UBC Japanese Library Resources Blog

A UBC alum currently residing in Tokyo has passed along the following links to recent sites and articles which are critical of the coverage of the nuclear situation in Japan by the non-Japanese press.

JPQuake
a wiki created by “various people … who are sick of the sensationalist, overly speculative, and just plain bad reporting that has gone on since the Tohoku quake in Japan last Friday (March 11)”
“Wall of Shame: Media Slammed for Japan Crisis Coverage”
from The New Zealand Herald
“Foreign media take flak for fanning fears”
from The Japan Times

Look in the Earthquake & Tsunami Resources Page for more about the issues related to the disaster.

The first support meeting of UBC’s Japanese Emergency Support Team (JEST) will be held on March 23. Please see below for details. Future meetings will be posted under “Discussions” in the Earthquake & Tsunami Resources page.

An informal and supportive meeting will be held in Japanese and facilitated by Japanese-speaking professional counsellors and counsellors-in-training at UBC who are volunteering their time and expertise. There will be a short information session followed by a group discussion.

Wed., March 23, 2011 (5pm – 7pm)
Room 310 in Scarfe Building (3rd floor, Education Building, 2125 Main Mall)
Cost: Free
Open to all (max. 24 participants)

Contact: ubcsupport@hotmail.co.jp (English or Japanese)
Leader-in-Charge: Dr. Ishu Ishiyama, associate professor of counselling psychology, Faculty of Education, UBC

After the Quake: Japan Researchers Discuss Japan’s Current Catastrophe and Considerations for Canada
Bruce White, Anthropologist from Doshisha University in Japan joins UBC and Vancouver based panel of Millie Creighton, Kozue Matsumoto, Dada Docot, Larissa Dziubenko, and Greg Masuda to discuss Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and radiation disaster and researching on a fault line.

Date & Time: Tuesday, March 22nd, 11:30 – 1:00 pm
Venue: Anso 134
see poster for details

Anime
アニメ作品事典 Anime sakuhin jiten

Art and Architecture
出雲大社の建築考古学　Izumo Taisha no kenchiku kōkogaku

失われた近代建築　Ushinawareta kindai kenchiku

九相図資料集成 死体の美術と文学 Kusōzu shiryō shūsei: shitai no bijutsu to bungaku

戦争と広告 Sensō to kōkoku

日本近代建築大全 Nihon kindai kenchiku taizen

秀吉の御所参内・聚楽第行幸図屏風 Hideyoshi no gosho sandai, Jurakudai gyōkōzu byōbu

芳年月百姿 Yoshitoshi tsuki hyakushi

History
太平洋侵略史 Taiheiyō shinryakushi

写真記録 占領下の時代 Shashin kiroku, senrōyka no jidai

日本中世社会の形成と王権 Nihon chūsei shakai no keisei to ōken

藤原道長「御堂関白記」 : 全現代語訳 Fujiwara no Michinaga “Midō kanpaku ki” : zen gendaigo yaku

図説明治百年の児童史　Zusetsu Meiji hyakunen no jidōshi

律令制国家と古代宮都の形成 Ritsuryōsei kokka to kodai kyūto no keisei

Japanese Language Proficiency Test
新日本語能力試験完全攻略ガイド Shin Nihongo nōryoku shiken kanzen kōryaku gaido

短期マスター 日本語能力試験ドリル (N1-N5) Nōryoku shiken doriru

にほんごチャレンジ かんじ (N4-5) Nihongo charenji: Kanji

日本語パワードリル (文字・語彙 N1-N3) Nihongo pawā doriru

パターン別徹底ドリル 日本語能力試験 (N1&N2) Patān-betsu tettei doriru

Language Learning
上級学習者のための日本語読解ワークブック Jōkyū gakushūsha no tame no Nihongo dokkai wākubukku

使って、身につく! 漢字 x 語彙 1 Tsukatte mi ni tsuku! Kanji x goi 1 (Basic Kanji Workbook 1)

Literature
「戦時下」の女性文学 “Senjika” no josei bungaku

占領期雑誌資料大系 文学編 Senrōyki zasshi shiryō taikei

徒然草　詳密彩色大和絵本 Tsurezuregusa: shōmitsu saishoku yamato ehon

日本 SF 精神史 : 幕末・明治から戦後まで Nihon SF seishinshi: Bakumatsu, Meiji kara sengo made

日本 SF 全集　Nihon SF zenshū

変体仮名で読む源氏物語全和歌 Hentaigana de yomu Genji monogatari zenwaka

歴史・時代小說登場人物索引 Rekishi jidai shōsetsu tōjō jinbutsu sakuin

Political Science & Urban Planning
2009年、なぜ政権交代だったのか 2009-nen, naze seiken kōtai datta no ka

天下りの研究 Amakudari no kenkyū

伝統都市 Dentō toshi series

戦後日本資本主義と平成金融 “恐慌” Sengo Nihon shihon shugi to Heisei kinʼyū “kyōkō”

日本政治思想史, 十七–十九世紀 Nihon seiji shisōshi, jūshichi – jūkuseiki

Religion
真宗史料集成 Shinshū shiryō shūsei

自然と神道文化 Shizen to Shintō bunka

Women’s & Gender Studies
ジェンダー平等と多文化共生 (Gender equality and multicultural conviviality in the age of globalization) Jendā byōdō to tabunka kyōsei

新編日本のフェミニズム　Shinpen Nihon no feminizumu

「主婦」の誕生 “Shufu” no tanjō

Check out some of the current fiction recently added to the collection. Reviews included.

永遠の0 Eien no 0 | review （朝日新聞）
by 百田尚樹 Hyakuta Naoki

乙女の密告 Otome no mikkoku | review （読売新聞）
by 赤染晶子 Akazome Akiko

小暮写真館 Kogure Shashinkan | review (朝日新聞)
by 宮部みゆき

再会 Saikai | review （朝日新聞）
by 横関大 Yokozeki Dai
（第56回江戸川乱歩賞受賞作）

死ねばいいのに Shineba ii no ni review (朝日新聞)
by 京極夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko

ゼロ、ハチ、ゼロ、ナナ Zero, hachi, zero, nana | review (読書間奏文 blog)
by 辻村深月 Tsujimura Mizuki

小さいおうち Chiisai ouchi | review （読売新聞）
by 中島京子 Nakajima Kyōko

ヘヴン Hevun | review (朝日新聞)
by 川上未映子 Kawakami Mieko

ボーダー&レス Bōdā & resu | review (新人賞をとって作家になる！blog)
by 藤代泉 Fujishiro Izumi
（第46回文藝賞受賞作）

抱擁、あるいはライスには塩を Hōyō, aruiwa raisu ni wa shio o | review (bookjapan)

猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ Neko o daite zō to oyogu | review （朝日新聞）
by 小川洋子 Ogawa Yōko

ねむり Nemuri review
by 村上春樹 Murakami Haruki

歌うクジラ Utau kujira | review (朝日新聞)
by 村上龍 Murakami Ryū

マリアビートル Mariabītoru (Mariabeetle) | review (朝日新聞)
by 伊坂幸太郎 Isaka Kōtarō

もしもし下北沢 Moshimoshi Shimokitazawa | review (毎日新聞)
by よしもとばなな Yoshimoto Banana

See the Earthquake & Tsunami Resources Page for an updated list of resources.

Here are some links to news media reports on the devastating earthquake in Japan.

Japanese-language Media
TBS TV live news stream TBSテレビの公式チャンネル
FNN (Fuji TV) live news stream
NHK News live | video footage | aftershock warnings | local news | main
Asahi Online special report
Yomiuri Online bulletin board 震災掲示板 | main page

English-language Media
Yokoso News live feed
Asahi Shimbun (English) main page
NHK World (English) main page

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