The Cultural Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, together with Irish Embassies around the world, and in association with universities and culture centres, has organized an exhibition entitled "International Joyce" on the life and works of James Joyce. It includes two Japanese universities: Waseda University (Tokyo), June 22-July 2, 2004 and Aichi Shukutoku University (Nagoya), June 9-16. During the Nagoya exhibition Prof. Kazuhiro Doki, Aichi University of Education, gave a lecture entitled "James Joyce and Madame Butterfly" on June 12.

  The James Joyce Society of Japan had its annual conference at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo between 26-27 July, 2004. About 60 members (out of 120) participated in the conference this year and discussed James Joyce's works enthusiastically in each session. Most participants moved to the Embassy of Ireland Residence to attend the Centenary Bloomsday Reception. His Excellency Ambassador of Ireland Padraig Murphy made a speech about Joyce and his father: he intensified that Joyce's works reflect his father (ex. Gabriel's speech in "The Dead"). Prof. Shigeo Shimizu, the president of the Japanese James Joyce Society, made a speech in Irish. The guests also enjoyed the 5-minute cartoon film "Ulys" by Tim Booth (1998). The highlight was a Joycean concert by Japanese musicians, Motoharu Aoyagi (tenor) and Gen Akashi (guitar); they played (1) "Yes! Let Me Like a Soldier Fall," (2) "Silent, Oh Moyle" and (3) "Tutto e Sciolto." (1) & (2) arranged by and (3) composed by Paul Hayes, an Irish composer based in Tokyo. We talked about James Joyce, drinking countless pints of Guinness & Kilkenny and glasses of Jameson until midnight.

  The Academic Programme of the XVI James Joyce Society of Japan Conference is as follows (all the sessions were in Japanese: all the original Japanese titles were translated by Eishiro Ito):

  June 26 (Sat)
  13:00-13:20 Registration
  13:20-13:30 Official Opening: President Shigeo Shimizu
  13:30-15:00 Finnegans Wake Workshop: Riddles (focusing on I.6)
                Kyoko Miyata, Hiroaki Natsume, Aoyama Gakuin University
                and Shinya Kawahara, Waseda University
  15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
  15:15-16:00 Paper reading: Hideo Yuki, Hosei University, chair
                Rie Shimokawa, Hosei University: "Molly's Monologue:
                l'Ecriture feminine and Flowers"
  16:10-16:55 Paper reading: Hideo Yuki, Hosei University, chair
                Toshiki Tatara, Hiroshima University: "Reading Joyce Reading
                Mangan-- Ulysses and the Politics of Intertextuality"
  17:05-17:45 Paper reading: Hideo Yuki, Hosei University, chair
                Hideyuki Suzuki, Nihon University: "Investigating the Ambit of
                "I met a fool i' the forest.'"

  June 27 (Sun)
  10:00-12:00 Irish Novel Symposium:
                James Joyce and Le Fanu's House by the Churchyard
                Shigeo Shimizu, Waseda University, chair
                Machiko Fukuoka, Showa Gakuin Junior College, Keiya Ino,
                Nihon University and Mitoko Yamabe, Tsuda College
  12:00-13:15 Lunch
  13:15-13:45 AGM
  13:45-16:45 Ulysses Symposium: Episode 5: the church scene (U 5.318-466), etc.
                Tadashi Wakashima, Kyoto University, chair
                Tatsuro Tanji, Chuo University, Kazuo Yokouchi, Tohoku Gakuin
                University and Noriyo Goda, Kyoto University

  *In 2005, the James Joyce Society of Japan will have its annual conference at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo on 18/19 June inviting Dr. Anne Fogarty, University College Dublin as the special guest speaker. The Ulysses Symposium featuring the Hades episode will be organized by Takashi Okuhara, Senshu University, The Finnegans Wake Workshop by Chizuko Inoue, Baika Women's College and the Symposium: Joyce and Beckett by Shigeo Shimizu, Waseda University.

  1. Yonemoto, Yoshitaka. Kotoba no Geijyutsuka James Joyce: "Dabulin no Hitobito"
     Kenkyu" (James Joyce the Artist of Language: A Study of "Dubliners"). Tokyo:
     Nanundo, March 2003.

  2. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Trans. Saiichi Maruya, Reiji Nagakawa and Yuichi Takamatsu.
     Notes by Hideo Yuki. (Revised edition of the 1997 hardcover: 4 vols.
     Paperback edition including additional essays) Tokyo: Shuei-sha, September-
     December 2003.
     *At the moment, this is the most popular (and established) translation.

  3. Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Trans. Naoki Yanase. (Revised edition of the 1991
     /1993 hardcover: 3 vols. paperback edition prefaced by Kenzaburo Oe (Book I),
     essays by Kyoji Kobayashi (Book II) and Hiroshi Takayama (Books III/IV). Tokyo:
     Kawade-shobo Shin-sha, January-March 2004.

  4. Asai, Manabu. Joyce no Karakuri-zaiku: "Ulysses" to "Finnegans Wake" no Kenkyu
     (Joyce's Gimmicks: A Study of "Ulysses" and "Finnegans Wake"). Kyoto: Apollon-sha,
     February 2004.

  5. Joyce, James. Dabulin no Shimin (Dubliners). Trans. Hideo Yuki. Tokyo: Iwanami-
     shoten, February 2004.

  6. Yuki, Hideo. Joyce wo Yomu (Reading Joyce). Tokyo: Shuei-sha, May 2004.

  7. Yonemoto, Yoshitaka, ed. and notes. Dokukai "Ulysses" Ge (Understanding
     "Ulysses," vol. 2"). June 2004. (Featuring Episodes 13, 15, 17 and 18)

  8. Joyce, James. Shouyaku "Finnegans Wake" (An Abridged Translation of
     "Finnegans Wake"). Trans. Kyoko Miyata. Tokyo: Shuei-sha, June 2004.

Cf. The Japan Times, Wednesday June 16 issue:
  "ReJoyce! Fans fete Bloomsday centenary" By ROWAN HOOPER
   (containing information on the Japanese Bloomsday events)

IMAGE	IMAGE NO.	DATA
Main Venue		Aoyama Gakuin University, 4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
	tky2004-001	(Saturday 26 June) The main gate of Aoyama Gakuin University, Shibuya, Tokyo
	tky2004-002	(Saturday 26 June) The directory of No.14 Building "Sou-ken biru" indicating XVI James Joyce Society of Japan Conference on top (R19, 11th floor).
	tky2004-004	(Saturday 26 June) "Conference Room No. 19" where XVI James Joyce Society of Japan Conference is held.
Day 1		Saturday 26 June
	tky2004-005	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Session 3.  Hideo Yuki, Hosei University, (chair, left).  Hideyuki Suzuki, Nihon University (right), "Investigating the ambit of 'I met a fool i' the forest."
	tky2004-006	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Session 3.  Hideo Yuki, Hosei University, (chair).  Hideyuki Suzuki,Nihon University, "Investigating the ambit of 'I met a fool i' the forest."
	tky2004-007	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Session 3.  Hideo Yuki, Hosei University, (chair, left).  Hideyuki Suzuki, Nihon University (right), "Investigating the ambit of 'I met a fool i' the forest."
Centenary Bloomsday Reception		Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Irish Ambassador's Residence, Roppongi, Tokyo
	tky2004-008	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Irish Ambassador's Residence, Roppongi, Tokyo
	tky2004-009	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] His Excellency Ambassador of Ireland Padraig Murphy's speech about Joyce and his father: he intensified that Joyce's works reflect his father's influence (Gabriel's speech in "The Dead," etc).  Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
	tky2004-010	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Prof. Shigeo Shimizu (president of the Japanese Joyce Society) made a speech in Irish.  Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
	tky2004-011	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] A Joycean concert by Japanese musicians, Motoharu Aoyagi (tenor) and Gen Akashi (guitar); they played (1) "Yes! Let Me Like a Soldier Fall," (2) "Silent, Oh Moyle" and (3) "Tutto e Sciolto."  (1) & (2) arranged and (3) composed by Paul Hayes, Irish composer based in Tokyo.  Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
	tky2004-012	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Centenary Bloomsday Reception at Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
	tky2004-013	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
	tky2004-014	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
	tky2004-015	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
	tky2004-016	(Saturday 26 June) [Day One] Centenary Bloomsday Reception at the Embassy of Ireland Residence, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Day 2		Sunday 27 June
	tky2004-017	(Sunday 27 June) [Day Two] Session: Irish Novel: "James Joyce and Le Fanu's The House by the Churchyard" (Shigeo Shimizu, Waseda University, chair, right 1).  Machiko Fukuoka, Showa Gakuin Junior College (left 1), Keiya Ino, Nihon University (left 2) and Mitoko Yamabe, Tsuda College (right 2).
	tky2004-018	(Sunday 27 June) [Day Two] Session: Irish Novel: "James Joyce and Le Fanu's The House by the Churchyard"  Shigeo Shimizu, Waseda University (chair, right 1).  Machiko Fukuoka, Showa Gakuin Junior College (left 1), Keiya Ino, Nihon University (left 2) and Mitoko Yamabe, Tsuda College (right 2).
	tky2004-019	(Sunday 27 June) [Day Two] Annual General Meeting: Hiroaki Natsume (secretary), Aoyama Gakuin University (left) and Takashi Okuhara, Senshu University (chair, right)
	tky2004-020	(Sunday 27 June) [Day Two] Session: The Lotus-eaters episode of Ulysses: the church scene, etc.  Tadashi Wakashima, Kyoto University (chair, left 1).  Kazuo Yokouchi, Tohoku Gakuin University (left 2), Noriyo Goda, Kyoto University (right 2) and Tatsuro Tanji, Chuo University (right 1).
	tky2004-021	(Sunday 27 June) [Day Two] Session: The Lotus-eaters episode of Ulysses: the church scene, etc.  Tadashi Wakashima, Kyoto University (chair, left 1).  Kazuo Yokouchi, Tohoku Gakuin University (left 2), Noriyo Goda, Kyoto University (right 2) and Tatsuro Tanji, Chuo University (right 1).