Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Baseball is back as spring training is fully underway, and fans are eager for the season to get going on March 30. But before MLB Opening Day is upon us, the best from each nation will represent their countries in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Last played in 2017 in […]
Photo courtesy of Danny Choo, Flickr The world’s most renowned sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games, are a little over 100 days away. This year, the Summer 2020 Games are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan on July 24 through Aug. 9. However, one question has risen among fans […]
Photo courtesy of Diana Ringo, Wikipedia The idea of Wes Anderson making an animated family film is a bit odd. Granted, the director's visual style, from his love of long takes and wide frames to his painterly aesthetic, seems almost tailored made towards animation. Audiences were already exposed to this […]
Photo by Hope Patti Ramapo College hosted a series of talks Friday involving the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster where Ramapo Professor Michael Edelstein discussed the topic of recovery. A portion of the event titled “Conversation on the Human Impacts of Fukushima Daiichi Disaster” also presented the opportunity to listen to Professor […]
Photo courtesy of Yuya Tamai, Flickr The world was watching as America went to the polls last month to select the next president. On Tuesday, Ramapo welcomed a Japanese newspaper editor to share an international perspective on the election of Donald Trump. Hiroyuki Nishimura is Deputy Editor of the Nikkei […]
Photo courtesy of Morio, Wikipedia The Formula One World Championship traveled to Suzuka Circuit in Japan this past Sunday, and Nico Rosberg took home the victory. The race did not disappoint. Rosberg entered the event with a 23-point lead in the standings over Briton Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes-Benz teammates started […]
Next Friday, March 11, will mark the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the Fukushima prefecture of Japan. The natural calamities alone killed nearly 16 thousand people, and while the short and long term effects of the exposure to the leaked […]
Ben Levy, the director of international education at Ramapo, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to Japan. Levy has been with the College since 2010. His position is comprehensive and inclusive of all international programs and initiatives, including institutional strategic planning, program development and international risk management. The Fulbright […]
Photo by Catherine Armstrong Last Thursday, the event “Fukushima Nuclear Disasters and Lessons for the U.S.” was held to commemorate the 4-year anniversary of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, which occurred on March 11, 2011. Sponsored by Ramapo Green, the United Asian Association, the master’s program in Sustainability Studies and the […]
Photo courtesy of Thomas Schulz, Wikipedia Hayao Miyazaki, the renowned visionary and king of Japanese animation, has retired from creating feature length films which gained him global success to move on to new forms of storytelling. Miyazaki announced his retirement over the summer, stating that he would no longer create feature […]
