{"id":5276,"date":"2009-04-21T18:03:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T18:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2009-04-21T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T18:05:07","slug":"upcoming-lectures-at-japan-society-ny-intimacy-and-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/21\/upcoming-lectures-at-japan-society-ny-intimacy-and-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Lectures at Japan Society (NY): Intimacy and Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just saw that Japan Society (NY)<\/strong><\/a> has two particularly interesting lectures coming up.\u00a0 One on the issue of intimacy in Japanese society and the other on whether Japan has failed to take advantage of a big tourism opportunity, both topics that are likely to be of interest to JET alums.<\/p>\n

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\nLovesick Japan:<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nDana Goodyear.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Stories of Intimacy from Courts to Keitai (Cell Phone) Novels<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
\nTuesday, May 5
\n6:30 PM<\/p>\n

Dana Goodyear<\/strong><\/a>, poet, journalist and the author of the New Yorker<\/em> article “I \u2665 Novels<\/a>,” and Mark West<\/strong>, Nippon Life Professor of Japanese Law at the University of Michigan, discuss their latest research into this “crisis of intimacy.”\u00a0 Moderated by Kenji Yoshino<\/strong>, The Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University.<\/p>\n

Tickets: <\/strong>
\n$10 \/ $8 Japan Society Members \/ $5 Senior and Students<\/p>\n

Purchase\u00a0tickets online<\/strong><\/a> or call the box office<\/strong><\/a> at 212.715.1258<\/p>\n

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Historical and Natural Tourism:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nAlex Kerr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Rediscovering Lost Japan<\/strong><\/a>
\nMonday, May 11
\n6:30 PM<\/p>\n

While tourism has become the world’s largest earner of foreign exchange, famed author and Japan expert Alex Kerr<\/strong> argues that Japan has largely missed a great opportunity. Using examples of successful historic renovation and new approaches to managing tourist sites in both rural and urban Japan, Kerr offers an innovative vision for the future of international tourism in Japan.
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\nTickets: <\/strong>
\n$10\/$8 Japan Society Members\/$5 Senior & Students<\/p>\n

Purchase\u00a0tickets online<\/strong><\/a> or call the box office<\/strong><\/a> at 212.715.1258<\/p>\n

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LOCATION:<\/strong>
\nUnless noted otherwise, all programs will be held at Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street at First Avenue, NYC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just saw that Japan Society (NY) has two particularly interesting lectures coming up.\u00a0 One on the issue of intimacy in Japanese society and the other on whether Japan has failed to take advantage of a big tourism opportunity, both topics that are likely to be of interest to JET alums. Lovesick Japan: Dana Goodyear. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,102,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-japan-society-round-up","category-japan-trends"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t