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Jinsei Annai
is the name of a Japanese advice column featured in the ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. The title roughly translates as "A guide for life". It is also translated and run in ''The Japan News'', the English language edition of the Yomiuri, as Troubleshooter. Origins It was originally inspired by a similar column in the French newspaper ''Le Figaro'', and featured in the "Fujin Furoku" (Women's supplement) page of the paper. The column was called "Mi No Ue Sodan", or "Personal Discussions." In 1942 amid war shortages the column was discontinued. It was restarted in 1949.McKinstry, John and Nakajima, AsakJinsei Annai, "Life's Guide: Glimpses of Japan through a Popular Advice Column" Retrieved May 19, 2015 Representative mentors * Junko Umihara * Masami Oh'hinata * Kazuki Ōmori * Keiko Ochiai * Youko Saisyoh * Machiko Satonaka * Kiyoshi Shigematsu * Jakucho Setouchi * Hidenemi Takahashi * Wahei Tatematsu * Tatsurou Dekune * Sachiyo Toi * Shouichirou Nomura * Megumi Hisada * Masahiko Fujiwara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advice Column
An advice column is a column in a question and answer format. Typically, a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response. The responses are written by an advice columnist (colloquially known in British English as an agony aunt, or agony uncle if the columnist is male). An advice columnist is someone who gives advice to people who send in problems to the media outlet. The image presented was originally of an older woman dispensing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt". Sometimes the author is in fact a composite or a team: Marjorie Proops's name appeared (with photo) long after she retired. The nominal writer may be a pseudonym, or in effect a brand name; the accompanying picture may bear little resemblance to the actual author. ''The Athenian Mercury'' contained the first known advice column in 1690. Traditionally presented in a magazine or newspaper, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Shimbun
The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Chunichi Shimbun (Tokyo Shimbun)'' the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. It is headquartered in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.' It is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a conservative orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based liberal (Third way) Asahi Shimbun and the Nagoya-based Social democratic Chunichi Shimbun. It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest media conglomerate by size behind Sony,The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings is the largest media conglomerate by revenue in Japan, while Sony is Japan's largest media con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of record, along with ''Le Monde'' and ''Libération''. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "''Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur''" ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise"). With a centre-right editorial line, it is the largest national newspaper in France, ahead of ''Le Parisien'' and ''Le Monde''. In 2019, the paper had an average circulation of 321,116 copies per issue. The paper is published in Berliner format. Since 2012 its editor (''directeur de la rédaction'') has been Alexis Brézet. The newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group since 2004. Other Groupe Figaro publications include ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Ōmori
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Osaka, Ōmori studied at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and held a license to practice medicine. While in school, he began making films independently, with ''Kuraku naru made matenai!'' (1975), which featured Seijun Suzuki, receiving particularly high praise. His script "Orenji rōdo kyūkō" won the 3rd Kido Award for screenplays in 1977, and the next year he was able to film that in his professional debut. Several of his films, such as the 1980 ''Hipokuratesu-tachi'', feature doctors or rely on his knowledge of medicine. He has worked in a variety of genres, including suspense films, musicals, and most famously abroad, several contributions to the Heisei Godzilla series. Ōmori also participated in the formation of Director's Company in 1982, an independent production company founded by nine directors, including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sōgo Ishii, Shinji Sōmai, and Kazuhiko Hasegawa. In 2000, he became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machiko Satonaka
is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with the one-shot ''Pia no Shōzō'' ("Portrait of Pia"). She has since created nearly 500 manga in a variety of genres. Two of her most notable works are ''Ashita Kagayaku'' ("Tomorrow Will Shine"), which won the 1974 Kodansha Publishing Culture Award, and '' Karyūdo no Seiza'' ("Constellation of the Hunter"), which won the 1982 Kodansha Manga Award. In addition to creating manga, Satonaka teaches at the Osaka University of Arts as the head of the Character Creative Arts Department and serves on the board of various manga-related organizations in Japan. Early life Machiko Satonaka was born on 24 January 1948 in Osaka, Japan. As a child, her elementary school banned students from reading manga such as ''Astro Boy'' because of its violent and unscientific content; her teachers even burned manga in front of her class. Satonaka—who admired the works of Osamu Tezuka, Shota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Shigematsu
is a contemporary Japanese writer. He is one of the best-selling authors in Japan, and the major theme of his novels is about family."Shigematsu Kiyoshi" ''Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center''. Retrieved 27 Oct 2015. His most notable works include ''Naifu'' (ナイフ) (1997), ''Eiji'' (エイジ) (1999) and ''Bitamin F'' (ビタミンF) (2000). Shigematsu’s works in other genre including journals, editorials and critics are highly commended. ''Bungeshinju''. Retrieved 27 Oct 2015. He also worked in novelising screenplays. Biography Shigematsu was born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakucho Setouchi
(15 May 1922 – 9 November 2021; born formerly known as was a Japanese Buddhist nun, writer, and activist. Setouchi wrote a best-selling translation of '' The Tale of Genji'' and over 400 fictional biographical and historical novels. In 1997, she was honored as a Person of Cultural Merit, and in 2006, she was awarded the Order of Culture of Japan. Biography Setouchi was born Harumi Mitani on 15 May 1922 in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture to Toyokichi and Koharu Mitani. Toyokichi was a cabinetmaker who made Buddhist and Shinto religious objects. In 1929, her family began using the surname Setouchi after her father was adopted by a family member. Setouchi studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Woman's Christian University before her arranged marriage to scholar Yasushi Sakai in 1943. She moved with her husband after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent him to Beijing, and gave birth to their daughter in 1944. In 1945, her mother was killed in an air raid and a grandmothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahei Tatematsu
was a Japanese novelist. He wrote several novels including ''Enrai'' and ''Dogen-Zenji'', about the devout Buddhist who founded the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism in 1227. He was also known for his environmental work. In 1995 he founded the Ashio Green Growing Association, a non-profit organization that helps plant trees at the abandoned Ashio Copper Mine The was a copper mine located in the town of Ashio, Tochigi (now part of the city of Nikkō, Tochigi), in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It was the site of Japan's first major pollution disaster in the 1880s and the scene of the 1907 min .... Selected works in English * ''Distant Thunder'' (''Enrai'', 遠雷), Charles E. Tuttle (1999). Translated by Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto * ''Frozen Dreams: Based on a True Story'' (''Hidaka'', 日高), Peter Owen (2012). Translated by Philip Gabriel. References External links Synopsis of ''Frozen Dreams'' (''Hidaka'')at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Fujiwara
Masahiko Fujiwara (Japanese: 藤原 正彦 ''Fujiwara Masahiko''; born July 9, 1943, in Shinkyo, Manchukuo) is a Japanese mathematician and writer who is known for his book '' The Dignity of the Nation''. He is a professor emeritus at Ochanomizu University. Biography Masahiko Fujiwara is the son of Jirō Nitta and Tei Fujiwara, who were both popular authors. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1966. He began writing after a two-year position as associate professor at the University of Colorado, with a book ''Wakaki sugakusha no Amerika'' designed to explain American campus life to Japanese people. He also wrote about the University of Cambridge, after a year's visit (''Harukanaru Kenburijji: Ichi sugakusha no Igirisu''). In a popular book on mathematics, he categorized theorems as beautiful theorems or ugly theorems. He is also known in Japan for speaking out against government reforms in secondary education. He wrote '' The Dignity of the Nation'', which according t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akemi Masuda
Akemi Masuda ( ja, 増田 明美; born January 1, 1964) is a retired Japanese female long-distance runner. She competed for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, although she failed to finish the race. Masuda set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:30) in 1983. She rose to prominence with a gold medal on the track over 3000 metres at the 1981 Asian Athletics Championships and by winning the inaugural 20 km women's race at the Sapporo Half Marathon event. She continued to focus on road events and won at the 1982 Chiba Marathon and the 1983 Nike OTC Marathon. Her 2:30:30 at age 19 in that race was the World Junior Record. She was the runner-up at the 1984 Osaka Ladies Marathon, a result which led to her the starting line of the first Olympic women's marathon. Among her other results, she was third at the 1989 Hokkaido Marathon and took 19th place at the 1990 London Marathon The London Marathon is an annual marathon held in London, Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Mayumura
Taku Mayumura ( ''Mayumura Taku'', 20 October 1934 – 3 November 2019) was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer(ja) Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten, pp.648-649. and haiku poet. He won the Seiun Award for Novel twice. His novel ''Shiseikan'' (, ''Administrator'', one story of the "''Shiseikan'' series"), written in 1974, was translated into English by Daniel Jackson in 2004. Mayumura was also a young adult fiction writer whose works have been adapted into TV drama, film, and anime. Mayumura was an honorary member of the SFWJ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan). Biography Mayumura was born as Murakami Takuji (), at Osaka city, Osaka prefecture in 1934. He graduated from Osaka University in 1957 with a degree in economics, as well as a judo competition career at the Nanatei league. After graduation, he joined a company. While working at this company, he wrote short novels and submitted them to contests in commercial literary magazines. He started professionally as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
