<div dir="ltr">Thanks for interest and support!<div>On page 3 of the document there's a hyperlink (where it says <span id="m_4687974539215056875gmail-docs-internal-guid-389740b8-7fff-37b6-c32b-1bb9365582cb"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also have a petition </span><a href="https://the.organise.network/campaigns/teamup-letter-by-concerned-scholars-regarding-japan-s-border-closures" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for all supporters to sign) this will take you to the organise.network website where you can sign the petition. </span></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Irene</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Irene </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">González-López, PhD</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Research Associate, Kingston University</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Postdoctoral Fellow, Meiji Gakuin University</font></span><font color="#500050"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://edinburgh.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474409698.001.0001/upso-9781474409698" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-style:normal"> (Edinburgh University Press, 2018)</span></a></span></i></p></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 10:42, Eija Niskanen <<a href="mailto:eija@helsinkicineaasia.fi" target="_blank">eija@helsinkicineaasia.fi</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Would be happy to sign and share, but how does one do it? Copy-paste the form, download to acrobat adobe reader, add signature, save, and upload again here (to whom?)? Please advise.<div><br><div>Best,<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Eija Niskanen</div><div>Programming director</div><div>Helsinki Cine Aasia</div><div><a href="http://www.helsinkicineaasia.fi" target="_blank">www.helsinkicineaasia.fi</a><br>+358-50-355 3189<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">ke 26. toukok. 2021 klo 10.30 Irene Gonzalez-Lopez via KineJapan (<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>) kirjoitti:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Apologies for cross posting. Many of you
may have already seen (and signed) this letter to the Japanese Ministry of
Justice demanding changes in the country’s current border policies to help researchers,
teaching staff and students enter the country and continue with their work and
personal lives. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In addition to the extreme difficulties and uncertainty researchers trying to enter Japan are facing, according to </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">the Japanese Embassy in Spain</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">, even if one is eligible to enter the country based
on the few acknowledged exceptions, individuals </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">with 'dependent' visa status </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(married partner, children) are not allowed </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">into the country</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. This adds to the already terrible situation
that </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">unmarried couples or
married same-sex partners </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">face when trying to
apply for a visa.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Please sign and share widely!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MHgaGNPGhd4GbQqTKqUDyZdaZriNPuxGVR9ZpbNUSkM/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MHgaGNPGhd4GbQqTKqUDyZdaZriNPuxGVR9ZpbNUSkM/edit</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Best wishes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Irene </span></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Irene </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">González-López, PhD</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Research Associate, Kingston University</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Postdoctoral Fellow, Meiji Gakuin University</font></span><font color="#500050"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://edinburgh.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474409698.001.0001/upso-9781474409698" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-style:normal"> (Edinburgh University Press, 2018)</span></a></span></i></p></div></div></div></div>
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