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Rachel Hartmann | Monday, September 27, 2021
Dive into the 1960s and watch a Japanese women’s volleyball team become unlikely heroes with “The Witches of the Orient.” Even as they worked “day jobs” in a factory, these women trained day in and day out under their coach, Hirofumi Daimatsu. The idea was for the team to become like Daruma dolls — that
Angela Mathew | Monday, March 29, 2021
“Sans Soleil” is a 1983 film that defies explanation. It could be called a documentary, but it contains neither a singular thesis nor a clear subject area. The film largely consists of footage of Japan and Guinea-Bissau. This footage is supplemented by a voiceover in which a female narrator reads out various letters written by
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The University announced the suspension of the Jerusalem study abroad program and offered updates regarding responses to COVID-19 in an email to the Notre Dame community Tuesday morning. “The University has suspended programs at the Jerusalem Global Gateway at Tantur and the Tantur Ecumenical Institute there after Israeli authorities closed the crossing between Jerusalem and
Mike Donovan | Friday, September 27, 2019
Flashes in the Pan: LadiBree by Scenecast, from The Observer Editor’s Note: This is the second part in a series featuring local artists in the tri-campus community. “The sky is up! The sun is shining!” senior Bree Connor — a rapper who performs under the moniker LadiBree — pronounced, caffeinating the dreary Monday evening with
Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, April 12, 2017
The new live-action “Ghost in the Shell,” directed by Rupert Sanders, made its debut on the silver screen March 31. Though most casual moviegoers were likely unaware, the movie is a single entry in a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise — one of many films set in the same pseudo-dystopian universe. In fact, the original
Diversity Council | Monday, April 3, 2017
When I was 13 years old, I decided to attend college in the United States. I was born in Yokohama, Japan, and lived in Arcadia, California, from ages 3 to 11. I moved back to Yokohama after fifth grade. At 13, I still missed America badly. It was difficult to be myself in Japan. I look
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Arthur Binard, a bilingual author, translator and antinuclear activist, delivered a lecture Monday afternoon in the LaFortune Center Ballroom that examined the terminology Japanese and Americans use to describe the bombings of Japan during World War II. At the end of the war, there was a general feeling of euphoria in the United States, but in Japan,
Jeremy Cappello Lee | Wednesday, September 10, 2014
In the first lecture of the “Nuclear Nightmares: Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Historical Context” exhibit, Sr. Yoko Hamada, professor at Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University, delivered a historical account of the establishment, destruction and subsequent rebuilding of Junshin Girls’ School after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Hamada said part of the rebuilding efforts of Junshin Girls’ School after
Jimmy Kemper | Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Once upon a time, long ago (three whole decades), a Japanese company named Squaresoft made some of the first roleplaying video games that took the world by storm. Known as JRPGs (for “Japanese roleplaying games”) Squaresoft’s roleplaying video games involved players controlling a protagonist in a story-based game, often set in a fantastical world. Today,