WILLIAMSTOWN — Transformers. Sushi. Pokemon. There is no denying that Japanese culture has become a large part of the American culture that we see around us on a daily basis. And this is no ...

Roland Kelts, who is appearing on four panels during Otakon, will also be signing copies of his book, “Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.,” throughout the weekend. One of ...

Japanese imports like Pokémon, Speed Racer, Transformers, and other anime and manga (Japanese animation and comic books), plus Japanese fashion and food, have become incredibly popular in the United ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

Jointly with International House of Japan, we are excited to have Akutagawa-sho winning author and poet, Mieko Kawakami and author Roland Kelts for our first program on literature. With this year’s ...

The influx of Japanese art and fashion into the American cultural mainstream gets an entertaining treatment from Kelts, an essayist and lecturer at the University of Tokyo, who interviewed many of ...

Introduction by Prof. Motoyuki Shibata: Mieko Kawakami has shed new light on the providence haunting Japanese women and has grappled with subjects that are highly relevant to many but have been ...