Japanese
Websites/Multiple Documents
| Title: | | Inter Press Service (IPS) in Japanese |
| Description/subject: | | The English language IPS has occasional stories about Burma (maybe more in Japanese?) |
| Language: | | Japanese |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 January 2011 |
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| Title: | | Naga-Japan Cultural Exchange Association |
| Description/subject: | | "The Nagas' very rich cultural heritage is slowly dying out. The younger generation seems to be forgetting
where they are coming from, caught up between two worlds-the western culture and the Naga culture. I'm
one of them. Ask me, what it is about my culture I deem important and its definite I'll mumble something
obscure which will hold no one's attention. If you ask me to make it a bit clearer I'll no doubt say, "I don't
really know. Let me find it out". By which time, I'm sure you'll agree, the interest will have waned.
Whatever the case, it is a fact that, the Naga people need to know their heritage as Nagas to keep their ethnic
identity alive. With this objective, the Naga-Japanese Cultural Exchange Association has been set up. The Association aims at
creating awareness of the Naga culture and community through promotion of Naga art and culture (Traditional and
contemporary), through Newsletters, documentaries, exhibition and sale of Naga artefacts, clothing and ornaments, discussions,
workshops and other cultural exposure activities, within and outside the Naga community. It is not merely tracing back the
cultural roots of the Nagas but also to preserve and keep it alive before the ethnic identity vanish from the mind of every Naga..." |
| Language: | | Japanese, English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | News on Burma in Japanese and English |
| Description/subject: | | "The site gathers online news on Burma in Japanese, maintained by Mr. Hayao Adachi, specialist on river water control. Very informative." News clips from New Light of Myanmar and some other sources in English and Japanese. I'm not clear about the pattern of choice of articles - DA. |
| Language: | | Japanese, English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Yahoo! Japan (Burma) |
| Description/subject: | | Search result for the news related to Burma in Yahoo! Japan |
| Language: | | Japanese |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Yuzo Photo World |
| Description/subject: | | "Mr. Yuzo UDA is freelance photojournalist in Kobe. He is the most active
Japanese photographer that covers on Burma, especially in Karen State.
The site shows his photos and articles on Burma and several countries of
Latin America." I did not manage to see any photos. Perhaps because I was using Netscape. |
| Language: | | Japanese |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Message for Freedom by Kyoto Seika University |
| Date of publication: | | 1998 |
| Description/subject: | | Kyoto Seika University provide an exclusive interview with DASSK in 1998 on the Site, and brief introduction on the situation of Burma." Video interview with Aung San Suu Kyi. (Sound in English, text in English and Japanese). Other Nobel peace laureates |
| Language: | | Japanese, English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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