Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

  • Alaala Alang-alang sa Sining | An Onsite Launch of the 15th Anniversary Edition in Coffee Table Book Form of Mario I. Miclat’s Secrets of the Eighteen Mansions and the 2025 Maningning Miclat Poetry Awards
  • Navigating Partnerships: Lessons from 50 Years of Philippines-China Relations | An Online Roundtable
  • Barkong Pabrika ng Alimasag: Bersiyong Filipino ng Kani kōsen ni Takiji Kobayashi | An Onsite Book Talk

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The UP Asian Center will launch—via Zoom—a permanent exhibit titled "Bulwagan ng mga Bayani: Alay, Alaala, at Pagpupugay sa mga Bayani ng Pilipinas" on 21 March 2022, 3 pm.

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Nine presentations on different aspects of Japanese society will be delivered at the Fourth Japanese Studies in the Philippines Research Competition on 19 March 2022, 830 am to 2 pm. Organized by the Asian Center, UP Diliman and Japan Foundation Manila, the event is free and open to the public, but participation requires signing to a Zoom account.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold—via Zoom—the 4th Japanese Studies in the Philippines Research Competition” on 19 March 2022, 8:30 am – 2 pm, Philippine Standard Time, GMT+8.

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The UP Asian Center will launch—via Zoom—a permanent exhibit titled "Bulwagan ng mga Bayani: Alay, Alaala, at Pagpupugay sa mga Bayani ng Pilipinas" on 21 March 2022, 3 pm.

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For International Women’s Day this 2022, we pay tribute to a pioneering scholar—Dr. Josefa Saniel—who blazed the trail for Japanese Studies in the Philippines in the 1960s.