Issue 4 Inside this issue: Winter 2015 Editor’s Note 2 Upcoming Events 3 IAJS News: A summary of Japan-related academic events in Israel 4 Interview with Ikezu Joji— Japanese language teaching 9 Special Feature: Manga Library and AMAI—Anime and Manga 12 Association in Israel Featured Article: Global and Local: The Secrets of Japanese 14 Animation—Dr. Raz Greenberg Special update—Incredible Discovery of Japanese Buddhist Paintings 17 New Scholar in Focus: Interview with Omri Reis, PhD Candidate at the 19 University of Tokyo New Publications: A selection of publications by IAJS members 23 The Israeli Association for Japanese IAJS Council 2012-2013 The Israeli Association of Studies Newsletter is a biannual Japanese Studies (IAJS) is a non publication that aims to provide Honorary President: -profit organization seeking to information about the latest Prof. Emeritus Ben-Ami encourage Japanese-related developments in the field of Japanese Shillony (HUJI) research and dialogue as well as Studies in Israel. to promote Japanese language Council Members: education in Israel. We welcome submissions from IAJS Dr. Nissim Otmazgin (HUJI) members regarding institutional news, Dr. Michal Daliot-Bul (UH) For more information visit the publications and new research in the Dr. Irit Averbuch (TAU) IAJS website at: Dr. Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti www.japan-studies.org Image: Manga books from the Manga field of Japanese Studies. Please send (Beit Berl College & HUJI) Library at the Hebrew University of your proposals to the editor at: Dr. Helena Grinshpun (HUJI) General Editor: Ms. Julia Stolyar Jerusalem.
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