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Eighty Years On from the War: Memory and the Power of Culture
Dialogue through Animation: Interview with Sunao Katabuchi, Director of In This Corner of the World

【Eighty Years On from the War: Memory and the Power of Culture】 Dialogue through Animation: Intervi...[read more]

Feature Stories

Exclusive Interview: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, President of the Totto Foundation
Breaking Boundaries: How Sign Language Kyogen Unlocks a New World of DEI after 2024 Paris Performance

Exclusive Interview: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, President of the Totto Foundation Breaking Boundaries: How ...[read more]

Contributed Articles

HERALBONY's Bold Mission to Bring Artistic
Brilliance to the World
Interview with Marie Oshioka, CEO of HERALBONY Europe

Heralbony's Bold Mission to Bring Artistic Brilliance to the World Interview with Marie Oshioka, CEO...[read more]

Serialized Essays

Beyond Disasters - Telling the Stories <4>
Ishikura Toshiaki, Art Anthropologist, Associate Professor at the Akita University of Art, contributor
Rethinking Stories - From The Story of Ishi to "Cosmo-Eggs" (Part 2)

[Special Feature 074] Myths and history are passed down from generation to generation. How are these...[read more]

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The 51st Japan Foundation Awards Report on the 2024 Japan Foundation Awards Ceremony

Since 1973, the Japan Foundation has presented the Japan Foundation Awards to individuals and organi...[read more]

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