Modern Japanese literature has been popularized by writers such as Haruki Murakami, but when it comes to preserving classical culture and literary works only the latest technology will do. [Sponsored by waseda_univ]
Walk into a bookshop nearly anywhere in the world, and you’re almost certain to find a translation of one of Haruki Murakami’s novels. His first book was published in 1979, while Murakami was running a small Tokyo jazz bar – Peter Cat – following a drama degree at Waseda University. Since then the writer has popularized Japanese literature at an unprecedented scale.
This is one of many of the university’s resources that help anchor the Global Japanese Studies Unit, one of seven units attached to the Waseda Goes Global project, which seeks to develop vibrant international academic networks. The center is also expanding its international collaborations as part of the Waseda Goes Global Plan, funded by the Japanese government’s MEXT Top Global University Project.
Yoshio has been overseeing Waseda’s undergraduate Global Studies in Japanese Cultures Program since its inception in 2017. The annual intake has been divided between Japanese and overseas students, and this mixture is intentional. “The program is not about transmitting knowledge of Japanese culture from the inside to the outside. Sometimes it’s the other way around,” says Yoshio.
“I think people are hungry for culture because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” comments the museum’s director, Professor Minako Okamuro. She says the pandemic has led to increased online archiving. In 2020, the museum established the Japan Digital Theatre Archives, an informational database and online repository of more than 1,300 Japanese theater performances.
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