Recording: “Meiji Modern: What Women’s Education Means Then and Now” Panel Discussion
This event, presented by Asia Society Japan, featured a moderated panel discussion at The International House of Japan in Tokyo in person and online on August 28, 2023. Discussion focused on the significance of women’s education in Japan since the time the country was modernizing 150 years ago. Digital Museum of the History of Japanese […]
Recording: “Quakes and Japan” Panel Discussion
LINK TO RECORDING This public event was co-sponsored by the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York and the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia. Featuring guest speakers Thomas Burkman, Teresa Maebori, Ed Nakawatase, and Kathleen Paulmier, the conversation covered prominent historical figures from within the Society of Friends and their contributions to historical development in […]
Takeshi Furumoto, Board member of Japan History Council of New York, and Fred Korematsu Day resolution
(Mr. Takeshi Furumoto, pictured front row, fourth from left in military uniform.) Takeshi Furumoto, one of the founding members of the Japan History Council of New York, was born in northern California’s Tule Lake War Relocation Center in 1944. He served in the Vietnam War and suffered from PTSD upon his return to the U.S., […]
Toru Okamoto, Board Member of Japan History Council of New York, Digital Museum materials used in local schools
Mr. Toru Okamoto, Board Member of the Japan History Council of New York, recently promoted the use of the Digital Museum of Japanese History in New York among young students from the Japanese Children’s Society. Over the course of three classes during the month of October, 2022, students at the Society’s Port Washington school reviewed […]
Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Japan History Council of New York
The Japan History Council of New York was created in December 2020 to establish a Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York and the region. The goal of the Museum is to collect, preserve, and disseminate this rich and varied history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The Council continued to […]
Recording: “Japanese Eyes on America: 150 Years Since the Iwakura Mission to the U.S.” Panel Discussion
This public event, presented by the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York, coincided with the launch…
Statement on the First Anniversary of the establishment of the Japan History Council in New York
The Japan History Council of New York was established on December 12, 2020 by 15 prominent representatives of…
First Encounters Between the U.S. and Japan – John Kendrick and John Manjiro
Two of the earliest encounters between Japan and the United States came in the form of a landing by Captain…
Establishment Of Digital Museum Of Japanese History In New York
As the first project of the Council, the Digital Museum of Japanese History in New York is established. You can…
Launch of the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York
The opening ceremony of the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York taken place on May 18, 2021 was…