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In the context of an unfolding climate catastrophe, the Yanai Initiative has made it a priority to find genuinely effective ways to mitigate the effects of its activities. Given the range of different projects in which we are engaged, merely assessing their impacts on the environment and the climate is itself a daunting task; the tasks of identifying and implementing strategies to decrease and ideally eliminate waste, and of wholly offsetting our carbon footprint, requires collaboration, experimentation, and alot of work. We are just beginning to figure out what we can do in different areas, but as we progress we will outline the approaches we are taking here.

UCLA

Michael Emmerich

Michael Emmerich

マイケル・エメリック

Director

Michael Emmerich is Tadashi Yanai Professor of Japanese Literature at UCLA, and has a joint appointment as Professor of Japanese Literature at Waseda University. A scholar whose work has dealt with premodern, early modern, modern, and contemporary Japanese literature, he is also the author of numerous book-length translations, the editor of two books for students of the Japanese language, and a prolific columnist for newspapers and magazines in Japan.

Elizabeth Leicester

エリザベス・レスター

Associate Director

Elizabeth Leicester joined the Yanai Initiative in 2022 as Associate Director. She brings over fifteen years of experience in managing the growth and expansion of academic programs, public outreach, and international partnerships, having previously served as Executive Director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center. Elizabeth has a BA from Columbia University and an MA from Stanford in East Asian Studies, as well as a C. Phil. in Japanese History from UCLA. She has done research and translations on women and gender in early modern Japan and taught courses on East Asian history and culture.

Paula R. Curtis

Paula R. Curtis

Operations Leader, Japan Past & Present

Waseda

Michael Emmerich

Michael Emmerich

マイケル・エメリック

Co-director

Michael Emmerich is Tadashi Yanai Professor of Japanese Literature at UCLA, and has a joint appointment as Professor of Japanese Literature at Waseda University. A scholar whose work has dealt with premodern, early modern, modern, and contemporary Japanese literature, he is also the author of numerous book-length translations, the editor of two books for students of the Japanese language, and a prolific columnist for newspapers and magazines in Japan.

Toeda Hirokazu

Toeda Hirokazu

十重田 裕一

Co-director

Born in Tokyo. PhD. Toeda Hirozaku joined Waseda University in 2003 after previously working at Ōtsuma Women’s University. He has since served as visiting professor or researcher at many universities, including Columbia, UCLA, and Stanford. He has been awarded multiple prizes including the 26th Kubota Utsuho Prize and the 30th Higuchi Ichiyō Memorial Yamanshi Prize for Literary Research.

Yamazaki Sanae

Yamazaki Sanae

山嵜 早苗

Project Manager

Yamazaki Sanae is a Japan-based project manager for the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities. Before joining the Yanai Initiative, she worked in systems engineering, marketing, and consulting. In her free time, she enjoys taking walks, doing yoga, and volunteering at sporting events.

Jōkō Yumi

Jōkō Yumi

上甲 由美

Project Manager

Jōkō Yumi has been serving as a Japan-based project manager for the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities since 2015. In that time, she has helped facilitate many numbers of cultural events and programs, both academic and cultural. She feels that the lessons she has learned, the connections she has made, and the knowledge she has gained through this work have been some of the most meaningful of her career.

Editorial Supervision: Yanai Initiative

10.15.24

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Edited by Michael Emmerich & Daisuke Miyao

04.1.24

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Edited by Michael Emmerich and Erkki Huhtamo

05.7.22

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By Kazushige Abe

07.27.23

Translated by Kerim Yasar

Published by Pushkin Press
with support from the Yanai Initiative

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By Kaori Fujino

07.27.23

Translated by Kendall Heitzman

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By Nishioka Kyodai

10.26.23

Translated by David Yang

Published by Pushkin Press
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By Natsuko Imamura

10.26.23

Translated by Hitomi Yoshio

Published by Pushkin Press
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By Enjoe Toh

02.29.24

Translated by David Boyd

Published by Pushkin Press
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By Kumi Kimura

02.29.24

Translated by Asa Yoneda

Published by Pushkin Press
with support from the Yanai Initiative

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