The Yanai Initiative is excited & humbled to share philanthropist Tadashi Yanai has committed $31 million to support the Yanai Initiative’s activities in the Japanese humanities, in particular its newly launched project Japan Past & Present (@jppinfo.bsky.social). newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/tad... - ThreadSky

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The Yanai Initiative is excited & humbled to share philanthropist Tadashi Yanai has committed $31 million to support the Yanai Initiative’s activities in the Japanese humanities, in particular its newly launched project Japan Past & Present (@jppinfo.bsky.social). http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/tadashi-yanai-gives-31-million-japanese-humanities-research

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yanaiinitiative.bsky.social•179 days ago

In 2014, a $2.5 million gift established the Yanai Initiative as a partnership of UCLA & Waseda University. In 2020 Yanai gave $25 million to endow the Initiative—then the largest donation ever to UCLA Humanities. This new donation breaks that record. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/25-million-uniqlo-founder-japanese-literature-and-culture

yanaiinitiative.bsky.social•179 days ago

Over 10 years, the Initiative has engaged in a range of academic and cultural activities—giving fellowships to grad students & scholars, supporting literary translation, & realizing events like the Art of the Benshi World Tour and Blue Moon Over Memphis, an English-language noh play.

yanaiinitiative.bsky.social•179 days ago

We're excited to take @jppinfo.bsky.social to the next level with this new gift. With its bilingual digital hub, JPP aims to provide equitable access to tools and materials to scholars in the Japanese Humanities around the world, realizing a more diverse and inclusive future for the field. 🗾

yanaiinitiative.bsky.social•179 days ago

With help from colleagues around the world, JPP is already taking shape as a force for positive change unprecedented in any field. And this is just the beginning. We hope you will check out the webpage, and get involved! https://japanpastandpresent.org/

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