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Expand The Global Understanding of Japanese
Culture

From translation prizes to lecture and fellowships, Center runs initiatives that deepen global understanding of Japan’s literary and cultural heritage.
TIME SENSITIVE: materials and beings in Tsuchida Hiromi’s “Fukushima” image

TIME SENSITIVE: materials and beings in Tsuchida Hiromi’s “Fukushima”

Maki Fukuoka
Associate Professor, History of Art
University of Leeds

The 2026 Sо̄shitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture image

The 2026 Sо̄shitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture

An Evening with Director Miyake Shō: Lecture and Conversation with Miyake Shō on Cinema,

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Explore the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture Archive

Access decades of past lectures, events, and translated
works, a living history of Japan’s influence in global
scholarship and culture.
TIME SENSITIVE: materials and beings in Tsuchida Hiromi’s “Fukushima” image

TIME SENSITIVE: materials and beings in Tsuchida Hiromi’s “Fukushima”

403 Kent Hall, 1140 Amsterdam Ave., Columbia University

Maki Fukuoka
Associate Professor, History of Art
University of Leeds

The 2026 Sо̄shitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture image

The 2026 Sо̄shitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture

Lenfest Center for the Arts (615 West 129th Street, 125th St. stop on the 1 train)

An Evening with Director Miyake Shō: Lecture and Conversation with Miyake Shō on Cinema,

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