Monthly Archives: March 2016

From The American Association of Teachers of Japanese:

The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations, through donations to the nonprofit US-Japan Bridging Foundation, makes it possible to award about 100 scholarships each year to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year. Applications are accepted twice a year for Bridging Scholarships.

Qualifications, Instructions, Application Forms
Deadline for Fall 2016: April 8

Meijo University (Nagoya, Japan) offers the summer program (from June 27 – July 9th) during the summer of 2016.

Two professors–Dr. Yasumi Murata and Dr. Mami Futagami–from Meijo University visited Baruch College and gave an information session on March 3rd, 2016.

The summer program comes with several fee waivers and a scholarship for covering the expense for accommodation. Still, you need to cover the rest of the expenses (see below).

As the Baruch Japan Program, we will be able to send 3 students for the program. If you are interested in the program and seriously consider applying to the program, please familiarize yourself with the program first. And, then, please notify Professor Suzuki of your interest ASAP: SHIGERU.SUZUKI@baruch.cuny.edu.

The brochure is downloadable here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11898266/Meijo_Summer_Program.pdf

This is the website for the 2015 Summer Program (last year). The website will be renewed very soon:
http://www.meijo-u.ac.jp/english/news/detail.html?id=NF4RXk

You are responsible for finding out the final amount of the expenses, but the estimated expenses for an individual student will be the followings:

1. Transportation (Air tickets + domestic transportation in Japan)
2. The accommodation: 30,000 yen (approx. $270 dollars). The accommodation expense is 80,000 yen (approx. $710) but the scholarship covers the amount of 50,000 yen (approx. $ 440). Therefore, you are responsible for the rest: 30,000 yen (approx. $270).
3. 2-week travel insurance (mandatory)
4. Several meals (lunch and dinner), although some meals are provided (see the brochure) + your private expenses for free time (souvenir, exploring the city, and others)

Yukari Fujimoto, Professor of Japanese Studies, Meiji University; Visiting Scholar, Columbia University

Moderated by Hikari Hori, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
International Affairs Building, Room 918
No registration required.

In this drawing released by Kazuto Tatsuta /KODANSHA, the main character in comic-artist Kazuto Tatsuta’s comic g1F: The Labor Diary Of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant” stands against the tsunami-crippled plant’s reactor shattered by melt-down. Tatsuta worked at the plant that suffered three meltdowns after the 2011 tsunami from June to December 2012 in part because he was struggling as a manga artist, but g1Fh is his biggest success yet. The opening episode won a newcomer award and was published last year in Morning, a weekly manga magazine with a circulation of 300,000. (AP Photo/Kazuto Tatsuta /KODANSHA)

Mango, a language-learning service to which the college currently subscribes, is offering three $1000 scholarships to students.
Here are the eligibility requirements:

• A student who is currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at a college or university in the US.
• A student who has plans to continue as an enrolled student in Fall 2016.
• A student who is at least 18 years of age on or before September 1, 2016.

Announcement & Details
Application
Deadline: March 31, 2016 at 11:59pm EST

from Niponica : “On March 3 every year it is common for families to celebrate their young daughters during the Hina-matsuri festival, by displaying small dolls in the home. In one region in Shizuoka Prefecture, homes are decorated with tsurushi-bina, which are made of cloth and suspended in an ornate display.” (Photo: Aflo)

Niponica is “a web magazine that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world.” It is also a useful resource for Japanese and Japanese Culture Studies students!

The newest issue, No. 17, focuses on miniatures in Japan. It is available on the web and in PDF format.