Battle of Okinawa UCLA Yanai Initiative 2026 MAY 21,22 | UCLA Student Produces HIMEYURI the Play at Freud Playhouse in UCLA Campas May 22, 2026
Benshi Yanai Initiative 2026 FEB 25-28 | Yanai Initiative Presents “The Art of the Benshi Western U.S. Tour, 2026” February 28, 2026
Japan House LA Japanese Culture Nihon Buyo Shimazaki Satoko Umekawa Ichinosuke Yanai Initiative JAPAN HOUSE 2025 | Ichinosuke Umekawa, An Afternoon of Japanese Classical Dance with Lecture by UCLA professor Satoko Shimazaki | October 11, 2025 October 11, 2025
Japan Foundation -JFLA Japan House LA Yanai Initiative 2025 APR 04 | An intimate evening of four Japanese spoken theater performances presented by UCLA Yanai Initiative and Japan Foundation at Japan House April 4, 2025
Japan Foundation -JFLA Yanai Initiative 2024 DEC 04 | UCLA Yanai Initiative and Japan Foundation Los Angeles Present “An Evening Chat with Author Tomoka Shibasaki” at Japan Foundation December 4, 2024
Japanese TV Yanai Initiative 2024 NOV 24 | UCLA Yanai Initiative and Acropolis Cinema Present Screening of “Asako I & II” (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2018) at 2220 Arts+Archives November 24, 2024
UCLA Yanai Initiative 2024 NOV 22 | UCLA Yanai Initiative Presents Lecture “Onsen as a Topos in Japanese Literature and Film” at Royce Hall November 22, 2024
Weekly Cultural News 2020-2024 Yanai Initiative 2024 | Weekly Cultural News | Oct. 07-13 | Uniqlo Clothing Brand Founder Tadashi Yanai Gives $31 Million to Support Hub for Japanese Humanities Research at UCLA October 13, 2024
Japanese TV UCLA Yanai Initiative 2024 APR 19,20,21 | UCLA Film & Television Archive & Yanai Initiative Present “Art of Benshi” Screening at Hammer Museum April 21, 2024
UCLA Yanai Initiative 2020 JAN | UCLA Receives $25 million from Uniqlo Founder for Japanese Literature and Culture Studies January 15, 2020
