Online Articles

Below is a selection of articles from past issues of Omusubi. The articles include reports from programs run by the Japan Foundation as well as introducing individuals, organisations and ideas that are in some way connected to Japan Foundation activities.

Hitokuchi Memo provides a ‘bite-sized’ introduction to different aspects of Japanese culture, written by the editor of Omusubi. We hope these articles will be a useful resource for anyone with an interest in Japan.

 
Arts and Culture
 
Nature's Rhythm: Eitetsu Hayashi with Taikoz in concert    new
Official opening of the 2006 Australia-Japan Year of Exchange
  Omusubi No. 7 Autumn 2006
   
Spirit of the Kami   new
Interview with Kara Yamaguchi
  Omusubi No. 7 Autumn 2006
   
KIDNAPPED! The Japan-North Korea Abduction Cases
Interview with director Melissa K. Lee
  Omusubi No. 6 Summer 2006
 
Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange
 
Beyond borders – creative strategies for global harmony   new
Report by berni m janssen on the inaugural roundtable of the Asia and Pacific Writers' Network, supported by the Japan Foundation Grant Program for Intellectual Exchange Projects 2005-2006
  Omusubi No. 7 Autumn 2006
 
Japanese Language Education
 

Emerging Developments in Languages Education – Intercultural Language Learning
Sherryl Saunders, Education Officer, Brisbane Catholic Education
  Omusubi No. 2 Summer 2005
   

Intercultural Language Learning: A teacher’s perspective
Felicity Williams, Mount Lilydale Mercy College
  Omusubi No. 6 Summer 2006
 
Hitokuchi Memo
Okinawa: Legacies of History
Omusubi No. 7 Autumn 2005
   
W(h)ither the Chrysanthemum Throne?
Omusubi No. 6 Summer 2005
   
Traditional Japanese Housing Design
Omusubi No. 5 Spring 2005
   
Wabi-Sabi: The Essentials of Japanese Aesthetics
Omusubi No. 4 Winter 2005
 

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