Help Us Protect and Maintain Japan Society’s Landmarked Home!
from Shakil, May 18th, 2012 6:00 am | No Comments | Japan

 

 

 

 

Completed in 1971, Japan Society’s 333 East 47th Street building, designed by Junzo Yoshimura and George G. Shimamoto, received an exceptional recognition—a landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. As a guardian of our historic home, we are responsible for protecting and maintaining this legacy for generations to come.

Help us care for 333 East 47th Street and organize exciting and critical cultural, business, policy and education and family programs with a tax-deductible contribution! In addition, your gift will help us continue to play an important role in the recovery of Japan through the administration of the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.

DONATE TODAY!

Japan Society is now one of 40 landmarked buildings in New York City competing for restoration grants from Partners in Preservation sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Help Japan Society win a grant by voting for us once daily from April 26—May 21, 2012!

VOTE NOW!

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Japan, the United Nations & the Trans-Pacific Partnership
from Shakil, May 15th, 2012 10:00 am | No Comments | Japan

Coming up: Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Tsuneo Nishida, explores where the United Nations is headed, and Japan’s role within the UN system on May 16; and Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University, discusses the pros and the cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative on May 17. Please be sure to visit our spring exhibition, Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945.

May 10—17, 2012
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Japan & the United Nations

Wednesday, May 16, 6 PM

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Tsuneo Nishida, discusses where the United Nations is headed, and Japan’s role within the UN system.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pros & Cons

Thursday, May 17, 6 PM

Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University, will discuss both the pros and the cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative.
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Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945

Through Sunday, June 10

Showcasing the spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design associated with both Japan and Art Deco style, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to explore a little-known brand of pre-WWII modernism borne of competitive ingenuity and vivacious cosmopolitanism.

Upcoming Events
111224_after311_240.jpg CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM
Japan After 3.11 – Recovery & Healing

Tuesday, June 5, 6 PM

 
OFFSITE EVENT at SUNY Global Center
116 East 55th Street (between Park & Lexington Avenues)
REGISTER
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Japan Society 2012 Annual Dinner

Thursday, June 7, 6:30 PM

Japan Society’s 2012 Annual Dinner will feature a special dialogue between David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, and Gillian Tett will follow the keynote speech. 
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The French Connection: The Changing Role of Japanese Women Ceramists

Friday, June 8, 6:30 PM

Five of Japan’s leading female ceramic artists, spanning two generations, discuss the impact of French culture on their artistic training and how it has affected their careers at home and abroad. 
RSVP
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Let’s Enka! with JERO

Saturday, June 9, 7:30 PM

With his smooth voice and hip-hop stylings, JERO has breathed new life into this sentimental Japanese music genre often associated with themes of one’s hometown, lost loves and sake. 
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Partners in Preservation: Help Japan Society Win a Grant to Restore our Landmarked Building’s Façade
from Shakil, May 12th, 2012 3:00 pm | No Comments | Japan

 

 

 

 

Japan Society is one of 40 landmarked buildings in New York City competing for restoration grants from Partners in Preservation sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Help Japan Society win a grant by voting for us once daily until May 21, 2012.

VOTE NOW!

If you’re having trouble voting, please go to the Partners In Preservation website for troubleshooting issues.

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Japan Society Special Event: Japan Day @ Central Park
from Shakil, May 9th, 2012 10:00 am | No Comments | Japan

Japan Day @ Central Park
Sunday, May 13, 2012

 

 

 

 

8 AM
Japan Run 4-mile Race
For more information or to register, visit the New York Road Runners website.

 

9:30 AM—2:30 PM
Japan Day Festival

 

Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park
Main entrance at 69th Street & 5th Avenue

2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Japan’s gift of cherry trees to the United States, symbolizing an enduring cross-cultural friendship. The sixth annual Japan Day @ Central Park, a showcase of vibrant contemporary and traditional Japanese culture, will celebrate this centennial through cultural activities, stage performances and, back by popular demand, a variety of food booths.

Be sure to stop by the Yo-Yo Fishing Tent (yo-yo tsuri) co-hosted by Japan Society and the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program Alumni Association of New York.

For a detailed schedule of events, transportation options, and more, please visit japandaynyc.org.

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Japan Society: Open House Weekend
from Shakil, May 2nd, 2012 3:17 pm | No Comments | Japan

Partners in Preservation Open House Weekend
Saturday & Sunday, May 5 & 6, 2012

 

 

 

 

Join the Japan Society for a special Open House Weekend celebrating theior building’s 40th anniversary and landmark status on May 5 and 6, with free film screenings,complimentary admission to Deco Japan, tours of the exhibit and building, manga workshops, children’s craft activities, introductory Japanese language and shodo classes, snacks and more!

Visit the Japan Society for more information.

 

Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (at First Avenue)
New York, NY 10017

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Japan Society: Kota Yamazaki’s Fusion of African & Butoh Dance
from Shakil, April 26th, 2012 6:38 pm | No Comments | Japan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today it was announced that Japan Society is one of 40 landmarked buildings in New York City competing for restoration grants from Partners in Preservation. You can vote once daily now through May 21. To celebrate the Japan Society is hosting an Open House Weekend May 5 & 6, with free screenings of Godzilla and Fish Story, complimentary admission to Deco Japan, tours of the exhibit and building, as well as Japanese snacks, manga demonstrations, children’s craft activities, introductory Japanese language and shodo classes and more. Save the date!

Meanwhile, this week at Japan Society enjoy award winning choreographer Kota Yamazaki’s lithe and lyrical blend of Japanese butoh and African dance. Co-commissioned by Japan Society and EMPAC, the performances run April 27 & 28. Also, join us on May 1 when Douglas Peterson, President of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, addresses the challenges and opportunities ratings agencies face and his personal experiences in transitioning from banking to the ratings industry.

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Dances of Vice: Deco Japan and the Heart of the Modern Girl
from Shakil, April 26th, 2012 6:26 pm | No Comments | Japan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dances of Vice:

Deco Japan and the Heart of the Modern Girl
Saturday, May 5, 7 PM—12 PM

Dances of Vice and the Japan Society present an evening with the modern girl, or Moga, and her kaleidoscopic world of dancing, drinking, and late night revelry. Learn a new step on the dancefloor, sip an intoxicating tonic and take in the sultry sounds of live pre-War jazz by the Kuni Mikami Jazz Quintet featuring vocalist Mari Koga. Also, watch as fashionable flirtation comes to life as real Mogas wearing deco era style fashion designed by Mutsumi Gee of Allure Original Styles shimmy through the halls of Japan Society’s exhibition Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Cutlure 1920-1945.

Period attire is strongly encouraged!

7:15-8 PM Exhibition Tour by Gallery Director Joe Earle
8 PM Opening Remarks by Art Deco Society of New York President Kathryn Hausman
8:15-9 PM Charleston Dance Lesson & Open Sake Bar
9 PM-12 AM Live Jazz, Performances, and Fashion Show

TICKETS
$15 Advance / $20 Day of Show
Gallery admission & one hour open sake bar from 8-9 PM included with ticket.

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Breathtaking Japanese Animated Film!
from Bill, April 23rd, 2012 7:20 pm | No Comments | Japan

FINAL WEEKEND!


CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW
STUNNING NEW FILM FROM MAKOTO SHINKAI
NYICFF 2012 Grand Prize Finalist!
Sat & Sun, April 28 & 29, 11:00am – IFC Center
Recommended ages 11 to adultJULY FILMMAKING CAMP
Mon-Fri, July 9-20
Kids make movies in animation, stop-motion and more!
Two-week full-day classes for ages 6 to 16!


For info and to purchase tickets CLICK HERE!

 

CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW

Sat & Sun, April 21 & 22, 11:00am – IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third)
Recommended ages 11 to adult

Makoto Shinkai is perhaps the world’s finest animator and his brilliant new feature delivers frame after frame of jaw-dropping photorealistic splendor: skyscapes of unspeakable majesty, a butterfly on a twig, a blade of grass – all are rendered with such astounding delicacy and precision that you mourn their passing once the image has left the screen. The story is a modern-day Orpheus tale with a sci-fi twist that pays tribute to the great works of Hayao Miyazaki – especially Princess Mononoke - with its demonic spirit-gods and magnificent forest creatures.

Asuna spends her afternoons alone in the mountains, using her crystal radio to listen to haunting songs from somewhere far away. One afternoon, a wild bear-like creature attacks and Asuna is saved by Shun, a boy with strange powers who comes from a mythical underworld beneath the Earth that is a gateway to the afterlife. When Asuna returns the next day to find him gone, she decides to leave the world of the living behind and follow him.

To Purchase Tickets, CLICK HERE.

NYICFF FILMMAKING CAMP

Three different classes offered for ages 6-16

Dates: July 9-20
Location: Battery Park City School, 55 Battery Place

NYICFF is offering two-week filmmaking intensives in 2D animation, stop-motion animation, live action filmmaking and more, with three different classes available for ages ranging from tots to teens. Students will conceive, storyboard, write, shoot, draw, model, create sets, and perform on camera to create a completed short film in collaboration with award-winning filmmakers.

Brand new classes include Multimedia Storying Telling and Moviemaking Masterclass!

To learn more and register CLICK HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For tickets and film descriptions click here.

For sponsorship inquiries email sponsorship@gkids.com.

For press inquiries email press@gkids.com.

To make a tax deductible contribution to NYICFF click here .

Two Documentaries on Japanese American WWII Soldiers
from Bill, April 19th, 2012 8:07 pm | No Comments | Japan

 

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This week Japan Society’s Film Program takes center stage with multiple screenings of two World War II documentaries about Japanese Americans in the U.S. military: 442 – Live with Honor, Die with Dignityand MIS – Human Secret Weapon. Other activities include a workshop, Exquisite Way: Japanese Aesthetic Principles & Zen Practice, and our spring exhibition, Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945. Next week is the World Premiere Tour of Kota Yamazaki’s African and butoh dance inspired (glowing).

April 19—26, 2012
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442 – Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

Saturday, April 21—Sunday, April 22


Presented by United Television Broadcasting Systems. The “442nd” was a segregated unit of “Nisei” Japanese American soldiers. They became one of the most decorated units in the history of the United States.
TICKETS
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MIS – Human Secret Weapon

Saturday, April 21—Sunday, April 22


Presented by United Television Broadcasting Systems. Braving the many prejudices against them, “Nisei” soldiers of MIS had to fight against Japan, their parents’ homeland, and proved their patriotism to the country that had placed their families in internment camps.
TICKETS
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Exquisite Way: Japanese Aesthetic Principles & Zen Practice

Monday, April 23, 7 PM

Zen priest and teacher Bonnie Myotai Treace Sensei will give zazen (sitting meditation) instruction and lead an exploration of Zen aesthetic principles.
TICKETS
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The Body & The Native Land: Butoh & African Dance Workshops with Kota Yamazaki

Tuesday, April 24, 5:30 PM
Saturday, April 28, 1 PM

Participant tickets are SOLD OUT. Observer
tickets for both workshops are available.
TICKETS
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Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug
(glowing)

Friday, April 27, 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 28, 7:30 PM

Part of the World Premiere Tour
In an unparalleled collaboration with African dancers, American architect Robert Kocik, lighting designer Kathy Kaufmann and Tokyo-based composer Kohji Setoh, six dancers will perform within a set constructed to evoke the soft lighting and dim interior of a traditional Japanese house.
TICKETS
Deco Image EXHIBITION
Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945

Through Sunday, June 10

Showcasing the spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design associated with both Japan and Art Deco style, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to explore a little-known brand of pre-WWII modernism borne of competitive ingenuity and vivacious cosmopolitanism.
Images top to bottom: 442 – Live with Honor, Die with Dignity. MIS – Human Secret Weapon. Photo by Suzanne de Vegh. Kota Yamazaki © Hideyo Tanaka. © Ryutaro Mishima. Ishikawa Toraji (1875–1964). Odori (Dance), from seriesRajo jūsshu (Ten Nudes). Woodblock print; ink, colors, and mica on paper, 1934. 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.).
Unless otherwise noted all programs are held at Japan Society.
333 East 47th Street (at First Avenue)
New York, NY 10017

Meet the “Nisei” Japanese American Soldiers of WWII
from Bill, April 18th, 2012 6:09 pm | No Comments | Japan

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Suzuki’s Japanese American World War II
Documentaries Come to New York

Saturday, April 21—Sunday, April 22

Presented by United Television Broadcasting Systems.

Director JunichiSuzuki will be in attendance at all screenings.

Junichi Suzuki, a Tokyo University graduate and 30-year veteran of the film industry with numerous credits in directing, producing and screenwriting, has created works of both fiction and documentary. After working with directors like Kon Ichikawa and Tatsumi Kumashiro as an assistant director at Nikkatsu, Suzuki went on to become a contract director at the studio. From the early 90s to 2000 Suzuki worked in film production education and programming in New York City, China and Indonesia before becoming an instructor at Rikkyou University and Tokyou Kogei, all while continuing to create original films. He is currently working in Los Angeles.
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442 – Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

Saturday, April 21—Sunday, April 22


The “442nd” was a segregated unit of “Nisei” Japanese American soldiers. They became one of the most decorated units in the history of the United States.
TICKETS
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MIS – Human Secret Weapon

Saturday, April 21—Sunday, April 22


Braving the many prejudices against them, “Nisei” soldiers of MIS had to fight against Japan, their parents’ homeland, and proved their patriotism to the country that had placed their families in internment camps.
TICKETS
Images: 442 – Live with Honor, Die with Dignity. MIS – Human Secret Weapon.
Unless otherwise noted all programs are held at Japan Society.
333 East 47th Street (at First Avenue)
New York, NY 10017


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