#book
#readjapanproject
#荻窪

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Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830
Andrew C. Gerstle
"#Kabuki was, and remains, an actors’ theatre.
The audience comes to see someone in a play more often than it comes to see the play itself.
The phenomenon is familiar to..."https://t.co/rmngco5K2W
#japan #japaneseart

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"Fukubukuro, lucky grab bags sold sealed with no indication of what they contain: this is the analogy chosen by #HarukiMurakami, who has penned the introduction to this collection, to describe its contents...." https://t.co/KYm0zmWgvq
#JayRubin #Soseki #mishima #bananayoshimoto

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#thetalesofIse

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The Tales of Ise

"A millennium separates Narihira’s world and ours, yet the book continues to resonate. It continues to inspire artists and writers, not least because of its powerful, painful, playful depictions of love in all forms – familial..." https://t.co/DEH1THCOqR

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#ThetaleofIse #伊勢物語 #在原業平 #japan #japaneseliterature #book #bookdonation #poetry #library

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The powerful #earthquake that struck the #Tohoku region of #Japan on Saturday was the aftershock of a catastrophic earthquake of magnitude 9.0 that hit the same area in 2011.

https://t.co/9tEYAzYPj1
Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recovery after J...

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The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film
＃TomMes / ＃JasperSharp
https://t.co/QhPLOJI8Y3
#SeijunSuzuki #ShoheiImamura #KinjiFukasaku
#JapaneseFilm #japanesemovie #film #映画
#HirokazuKoreeda #TakashiMiike #KenjiMizoguchi
#YasujiroOzu #AkiraKurosawa #TakeshiKitano #Cinema