Ocha & Wagashi: The Culture of Japanese Tea and Sweets
Yoshitaka Nishino, the head confectioner of Matsukawaya, a Japanese confectionery, joined the JICC to present on the history of wagashi as well as the ingredients and techniques that go into crafting these exquisite works of art. This was followed by a presentation on the history and culture of Japanese tea by Teaism.
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Tokyo SOS Director / 東京SOSの監督 (SciFi JAPAN TV #27)
Masaaki Tezuka, director of GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS, GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA and GODZILLA: TOKYO SOS, talks about his work on the Godzilla series in this exclusive interview for SciFi JAPAN TV!
『ゴジラxメガギラス』『ゴジラxメカゴジラ』『ゴジラxモスラxメカゴジラ東京SOS』の手塚昌明監督のインタビュー！
New episodes every Thursday / 毎週金曜日公開！
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Shimane Student's Presentation at the University of Florida
Students from Shimane University in Japan came to the University of Florida to make some presentations with the Japanese Club in English.
Takeda's Wonky Waltz, Takeda no komoriuta or 竹田の子守唄
I started out with the Celesta and decided to use a cello as well as flute. I used repetitive motifs with variation in the flute only. Once the bones where laid I realized that it needed something to lift it and the clarinet posed the perfect character choice. When looking for a melody I found a Japanese Lullaby called Takeda no komoriuta or 竹田の子守唄.
Interview with Director Ken Ochiai at HIFF
The Vilcek Foundation welcomed Ken Ochiai as a 2014 delegate of the New American Filmmakers program at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Ken Ochiai made his first film at age 12. Immediately following his high school graduation, he left his hometown of Tokyo, Japan, to pursue his dream of becoming a film director in the United States. Ochiai graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2006 with a BA in production. In 2008, he received his MFA from the American Film Institute Conservatory in directing.
To date, Ochiai has made more than 30 short films, commercials, and music videos, including PHOENIX, which won the Special Jury Award at the San Giovanni International Film Festival; EXPRESS 831, which won the Bronze Award at the First Look Film Festival in 2008; and HALF KENNETH, which won the Jury Prize from the Directors Guild of America as well as the Governor of Tokyo Award and the Best Short Film at the Short Shorts Film Festival.
Recently he received the Young Alumni Award from the USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association in recognition of his achievements in filmmaking.
Ochiai is now working as a professional writer/director and has a number of projects in development in Japan and the U.S. These projects include his first feature film with Toshiaki Nakazawa, producer of the Oscar-winning film DEPARTURES.
For more information about the New American Filmmakers, visit
Nob × Ninsuke KENDAMA トムソーヤ/ Lu-LAR feat. SHOWGA
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Le Japon Jour 22 Kofu à Fuji
En ce 22e jour au Japon, je pédale jusqu'au mont Fuji, ce volcan que je rêvais de gravir depuis ma tendre enfance.
List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:01 1 Central government
00:00:10 1.1 Supreme head of state
00:00:35 1.2 President of the Imperial Council
00:00:54 1.3 Chairman of the Imperial Advisory Council
00:01:10 1.4 Imperial family members
00:02:14 1.5 Vice Chairman of the Councilors of Court
00:02:29 1.6 Prime Ministers
00:04:45 1.7 Chief Cabinet Secretary
00:05:00 1.8 Military Secretary to Prime Minister
00:05:14 1.9 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
00:05:59 1.10 Imperial Privy Council
00:06:43 1.11 Imperial State Council
00:06:55 1.12 Imperial Aide to the Crown Prince
00:07:10 1.13 Military Aide-de-Camp
00:08:12 1.14 Grand Chamberlain
00:08:36 1.15 House of Representatives
00:08:58 1.16 House of Peers
00:09:37 2 Imperial Supreme War Command (1937-1945)
00:10:17 2.1 Imperial General Headquarters (Dai Honei)
00:17:26 2.2 Imperial Supreme War Council (Senso-shi-do)
00:20:55 3 Home Defence
00:21:05 3.1 Home Defense Headquarters
00:22:10 3.2 Tokyo metropolitan area
00:22:40 3.3 Tokyo Divisional District
00:22:57 3.4 Tokyo Defense Command
00:23:11 3.5 Tokyo Garrison Headquarters
00:23:30 3.6 Tokyo Bay Fortress Detachment Officers
00:23:54 3.7 Maizuru Fortified Zone
00:24:08 3.8 Tsushima Fortress Detachment
00:24:27 3.9 Officer assigned to General Defense Command
00:24:42 3.10 Shinbu Group (Fourteenth Area Army command)
00:24:59 3.11 Northeastern Army District Headquarters (Japan Proper)
00:25:16 3.12 Northern District Army Command
00:25:31 3.13 Western Army District HQ
00:25:46 3.14 Western District Army Command
00:26:00 3.15 Central District Army Headquarters
00:26:14 3.16 Central District Army Command
00:26:30 3.17 Chosen Army District
00:26:45 4 War Ministries
00:26:54 4.1 Munitions Minister
00:27:45 4.2 Material Section, War Ministry
00:27:59 4.3 Sagami Army Arsenal
00:28:13 4.4 Tokyo Army Arsenal
00:28:30 4.5 Army Remount Department
00:28:44 4.6 Inspector General of Chemical Warfare
00:29:03 4.7 Officer in Inspectorate General
00:29:17 4.8 Army Section, Imperial General Headquarters
00:29:33 4.9 Ōita PW Internment Camp Staff
00:29:49 4.10 Army Allied Prisoner of War Information Bureau
00:30:25 4.11 War Minister
00:31:21 4.12 Deputy Minister of War
00:31:33 4.13 Vice-Minister of War
00:32:26 4.14 Secretary to the War Minister
00:33:22 4.15 Military Affairs Bureau, War Ministry
00:36:11 4.16 Economic Mobilization Bureau in War Ministry and related sections
00:37:44 4.17 Personal Bureau of War Ministry
00:38:21 4.18 Press Relations Branch, Ministry of War
00:38:37 4.19 Army Field Marshal
00:39:09 4.20 Provost Marshal General
00:39:46 4.21 General Affairs Bureau, Provost Marshal Headquarters
00:40:03 4.22 Inspectorate General of Military Training
00:41:56 4.23 Imperial Army-Navy military teaching and training services units
00:42:12 4.24 Army Officers in Reserve list
00:44:12 5 Army
00:44:21 5.1 Deputy Chief of Army General Staff
00:44:50 5.2 Chief of Army General Staff
00:45:17 5.3 Bureau Chief of Army General Staff
00:45:32 5.4 1st Bureau Chief of Army General Staff
00:45:51 5.5 2nd Bureau Chief of Army General Staff
00:46:10 5.6 Vice Chief of Army General Staff
00:46:29 5.7 Army General Staff
00:48:54 5.8 20th Group - War Coordination, Army General Staff
00:49:12 5.9 Operations Section, Army General Staff
00:49:27 5.10 Third Section-Organization and Mobilization, Army General Staff
00:49:53 5.11 Chief of General Intelligence Bureau in Army General Staff
00:50:11 5.12 Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Army General Staff
00:50:53 5.13 Russian unit of Second Bureau (Intelligence Division) Army General Staff
00:52:44 5.14 Army Technical Research Institute
00:53:05 5.15 Third Bureau (Logistics), Army General Staff
00:53:27 5.16 Railways and Shipping section, Army General Staff
00:53:44 5.17 Army Ordnance and Army Shipping Department
00:54:18 5.18 Chairman of the Military Affairs Bureau
00:55:34 5.19 Commanders Officer Army Home Stations
00:56:34 5.20 Army Aeronautical Department
01:04:16 5.21 Kwantung Army Commanders (until 1945)
01:05:28 5.22 Kwantung Government-General Administration
01:06:08 5.23 Structures in other Japanese armies
01:07:01 6 Police
01:07:10 6.1 Commander in Chief of Kempeitai units
01:08:27 6.2 Tokeitai police service units
01:08:46 6.3 Imperial Guards unit
01:11:35 6.4 Commander of Keishicho Civil Police forces
01:12:19 6.5 Operative Chief of Keishicho Civil Police units
01:12:40 6.6 Tokko police service unit
01:13:07 7 Marine Ministries
01:13:16 7.1 War Relief Association
01:13:30 7.2 Marine Ministers
01:14:23 7.3 Vice-Marine Ministers
01:14:40 7.4 Private Secretary to the Minister of the Navy
01:14:55 7.5 Navy Admirals of the Fleet
01:15:14 7.6 Navy Admirals
01:15:47 7.7 Navy Staff College's Research Department
01:16:02 7.8 Third Department in Marine Ministry
01:16:17 7.9 Bureau of Naval Affairs
01:16:31 7.10 Bureau of Naval Supply
01:16:45 7.11 Bureau of Naval Ac ...
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:58 1 Plot
00:08:00 2 Production
00:08:09 2.1 Light novel
00:10:18 2.2 Anime
00:10:26 2.2.1 Development and production
00:15:26 2.2.2 Soundtrack
00:17:17 3 Media
00:17:25 3.1 Web novel
00:18:02 3.2 Light novels
00:19:16 3.3 Manga
00:21:37 3.4 Internet radio show
00:23:04 3.5 Anime
00:27:46 3.6 Music
00:29:50 3.7 Video games
00:31:46 3.8 Other media
00:33:20 4 Reception
00:37:39 5 See also
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Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (Japanese: Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活, Hepburn: Ri:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, lit. Re: Starting life in a different world from zero) is a Japanese light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichirou Otsuka. The story centers on Subaru Natsuki, a hikikomori who suddenly finds himself transported to another world on his way home from the convenience store. The series was initially serialized on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from 2012 onwards. Seventeen volumes have been published by Media Factory since January 24, 2014, under their MF Bunko J imprint.
The series' first three arcs have been adapted into separate manga series. The first, by Daichi Matsue, was published by Media Factory between June 2014 and March 2015. The second, by Makoto Fugetsu, has been published by Square Enix since October 2014. Matsue launched the third adaptation, also published by Media Factory, in May 2015. Additionally, Media Factory has published two anthology manga with stories by different artists. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired from April 4, 2016 to September 19, 2016, starting with an hour-long special. The first of two OVA based on the series was released on October 6, 2018, and the second OVA will be released in Q4 2019. In March 2017, game developer 5pb. released a visual novel based on the series. On March 23, 2019, a second season of the series was announced to be in production.
The novels and all three manga adaptations are published in North America by Yen Press. The anime adaptation has been licensed by Crunchyroll, which released the anime on home video through Funimation in the United States and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. The light novels have sold more than three million copies, while the anime series has sold more than 60,000 copies on home video. The light novels have been praised for their fresh take on the another world concept, but have been criticized for awkward dialogue and redundancy. The anime series has been praised by critics for its culturally complex world and for the actions of its characters. The series received awards at the 2015–2016 Newtype Anime Awards and the 2017 Sugoi Japan Awards, and was nominated for Anime of the Year at The Anime Awards 2016.