Braille Mainichi creates video showing how Japan s only newspaper for the blind is made
February 7, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) OSAKA The Mainichi Newspapers weekly Braille Mainichi publication has created a five-minute video recording the rare production process of Japan s only braille newspaper. The Braille Mainichi was first published for the visually impaired in 1922, or the 11th year of the Taisho era (1912-1926). The paper published its 5,000th issue in the summer of 2020, and will celebrate the 99th anniversary of its establishment this year. The braille newspaper has been published regularly for as long as around a century, and is said to be unparalleled even in the world. It has received the Kikuchi Kan Prize and the Japan National Press Club special award, among other accolades.
Japanese painter Mitsumasa Anno dies at 94 Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Jiji Jan 16, 2021
Prominent Japanese painter Mitsumasa Anno, known for his unique picture books and landscape paintings, died of liver cirrhosis on Dec. 24, it was learned Saturday. He was 94.
Mitsumasa Anno | KYODO
Born in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, the teacher-turned-artist started his career as a painter in 1961.
Anno made his debut as a children’s book author with wordless picture book “Fushigi na E” (“Mysterious Pictures”) in 1968.
His renowned works also include “ABC no Hon” (“Anno’s Alphabet”), featuring alphabets drawn in an illusionary style that is compared to that of Dutch artist M.C. Escher, as well as the “Tabi no Ehon” (“Anno’s Journey”) series, in which he depicted landscapes around the world with a soft and