Activities
Copyright management of JLPP publications
Managing the copyright of titles published under the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP) sponsored by the Japanese Government Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Providing information about translation and publication
of Japanese literature
- Introducing high quality literary translators, editors and accuracy checkers.
- Producing Japanese literature promotional tools aimed at overseas publishers
(e.g. English PR material for use at international book fairs)
Supporting translators
- Inviting translators to Japan to provide an opportunity to experience and understand contemporary Japan.
- Providing news concerning Japanese literature and information on new publications.
Organizing J-Lit Seminars
- Holding literary translation seminars by translators and scholars of Japanese literature.
Promoting writer exchange activity
Sending writers abroad, organizing their lecture tours, and planning exchange programs.
Publishing books on translation
- Symposium Report: Buddhism and Literary Translation — Keynote Speeches by Sokyu Genyu + Jean-Noël Robert (2010; new publication)
- Atsushi Nakajima as the World Literature (2009)
- Tom Maschler: The Man Who Gave the World 14 Nobel Prize Winners (2009)
- Report on Trends of Literary Translation (2007)