A repository dedicated to the study of Japanese language and culture has a new, expanded and prominent space on campus. Previously located on the 11th floor of Oldfather Hall, the Kawasaki Reading Room for Japanese Studies now overlooks campus from the third floor of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. While workers are just starting to […]

For the first time in more than 20 years, Miss Mie – the 82-year-old Japanese “friendship doll” in the University of Nebraska State Museum’s anthropology collection – has returned to her original home in Japan. On July 31, the historic doll was escorted to Tsu City in Mie Prefecture, south-central Japan to undergo conservation work. […]

Miss Mie Dignitaries from Japan visited Lincoln Sept. 23- 24 to see the Miss Mie Friendship doll now in the University of Nebraska State Museum’s Anthropology collection. Miss Mie was one of 58 dolls originally given to the children of the United States in 1928 by the children of Japan. The Miss Mie doll, one […]