COOL JAPAN from New Yorkers' Viewpoints

(27) [English Edition］週刊NY生活 SHUKAN NEW YORK SEIKATSU 2018年（平成30年）1月20日（土） Letter From English Translator NEW YORKERS WANTED for THE JAPAN VOICE On to PyeongChang THE To translate Japanese articles into by Dan McDonald JAPAN VOICE English remotely. Your name will be credited in print for the translation. The holiday Call:212-213-6069 or season is COOL JAPAN from New Yorkers’ Viewpoints E-mail: [email protected] behind us, leaving many with hang- overs and Alexandra Munroe empty bank accounts, but c h e r i s h e d Brings Japanese Arts memories of family and friends. We’ve turned the page to a new to a Global Audience year and have returned to work. Some readers are surely asking themselves “What can I An Asian arts curator at the American fascination of Japanese arts look forward to now?” With more Guggenheim Museum won the 2017 Japan has deep roots: The Museum of Fine Arts cold weather on the way, why Foundation Award, a yearly recognition of Boston has been collecting artworks not just pour yourself a glass that the semi-official charity has been mak- from the Heian (8-12th centuries), of whiskey and settle down in ing since 1973 for significant contributions Kamakura (12-14th centuries) and front of the TV? If Super Bowl to promoting international mutual under- Muromachi (14th-16th centuries) periods LII next month doesn’t catch standing and friendship between Japan and since the 19th century. Japan’s contem- your fancy, how about the other countries through academic, artistic porary arts, on the other hand, has seen Winter Olympics in and other cultural pursuits. innovative talents like Takashi PyeongChang, South Korea? The recipient, Dr. Alexandra Munroe, Murakami, whom Dr. Munroe featured at Running from February 9 to February 25, the XXIII was born and raised in New York, and a 2005 exhibition entitled “Little Boy: Olympic Winter Games will spent eight years in Japan as a teenager. The Arts of Japan’ s Exploding match athletes from 90 nations She transferred from Brown University to Subculture.” With the social media’s in 102 events in 15 different Doshisha University in Kyoto, and graduat- strong penetration effects, such modern sports. Japanese athletes will ed from Sophia University in Tokyo. In arts are expected to undergo an even compete in sports including New York, she started her arts career at stronger transformation. the Biathlon, Curling, Figure Japan Society in 1982, and became its It was against this backdrop that Skating, Women’s Ice Hockey and gallery director in 1997. Nine years later, Munroe’s contribution was recognized at Speedskating. she accepted an offer to become the found- the award ceremony at Hotel Okura Fans of the Japanese team ing senior curator for Asian arts at the Tokyo on October 16. “I am truly hon- won’t miss out on men’s and women’s singles Figure Skating. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. She ored,” she said, “My mission will contin- Will Yuzuru Hanyu repeat his has organized a number of award-wining ue to be to link the realm of Japanese arts 2014 gold medal performance in museum exhibitions based on her empirical and the rest of the world.” Sochi? Will Shoma Uno’s quadru- research of Japanese and Asian art, from (Photo & article by Ryoichi ple flips land him his first the post-war to the contemporary period. Miura/Translated by Kenji Nakano) Olympic medal? On the women’s side, will Satoko Miyahara or Director of Japan Local Government Kaori Sakamoto medal for Returnees of JET Program Welcomed Home to New York Japan? Center in New York (CLAIR NY), But here’s the big question: More than 66,000 participants from 67 countries worldwide since 1987 says, “As the JET Program marks its will the Japanese women’s Ice 30th anniversary, many young Hockey team notch its first win In order to promote international Affairs and the Ministry of Education, D.C. in August 2017. Today, there Americans have helped deepen in Olympic competition? They exchanges at regional levels by young for- Culture, Sports, Science and are 19 JET alumni organizations in exchanges in Japan. We look forward were outscored by a combined eigners as Assistant Language Teachers Technology. Now, 45 prefectures and 20 New York, New Jersey and to continuing this program.” (by score of 52-3 in Nagano and (ALTs), the Japan Exchange and Teaching cities designated by the government, Pennsylvania. The New York Kaoru Ishiguro/ Translated by Tomei Sochi, but did appear more com- Takahashi) petitive in 2014. Japan came in Program (JET) has had more than 66,000 including 1,000 local public bodies, in branch is the biggest, and has 17th in the medal count in the participants from 67 countries worldwide Japan have accepted members of the JET approximately 2,000 members. It is 2014 Winter Olympics. Tune in since 1987. In North America alone, there Program. especially active, and holds around starting February 9 to see if have been 42,500 participants from Canada, To celebrate its 30th anniversary, 40 events yearly, such as hikes and they move up the medal table and 35,000 from the United States. about 200 people participated in JET's walks around bars in Manhattan. at PyeongChang. This program was established in coopera- 30th anniversary party in Washington Wataru Tozawa, the Executive (Dan McDonald is a newspaper tion with CLAIR (Council of Local columnist, editor and Japanese Authorities for International Relations), the THE JAPAN VOICE is the English Edition of SHUKAN NY SEIKATSU translator. Interested readers Ministry of Internal Affairs and NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS, INC., 71 W 47 St, Suite 307, New York, NY 10036 USA can contact him at dan9605@hot- Communications, the Ministry of Foreign Editor in Chief: Ryoichi Miura, Associate Editor: Tiff Ferentini, Editor: Kaoru Komi mail.com) Advertise Here! Contact 212-213-6069 [email protected] You can read the whole layout of the newspaper on the website! www.nyseikatsu.com And the back numbers, too!! New York Seikatsu Press, Inc..

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