Japanese Studies Program @ York University

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Japanese Section

Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

Address:	4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Canada, M3J 1P3
Phone:	416-736-5016
Fax:	416-736-5483
Main Office:	Ross South 580
Counter Hours:	8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday - Friday)

photo of Lake Toya in Hokkaido by Norio Ota

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Welcome to the Japanese Studies Program !

Japanese Program at a glance

Event Calendar & Announcement
The Ontario Japanese Language Contest will be held IN PERSON on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at University of Toronto, 1:00 p.m.~. link Worldometer: Coronavirus World Wide List link

Highlight
Seven students participated in the 39th Ontario Japanese Speech Contest held on line on March 7, 2021. All of them presented their speechesextremely well and York has six prize winners. Congratulations! Grand Prize: Peter Wenxiang Zang (Intermediate)(jp2000) Beginners 1st: Heshan Wadumasethrige (jp1000) Beginners 2nd: Taek Oh (jp1000) Beginners 3rd: Harmony Newcombe (jp1000) Open 1st: Lilika Zhang (jp3000) Special Prize: name withheld by request (Advanced)(jp3000) Y-File link All three York participants won the 1st prize in the National Contest. Congratulations! Beginners 1st: Heshan Wadumasethrige Intermediate 1st: Peter Wenxiang Zang Open 1st: Lilika Zhang Y-File link Six students participated in the 40th Ontario Japanese Speech Contest held on line on March 6, 2022. All of them won the following top prizes. Congratulations! Grand Prize (Advanced 1st): Ms. Hyokyoung Han (jp3000) Beginners 1st: Mr. Elvin Yam (jp1000) Beginners 2nd: Ms. Janel Acheampong (jp1000) Advanced 2nd: Ms. Shirley Ho (jp3000) Special Prize (Beginners): Ms. Keying Ren (jp1000) Special Prize (Intermediate): Ms. Harmony Newcombe (jp2000) Y-File link Japanese Studies professor awarded Order of Japan Y-File link Consulate link

Lectures & Speeches

Online lecture: 'Simultaneous interpretation' by Ms. Akiko Shinoda Nov. 15. 2013 (JF, JSAC & York) link

Articles on Japan

'World’s oldest living person celebrates 117th birthday' - Metro link
'This Japanese Shop Is 1,020 Years Old. It Knows a Bit About Surviving Crises.', New York Times, January 7, 2021 link
'Overall Best Countries Ranking' link
'Ranked: The 25 Smartest Countries In The World' link
Doorway to Japan by Isabella Bird link

Businesses by our graduates

Our former student, TK Chan, has opened Platform Espresso Bar at 4450 Hwy7, Unit #2, Markham. They are hiring part-timers. Link
Our former student, Yadi has been running Fika Cafe at 28 Kensington Ave., Toronto.
FIKA Cafe a beautiful coffee shop in the heart of Kensington market / open daily 10-6 / email info@fika.ca, www.fika.ca Link
Our former student, Bob, has been running Ikki Sushi on 2253 Kingston Rd., Scarborough. / open daily 11:00 - 23:00 except for Monday Link

You Tube picks

Travel - Nara link
Travel - 'Unbeaten tracks in Japan' by Isabella Bird link
Kanji - '70% of Kanji vocabulary used in Chinese was created in Japan' link
Japan-China - surprised in Japan link link link link
魅力を失う日本～そして誰もいなくなる link
DNAからみた縄文人ーゲノム分析から見た日本人の起源 link
Living Lonely and Loveless in Japan | Foreign Correspondent link

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