Japan Content on iTunes U
iTunes U, the newest branch of the iTunes online audio store, is starting to have some items of interest to me as a graduate of an Asian Studies undergraduate program. Unfortunately, the ITMS Link Maker does not seem to be updated to search iTunes U content specifically, so I cannot yet provide you with specific links to items available in the store.
I can point out that other than some cool for kids stuff (loads of Japanese Fairy Tales, courtesy of Yei Theodora Ozaki, for instance), there is also some neat stuff for those with a more academic interest. I found a cool lecture by Mr. Salil Mehra on The iPod Tax: Why Japanese Law Professors Rejected the Digital Copyright System of American Law Professors’ Dreams. Video and audio of the 22 minute lecture are free. Cool. American Public Media released a 50 minute piece about Japan’s Pop Power, for which audio and a transcript are available – also free. Another one that caught my interest was a piece by Mr. Futato Huang entitled Undergraduate Curricula in China and Japan: Styles, Changes and Choices. This is neat – I can get at lecture type stuff I might have elected to attend while at college, even though now I’m far, far away. I can’t promise that quality stuff will come out – I’m rather skeptical of that myself – but if you’re interested, hit the iTunes store and search for results related to Japan in the iTunes U section. Thought I’d pass it along. That’s all. Yup. 
