13th JAMCO Online International Symposium

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13th JAMCO Online International Symposium

The Japan Media Communication Center (JAMCO) has sponsored and organized an annual symposium on TV media and broadcasting since its establishment in 1991.  This year JAMCO will hold an online symposium "Japanese TV Dramas that Go Beyond 'Japan': Their Transnational Significance and Influence"on its website http://www.jamco.or.jp

In this symposium, several lectures and comments by experts from both Japan and abroad will be presented. This event is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation.

Throughout the 1990s, Japanese TV dramas have been broadcast abroad extensively, mainly in Asia. How have those Japanese dramas been received overseas? What influence have they exerted there? What cultural interaction have they given rise to between Japan and the local societies of the countries where Japanese programs are shown?

We encourage and welcome your participation in the discussions in this symposium.  

Website address: http://www.jamco.or.jp

Theme: "Japanese TV Dramas that Go Beyond 'Japan': Their Transnational Significance and Influence"

Duration: February 9 to March 31, 2004

Coordinator: Koichi Iwabuchi (Assistant Professor, International Christian University)

Lecturers:
Christian Yano (Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Dong-Hoo Lee (Assistant Professor, University of Incheon, Korea)
Lisa Y. M. Leung (Assistant Professor, Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
Yumiko Hara (Senior Researcher, NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute)

Commentators:
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (Associate Professor, New York University, U.S.A.)
Michael Keane (Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Yu-Fen Ko (Assistant Professor, National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

Sponsored & Organized by: Japan Media Communication Center (JAMCO)
Co-sponsored by: The Japan Foundation
Financially Supported by: Hoso Bunka Foundation
Supported by: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NHK, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan