Pre-Register Now for Fall Classes

Register online now for fall Japanese language classes! Visit our Courses and Programs page for details about youth and adult classes offered by the NC Japan Center. Hurry, the deadline is August 20th!

Update on youth book camp in Durham

The youth book camp in Durham during the week of July 13 will be held at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Pre-registration is available online for this and other classes. Click on the following links for details about youth and adult classes being offered this summer by the NC Japan Center.

12th Mainichi Haiku Contest

Charles E. Smith, Associate Professor of Statistics and Biomathematics at NCSU, was a second prize winner in the International Section of the 12th Mainichi Haiku Contest. His entry:

半袖の群れがぶらつく
ミシシッピのゆるやかな流れ
遅い月の出
—チャーリー・スミス（アメリカ）

short-sleeve stroll
slow Mississippi
slower moon
—Charlie Smith (USA)

Additional information on the contest from the Mainichi Daily News is here: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/haiku/etc/archive/contest2008.html

Congratulations, Charlie.

Mochi-Tsuki: Celebrating Children's Day

Date & Time: Saturday, April 25
12:00 noon - 3:00pm
Place: NC Japan Center
(705 Barbour Drive, Raleigh, NC)
Admission is free
Pre-registration Required:
triangle_nippon_club@yahoo.com

Pre-register for summer classes

Pre-registration is now available online for Japanese language classes. Click on the following links for details about youth and adult classes offered by the NC Japan Center.

Japanese film "Zen" showing at NCSU

Photo © 2009 Zen Production Committee

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Caldwell Hall Room G107
2221 Hillsborough Street, NCSU Campus

Caldwell Hall is located across from Bruegger's Bagels and one block west of the NCSU Memorial Bell Tower. Parking is available on Hillsborough Street and also on campus after 5:00 pm in any unreserved parking spaces.

Film details

The inspiring true story of legendary Zen Master Dogen is brought to vivid life on the screen, more than 750 years after he lived his extraordinary life.

Currently playing in Japanese theaters, Zen will be shown in DVD format, color, in Japanese with English subtitles.

Not Rated: some material may be inappropriate for younger audiences. The movie is 127 minutes in length. Admission is free.

Sponsored by

Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta

and

NC Japan Center
http://www.ncsu.edu/ncjapancenter

Call (919) 515-3450 for additional information

Talk by Lt. General Yamaguchi

Noboru Yamaguchi, Retired Lieutenant General, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, will give a talk "US-Japan Defense Cooperation under Obama" on Monday, February 23, 2009, from 7-9 p.m. in Riddick Hall (2410 Stinson Dr.) Room 321.

Yamaguchi is a graduate from the National Defense Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of army aviation in 1975. He received his MA at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, in 1988 and was a National Security Fellow at John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University in 1991-1992. After serving as senior defense attaché at the Japanese Embassy in the United States from 1999 to 2001, he has held positions as Deputy Commandant of the JGSDF Aviation School, Director for Research of the GRDC, and Vice President of the National Institute for Defense Studies.

He has written several articles in regards to Japanese military and security affairs. These include "US Defense Transformation and Japan's Defense Policy," "The U.S.-Japan Security Relationship in Transition," "Soldiers, Civilians, and Scholars: Making Sense of the Relationship Between Civil-Military Relations and Foreign Policy," and "The Future of the U.S.- Japan Security Relationship."