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)

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Welcome to the Japanese Studies Program !

Japanese Program at a glance

Event Calendar & Announcement
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is scheduled on December 4, 2022. The online application will start on September 2 and end on the 30th. 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 speeches extremely well and York has six prize winners. Congratulations! Grand Prize: Mr. Peter Wenxiang Zang (Intermediate)(jp2000) Beginners 1st: Mr. Heshan Wadumasethrige (jp1000) Beginners 2nd: Mr. Taek Oh (jp1000) Beginners 3rd: Ms. Harmony Newcombe (jp1000) Open 1st: Ms. Lilika Zhang (jp3000) Special Prize: Mr. Richard Pelchat (Advanced)(jp3000) Y-File link All three York participants won the 1st prize in the National Contest. Congratulations! Beginners 1st: Mr. Heshan Wadumasethrige Intermediate 1st: Mr. Peter Wenxiang Zang Open 1st: Ms. 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

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

online 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
The Iron Road by NHK link

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