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Regarding Robot Cultures

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Regarding Robot Cultures

by Selma Sabanovic

Sabanovic examines the “nascent robotics culture," which relies on the possibility of companionship between humans and machines and brings up not only issues of machine capabilities but of human vulnerabilities and the ways that our lives change with the use of technology.

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KRAZY! Cosplay Party Wrap-Up

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March 28, 2009

Check out our pictures from the KRAZY! Cosplay Party! Thanks to all the cosplayers!

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Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile
The Yoku Tanaka Collection

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Drawn from a previously unknown private collection in Tokyo, Buriki focuses on toys made for the U.S. market during the 1950s and early 1960s, with the emphasis on models that celebrate, in faithful detail, the Golden Age of American automobile styling.

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Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The Japan Society in collaboration with the Public Art Fund presented Little Boy, a major exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery and an installation of artworks in New York City’s public spaces and mass transit system in Spring 2005.

Multimedia: Video

Puzzling The World Video

October 23, 2008

Maki Kaji, godfather of Sudoku and President of Nikoli Company, and Will Shortz, Crossword Puzzle Editor of the New York Times, will discuss similarities and differences of Crossword puzzle and Sudoku and trends and themes driving puzzles around the world today.

Multimedia: Video

Dan Pink's Adventures in Manga Video

October 6, 2008

Japan Society Media Fellow and bestselling author Daniel Pink draws on his research in Japan as well as on his own efforts as a manga creator to take us inside the world of Japan’s dojinshi—amateur manga artists who remix and repurpose popular manga titles into new creations.

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2008 Summer Immersion Workshop for High School Students
Japanese Cuisine 101: Washoku

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Twenty-three high school students participated in an 11-day workshop on Japanese cuisine and culture, during which they examined the multifaceted history of Japanese cuisine.

Article

Otaku Talk

Toshio Okada and Kaichiro Morikawa talk with Takashi Murakami about the history and development of Japan's unique Otaku culture, and the role Otaku plays in Japanese society today.

Article

Glimpses of Contemporary Japan: Or Octopus Balls for Breakfast

by Clifford Pearson

A narrative account exploring the Japanese penchant for specialization, particularly with regard to the approach to food.

Article

Japan's Gross National Cool

by Douglas McGray

Japan is reinventing superpower—again. From pop music to consumer electronics, architecture to fashion, and animation to cuisine, Japan’s global cultural influence has quietly grown.

Article

Otaku Unmasked: The Life, Death and Rebirth of Japan’s Pop Culture

A discussion of Otaku--and the global influence of Japanese pop culture--with Douglas McGray, Dai Sato, and Hiroki Azuma.

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