◆Author
◆Ph.D. in Modern Japanese History and Gender Studies (Ochanomizu University,
2014)
◆Director Linguistics, Indo Japan Art Institute Trust (2001~) ◆Director, The Japan-India Association (2010~)
◆Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute
of Technology Hyderabad (2015~)
◆Advisor, Himalayan Institute for Global Skills (2019~)
◆Advisor, Royal Academy Construction Project, Kingdom of Bhutan (2022~)
◇Former Post: Specially Appointed Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Faculty
of Economics (2013~2018)
2024 (Schedule)
Visit Australia in Commemoration of Cowra Prisoner of War Breakout 80th
Anniversary.
2024 (Schedule)
Lecturer at the Setagaya Citizen's College, hosted by Setagaya Ward Office,
on the theme of "India, the country of great wonders: Understanding
the Indian way of thinking that underlies the country."
2024 (Schedule)
Contribute a newly written article, 'The Masks and Rituals,' to "The 43 Chapters for Understanding the Northeastern India." Co-authored book, Akashi Shoten. (Language: Japanese)
2024
Lecturer on "Indian Institutes of Technology: Its Light and Shadow" at a casual and interactive study session, Tenjiku Sawakai, hosted by the Japan-India Association.
2023
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute
of Technology Hyderabad.
2023
Give a lecture on "The Latest Information on India with Commentary
by Mami Yamada" as a special event in conjunction with the Namaste
India Festival. Hosted by the Japan-India Association.
2023
Contribute article "Insights on UNMESHA 2023, Asia's Largest International Literature Festival" to the Monthly India, September 2023 edition, published by the Japan-India Association. (Language: Japanese)
2023
Learns how to make Uchiyama-gami (100% Kozo handmade paper). Third year.
2023
Participates as a panelist in the international literature festival "Unmesha
2023," organized by Sahitya Aakdemi (Indian National Academy of Letters),
held in Bhopal, India.
Panel discussion on literature in the global
age. Mami is seen second from the left.
2023
Contributes the bilingual article "Arunachal Pradesh: India's Land of the Rising Sun" to the Sankei Shimbun's "Japan Forward" June 28 issue.
The English article is available here.
2023
Delivers the keynote speech on the theme of "India, the Superpower
of the 21st Century" at the Nagano Houjinkai's General Meeting.
Flyer announcing the lecture.
2023
Visits the four of the seven northeastern states of India to conduct cultural
researches on religious rituals and World War II history.
Mami, in the center, with her students at
HIGS (Himalayan Institute for Global Skills)
in Arunachal Pradesh.
2023
Contributes article "Magic in India" to the Monthly India, January 2023 edition, published by the Japan-India
Association. (Language: Japanese)
2022
Learns how to make Uchiyama-gami (100% Kozo handmade paper). Second year.
2022
Advisor, Royal Academy Construction Project, the Kingdom of Bhutan.
2021
Contributes article "Education in India and Japan-India Collaboration: The Model Case of Mahesh
JAKKAPU, A Graduate Student of JICA Friendship Project Scholarship" to the Monthly India, December 2021 edition, published by the Japan-India
Association. (Language: Japanese)
2021
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute
of Technology Hyderabad. Due to the global epidemic of COVID-19, the lecture
is given online from Japan. The number of students enrolled in the course
reaches 209.
2021
Collaborates and appears in the documentary film "Cowra Never Forgets"
(Directed by Yasuhiro MITSUDA, Language:Japanese), and contributes a review
to the film's pamphlet written from the perspective of a researcher.
After the screening, she gave a speech on
the stage to explain the breakout in detail.
2021
Gives a talk on Indian Magic at the talk event "Sengen Bango (Thousand
and Ten Thousands Words)" held in Akihabara.
2021
Learns how to make Uchiyama-gami (100% Kozo handmade paper). First year.
2021
Her views on India were introduced in the Asahi Shimbun Globe (July 4 issue)
in a special feature on India.
Contributes article "Indians and COVID-19 - Resilience, Kindness and Humor in the Midst of Adversity
-" to Monthly India, December 2020 edition, published by the Japan-India
Association. (Language: Japanese)
2020
Gives a lecture titled "The New India as an IT Superpower seen from the Field of Education" at "Iki Iki Seminar (lively seminar)," a radio course
produced and broadcast by Fukui Broadcasting Corporation (FBC).
2020
Celebrates her KANREKI birthday.
Mami at her KANREKI birthday.
2019
Visits Taiwan to interview a former Formosan POW who witnessed the Cowra
Breakout.
2019
Gives a keynote speech at the debriefing meeting in Tokyo to report the
Cowra Breakout's 75th anniversary.
2019
Gives a lecture at "Namaste India 2019", sponsored by Embassyof
India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo MetropolitanGovt.,
The Japan-India Association, on "the Latest Situation of the Far Northeastern
India a.k.a the Seven Sisters".
2019
Contributes article "Exploring Far Northeastern India in 2019: A Visit to the Seven Sisters" to Monthly India, September 2019 edition, published by the Japan-India Association. (Language: Japanese)
2019
Attends the Cowra Breakout's 75th anniversary with Mr. Teruo MURAKAMI,
98-year-old former Japanese soldier and the last known survivor of the
breakout.
Mr. Murakami, Mami, Cowra Mayor
Mr. West (at the back) with the
bugle used during the riot.
2019
Gives a special lecture at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati on India-Japan
relation and Japanese culture for the faculty members and graduate students.
At Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Assam, India.
2019
Attends the commemoration ceremony of the 75th anniversary of the Imphal
Operation and the opening ceremony of the Imphal Peace Museum in Manipur,
India.
2019
Advisor, Himalayan Institute for Global Skills (HIGS) .
Mami in the center, with the students at
HIGS, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
2019
Gives a lecture at Salon Feuyeau on "Soldiers and Crossdressing: Deep relationship between 'manliness' and 'makeup
and female clothing' from a war researcher's point of view".
2019
Visits the historic sites in Xi'an, China, to collect materials for her
future novel on Kūkai, a popular Japanese Buddhist monk who founded Shingon
Sect some 1,200 years ago.
At the site of Qinglong Temple
where Kūkai stayed during Tang
Dynasty.
2019
Gives a keynote speech at annual function of International Youth Exchange
Organization (IYEO) of Nagano, sponsored by Cabinet Office, Nagano Prefecture,
Nagano City, etc.
Brochure of the event.
2019
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
2018
Gives a keynote speech at Durga Puja Festival in Tokyo, sponsored by India
(Bengal) Cultural Association.
2018
Gives a lecture at "Namaste India 2018", sponsored by Embassy
of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan
Govt., The Japan-India Association, on "Fearful side of Indian mythology".
2018
Gives a lecture on "Power of Indian Women" as a part of Japan Inter Design Forum's Girl Power Labo at Doshisha
University's Tokyo Satellite Campus.
2018
Gives a lecture for foreign researchers in Tsukuba City on "Benzaiten and Saraswati Connection - Japanese Culture and Society, Major
Influences from India" at Ninomiya House in Tsukuba.
2018
Gives a lecture on "The latest situation in India from a viewpoint of a visiting assistant
professor of Indian Institute of Technology" at Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall (AKA Jack's Tower) as a part
of Yokohama Three Towers Day Festival.
2018
Gives a lecture on "India's latest situation seen from the field of education" as a commenorative event for The Year of Japan-India Friendly Exchanges (certified by Ministry of Foreign Affairs), sponsored by Fueba (Non-profit organization) under the auspices of Nagano Municipal Government and Nagano Municipal Board of Education.
2017
Gives a lecture at "Namaste India 2017", sponsored by Embassy
of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan
Govt., The Japan-India Association, on her journey to unique Hindu temples
in India.
2017
Gives a special lecture at University of Delhi on "Indian Gods in Japan" for faculty members and students.
2017
Delivers a presentation on "Indian Footprints on Mishima's Posthumous Work" at International Conference on Japanese Literature held at University
of Delhi, organized by Indo-Japan Association for Literature and Culture.
2017
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute
of Technology Hyderabad. The number of students reaches 172. She also participates
in the "IITH - University of Tokyo Student Workshop 2017" to
give a talk with the professors of IIT Hyderabad and University of Tokyo.
With her students during a break.
(Photo by Maniyarasan)
2017
Commentator for NHK's TV series "Premium Cafe: Odoroki no Indo (Amazing India)" *NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), is Japan’s
only public broadcaster.
Mami (right) with NHK's executive announcer Ms. Ayumi Watanabe.
2017
Gives a 150-minute intence lecture on the Cowra Breakout. Besides the lecture,
memorial bugles are served for war dead. Special lunch, replicate of the
war time meal privided for Zero Fighter pilots during their flights, are
served for the audience.
2017
Her life story is introduced in a 7-page article in "Josei Jishin",
a popular women's weekly magazine in Japan. The title of the article is
"NO PROBLEM IS THE MAGIC WORDS TO BE ALL RIGHT: THINGS I HAVE LEARNT
FROM INDIA".
2016
Gives special lectures at community halls in Nagano City on "War and Japanese - World's largest POW breakout that was deliberately erased
from the history".
2016
Gives a lecture at "Namaste India 2016", sponsored by Embassy
of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan
Govt., The Japan-India Association, on her experience as a visiting assistant
professor at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
2016
Gives a special lecture at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV), Pune, India
on "Indian Gods in Japan" for faculty members and students.
2016
Gives a special lecture at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on "Indian Gods in Japan" for the faculty members and students.
2016
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute
of Technology Hyderabad to give a series of 14 lectures on "Indian Gods in Japan - History, Identity and Supremacy in the Society". Last year there were only six students in the class. This year
it dramatically increased to 164 in number.
At the classroom (Photo by Maniyarasan)
2016
Publishes "Fortune 99%, Strategy 1%; Amazing Mindset of Indian People
(Un ga 99%, Senryaku wa 1%; Indo-Jin no Cho Hasso-Ho)", a book on comparative culturure between Japan and India, from Kodansha.
Language: Japanese
2015
Gives a lecture at "Namaste India 2015", sponsored by Embassy
of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan
Govt., The Japan-India Association, on her experience as a visiting assistant
professor at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
(Photo taken by The Japan-India Association)
2015
Production cooperator for NHK's special program "War Behind Closed Doors: Newly Discovered Real Voices of Japanese POWs".
2015
Moderator and panelist for "India-Japan Literary Festival 2015"
held at Indian Embassy in Japan. Gives a lecture under the title "Mishima
and I: Thirst for 'Indianness' and Literary Approaches".
>>>To read the full text of Mami's lecture on Mishima in English,
click here. (At first Japanese text appears, then English text follows.)
Mami on the stage at the Indian
Embassy in Tokyo.
2015
Gives lectures at universities in Ethiopia on the themes of "Power of Women: The case of a Japanese noblewoman who engaged to the prince of Ethiopia in 1934", "'Mottainai' and Beyond: Spirit of the three Rs and daily cleaning by Japanese
primary school students" and "Importance of Inheritance: Japanese management seen in the world's oldest royal family, enterprise and hotel".
After the lecture, with female students.
2015
Mami's first grandchild, a girl, is born.
Mami with her 2-day-old grand
daughter.
2015
Promoted to Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian
Institute of Technology Hyderabad to give a series of 14 lectures on "Indian Gods in Japan - History, Identity and Supremacy in the Society".
2015
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica
Year Book 2015 (Japanese version)".
2014
Receives a doctor's degree (Ph.D.) in Modern Japanese History and Gender
Studies from Ochanomizu University. The title of her doctoral thesis is
"Reconsidering the Cowra Breakout of 1944: From the Viewpoints of Survived
Japanese Prisoners of War and Their 'Everyday Lives' in the Camp".
Mami after the certificate
conferment ceremony.
2014
Gives a lecture on Indian Mythology at "Namaste India 2014", sponsored by Embassy of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Govt., The Japan-India Association.
2014
Visits Australia as the leader of "2014 Australia-Japan Friendship
Tour in Commemoration of Cowra Prisoner of War Breakout 70th Anniversary".
From right: Tom Keneally, Bruce Weir, Harry
Gordon, Teruo Murakami and Mami Yamada.
2014
Her paper "Bodies Living as POWs: Daily Lives of Japanese Soldiers at Cowra Internment and Prisoner of War Camp during World War II" is published in Journal of the Graduate School of Humanities and
Sciences Vol. 16, published by Ochanomizu University.
Language: Japanese
2014
Liaison Officer, Cowra Prisoner of War Breakout 70th Anniversary Commemorations
(Authorized by Office of the Mayor, Cowra Shire Council).
2014
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica
Year Book 2014 (Japanese version)"
2013
Her paper "The Cowra Breakout Viewed by a Former Japanese POW who Suffered from Hansen’s
Disease" is published in Japan Oral History Journal Vol. 9, published by
Japan Oral History Association.
Language: Japanese
2013
Her paper "A Scene with Female Roles: Daily Lives in Prison Camps for Japanese Soldiers
during World War II and the Deconstruction of 'Masuculinity'" is published in Journal of the Graduate School of Humanities and
Sciences Vol. 15, published by Ochanomizu University.
Language: Japanese
2013
Gives a presentation at Japan Oral History Association's 11th annual conference
under the title "'Freedom of Expression' Versus 'Human Rights': Recent
Incidents Against a Former Japanese POW with Hansen’s Disease".
2013～2018
Promoted to Specially Appointed Professor at Meiji Gakuin University, Faculty
of Economics.
2013
Visits Australia to interview the people involved in the Cowra Breakout.
With Cowra Breakout Association members: Mami in the first row 3rd
from right, the president Lawrance Ryan in the back row 2nd from right.
2013
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica
Year Book 2013 (Japanese version)"
2012
The highlight of "Shi to no Taiwa (Dialogue with Death)" (2004) has been translated into Persian and published in "انسان
شناسی و فرهن (Anthropology Journal)" in Iran.
2012
Gives a presentation at Japan Oral History Association's 10th annual conference
under the title "Cowra Breakout Seen Through a Prisoner of War Who
Suffered from Hansen’s Disease".
2012
Visits Australia as the leader of "2012 Australia-Japan Friendship
Tour to Former POW Camp Sites at Cowra and Hay".
Mami with Former POW Teruo
Murakami at Cowra Japanese
Cemetery.
2012
Publishes "Books and the Library History" (coauthored texbook on library science for university students)
from Jusonbo Co. She writes two chapters: The history of Indian libraries
and the history of Islamic libraries.
Language: Japanese
2012
Gives a presentation at Japan Oceania Association's 29th annual conference
under the title "What was Cowra Breakout?: Perception Gap between
Japanese and Australian, and New Verbal Evidence Given 68 Years after the
Incidence".
2012
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2012 (Japanese version)"
2011
Visits South Africa to collect materials for her future novel.
At Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
2011
Member, Japan Oral History Association.
2011
Gives a lecture on Indian magic at "Namaste India 2011", sponsored
by Embassy of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo
Metropolitan Govt., The Japan-India Association.
2011
Produces "ZENIA - Magic Tour 2011" to promote friendship between
India and Japan. The venues include primary schools in Miyagi prefecture
that were struck by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11.
>>>To view the poster, click here (front) and here (back).
2011
Member, Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies.
2011
Admitted into the Doctoral program, Division of Interdisciplinary Gender
Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
to do full-scale reaseach on the Cowra Breakout, the largest POW breakout
in the modern history.
Mami at the entrance ceremony.
2011
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2011 (Japanese version)".
2010
Gives a lecture on Indian magic at "Namasthe India 2010", sponsored
by Embassy of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo
Metropolitan Govt., The Japan-India Association.
2010
Director, The Japan-India Association. To read Mami's informal inaugural
message, click here.
2010
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2010 (Japanese version)".
2009
Member of the panel for "The 11th Library of The Year Symposium". (Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
2009
One-day Honorary Chief of Nagano Municipal Fire Department.
Photo courtesy of The Nagano Citizen
Shimbun Newspaper.
2009
Gives a lecture on Indian mythology at "Namaste India 2009",
sponsored by Embassy of India in Japan, I.C.C.R., Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Tokyo Metropolitan Govt., The Japan-India Association.
2009
Executive committee member for "Let's Enjoy Total Solar Eclipse Gathering"
held in Tanegashima Island.
2009
Receives a master's degree in esoteric Buddhism from Koyasan University.
The title of her master thesis is "History of Religious Oppression of Tibet - Dalai Lama's Religion and Politics".
Mami after the certificate
conferment ceremony.
2009
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2009 (Japanese version)".
2008
Member of the panel for "The 10th Library of The Year Symposium".
(Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
2008
Visits the Kingdom of Bhutan on the occasion of the Fifth King His Majesty
Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangdhuk's Coronation.
Mami in traditional bhuanese dress at the
venue where the Coronation-related events
were held.
2008
Visits Scotland to collect materials for her future novel.
In the old town of Edinburgh.
2008
Production cooperator for "Great Breakout from Cowra POW Camp", NTV's special program featuring the largest POW breakout that took
place in 1944 in Cowra, Australia. (*NTV is Japan's oldest commercial TV
station.)
Mami with Kotaro Koizumi who
plays the main POW's role.
2008
Lecturer at Japan Inter Design Conference 2008 in Akasaka, Tokyo.
2008
Invited to International Magic Convention "Vismayam 2008", India's largest magic convention held in Kerala, as a cultural Ambassador.
2008
Contributes Buddhism-related essays to the news letter and website of Anyo-In
and Kongo-In temples.
2008
Lecturer at India-Japan Friendship Year's official event "Mami Yamada
Chautauqua: Surge of the Awoken Colossus India - English, Mathmatics and
Ethical Education Behind India's Prosperity". (Hosted by Ueda City
International Exchange Council, sponsorsed by Embassy of India in Japan)
2008
Contributes a series of essays "Light and Shadow of the Awoken Colossus India" to the Shinano Mainichi Newspaper.
2008
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2008 (Japanese version)".
2007
Re-publishes "Wheel of Destiny" from Mudra Books, New Delhi. The book cover is designed by Mami's
daughter who majors fine arts at the University of Sydney.
Language: English
2007
Visits India for two months as Dr. Anand Coomaraswami Fellow of Sahitya
Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) to give lectures at various
institutions on the themes such as 'Culture and Soul of Japan', 'Japanese
Language and Literature', 'Study on Saraswati Devi and Benzai Ten'.
Lecture at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Mami
at the far right and Prof. Gopi Chand Narang,
President of the academy, at her left.
2007
Executive Committee Member, "India's Contemporary Art Exhibition 2007",
under the auspices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Indian Embassy
in Tokyo at The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo.
2007 Onward
Member, Space Authors Club.
2007
Recipient of Dr. Anand Coomaraswamy Fellowship from Sahitya Akademi (India's
National Academy of Letters) in the year 2007-2008 for her achievements
in promoting understanding between India and Japan through her literary
activities.
2007
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2007 (Japanese version)".
2006
Member of the panel for "The Symposium: Australia - Long Stay" to commemorate Australia-Japan Year of Exchange. (Sponsored by Japan Australia New Zealand Society, under the auspices of Australian Embassy in Japan)
2006
Publishes "The Monday Monster", a short adventure fantasy in English, in 'NHK Eigo de Shaberanaito' December issue.
Language: English
2006
Hosts a talk-show with the internationally-recognized architect Kisho Kurokawa
and a leading Japanese artist Katsuhiko Hibino at Japan Inter Design Conference
2006 in Tokushima.
2006
Chinese translation version of "Shi to no Taiwa"(Spice, 2004) comes out from Prophet Press in Taiwan.
Language: Chinese
2006
Admits to master's course (esoteric Buddhism major), Faculty of Literature,
Koyasan University.
2006
Interviews His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama on the theme "Things
that each of us can do to prevent the World War III".
His Holiness and Mami at Narita
Hilton, Japan.
2006
Coodinator and lecturer at "Tibetan Sand Mandala Live Performance"
(Sponsored by Liaison Office of H. H. The Dalai Lama for Japan & East-Asia,
under auspices of Gokokuji Temple and Indo Japan Art Institute Trust)
2006
Master of ceremony at "TIPA (Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts)
Tokyo Show" (Sponsored by Liaison Office of H. H. The Dalai Lama for
Japan & East-Asia)
Mami, upper far left, along with TIPA members.
(Photo by Hiroyuki Takahashi)
2006
Publishes "Plant the Seeds of English During the First Three Years of Life" from Spice Publishing Co. To read Mami's special essay "Planting the Seeds of Bilingualism", click here.
Language: Japanese
2006
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2006 (Japanese version)".
2005
Publishes "Lost Officer" (a nonfiction that reveals the unknown side of Cowra Breakout, the
largest mass breakout in the modern history in which 231 Japanese POWs
were killed and 108 injured) from Spice Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
2005
Visits Far North Queensland, Australia, to collect materials for her future
novel.
A day in the life of an author...
2005
Contributes columns to "Australia-Japan Connections", the official bilingual guide book for Australian Pavilion at the
2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan.
Language: Japanese and English
2005
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2005 (Japanese version)".
2004
Publishes "Shi to no Taiwa (Dialogue with Death)" from Spice Publishing Co. Her interview with His Holiness the Dalai
Lama is contained at the end of the book.
Language: Japanese
2004
Mami's Father, Hiroshi Suzuki, passes away at age 77.
2004
Production staff of NHK's special program "The Great Escape in Cowra:
Former Japanese POWs' Verbal Evidences 60 Years after the Incidence"
(aired in August 2005).
2004
Interviews His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama on the theme "Japanese
and suicide".
His Holiness and Mami at Tibetan Govt.
in Exile. (Photo by Noboru Morikawa)
2004
Serves as a production staff of "Cowra Breakout", NHK's special program featuring the largest POW breakout that took
place in 1944 in Cowra, Australia. (*NHK is Japan's only state-run broadcasting
station.)
2004
Visits Ladakh, in the range of Indian Himalayas, to write an article on
Hemis Fair for Monthly Waraku (Shogakukan Publishing Co.).
Mami stands in front of stupas
or Buddhist topes in Ladakh.
2004
Interviews internationally recognized artist James Turrell and contributes
an art essay to Monthly Waraku (Shogakukan Publishing Co.).
Mr. Turrell and Mami.
2004-2011
Member, Japan Australia New Zealand Society, Inc.
2004 Onward
Learns Shamisen, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument, from Prof. Mutsuko Fujiwara of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
2004
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2004 (Japanese version)".
2003
Interviews Patricia Piccinini and contributes art essays to monthly magazines.
Ms. Piccinini and Mami in front
of her exhibition poster.
2003 Onward
Learns tea ceremony from Prof. Sola Arai of Omote Senke Fuhaku-Ryu School.
Mami at Chinzanso, a prestigious tea
house in Tokyo (Photo taken in 2006).
2003
Visits Kerala, South India, to write an article on Ayurvedic therapy, traditional
alternative medicine, for Monthly Waraku (Shogakukan Publishing Co.).
Pages from Monthly Waraku January 2004
edition. (Model: Mami Yamada, Photogra-
pher: Noboru Morikawa)
2003 Onward
Director, Japan Bhutan Art Committee.
Her Mejesty Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck,
Queen of Bhutan (left), and Mami.
2003
Assistant Chairperson, Japan Inter Design Conference 2003 in Roppongi Hills,
Tokyo.
At a symposium (from left) Mr. Katsuhiko
Hibino (artist), Dr. Rika Kayama (psychiat-
rist) and Mami.
2003
Publishes "Boosuke and Panda's Long Journey to Meet Lost Brother" from Gentosha Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
2003 Onward
Member, Public Relations Committee, National Astronomical Observatory.
2003 Onward
Member, Arachnological Society of Japan.
2003
Visits Greece to collect materials for her future novel.
Lefkadio Hearn's home in
Leskada Island.
2003
Publishes "Boosuke and Panda's Mission Impossible in English" from Gentosha Publishing Co. The book became No. 1 Seller at Amazon.co.jp
in February-March 2003.
Language: Japanese
2003
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2003 (Japanese version)".
2002
Visits Sydney to collect materials for her future mystery novel.
Climbs to the summit of Sydney Harbour
Bridge.
2002
Invited to Papua New Guinea, again, by Air Niugini.
At a tiny remote village in PNG. Mami (2nd
from left) with her TV producer friend Mr.
Alun Beck (centre).
2002
Publishes "Black Umbrella" from Gentosha Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
2002
Publishes "Yoake No Ban Ni" (Vol. 1 andVol. 2)", a novel about the ancient link between
Jewish and Japanese, from Gentosha Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
*In 2007 this book was selected and incorporated in 'the Balanced Corpus
of Contemporary Written Japanese Project' led by The National Institute
for Japanese Language.
2002
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2002 (Japanese version)".
2001
Visits India as a coodinator/commentator for Nippon TV's special program "Cho Tokudai Nama Hoso Plus 1 Special".
2001
Invited to Papua New Guinea by Air Niugini.
Mami poses in front of the wreckage of a
Type 100 Heavy Bomber which Imperial
Japanese Army abandoned in the jungle.
2001
Organizes a series of Buddha Painting Seminars in Nagano and Saitama.
2001
Appointed to the Director Linguistics, Indo Japan Art Institute Trust (Register
No. 2300 New Delhi).
Teaches Japanese to the children in the
Himalaya.
2001
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2001 (Japanese version)".
2000
Organizes magic shows by Pearl The Magician Girl for Japanese children
as a cultural program. Pearl The Magician Girl is the winner of SAM (Society
of American Magicians) Junior Competition 2000.
(From left) Pearl's mother Ms. Kaizad,
Pearl The Magician Girl and Mami.
2000
Publishes "Wheel of Destiny" (a non-fiction about Indian magic and magicians) from Golden Eagle
Press.
Language: English
More than 250 friends of Mami's gather at
the book launch party. Mami can be seen in
her violet sari.
2000
Opens this website on September 9th.
1999-2001
Learns Hebrew from Ms. Shlomit Hayat, a Hebrew University professor who
is officially visiting New Delhi from Israel.
Ms. Hayat (in red) and her students.
2000
Travells Kashimir, Ladakh and other Himalayan districts to collect materials
for her future novel "Yoake No Ban Ni".
Mami smiles at Kardong La Pass in the
Himalayas, 18,380 feet above sea level.
2000
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 2000 (Japanese version)".
1999
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica
Year Book 1999 (Japanese version)".
1998
Publishes "Mango No Ki", a non-fiction about a traditional Indian magician who can grow
a magical mango tree from no where, from Gentosha Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
Mami and magician Mr. Gopinath Muthukad
(2nd from left) at his magic institute.
1998
Guest judge for Vismayam 1998, India's largest magic convention held in
Kerala.
1998
Learns Malayalam, the language spoken only in Kerala, from an internationally
renowned author/atheist Mr. Joseph Edamaruku.
1998
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 1998 (Japanese version)".
1997
Contributes columns to the Ministry of Foreign Affair's monthly magazine.
Giving a lecture on Indian mythology.
1997
Publishes "Indo Dai Maho Dan", a non-fiction about a traditional Indian magician who could stay
under water for hours, from Seiryu Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
Mami and the famed magician Mr. P.C.
Sorcar (Jr.) at his residence in Calcutta.
1997
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 1997 (Japanese version)".
1996-98
Contributes essays on everyday-life in India to Monthly Seiryu.
1996-2001
Contributes essays on everyday-life in India to the Shinano Mainichi Newspaper.
1996-2001
Invited by I.C.C.R. (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) as a research
scholar at graduate school of Delhi University, major in philosophy, and
resides in New Delhi with her family.
Yamada family in front of Taj Mahal. Dolls
were delicately hand-made by Mami.
1996
Receives the second prize at Sogo Hodo Thesis Competition with her thesis
"Future Vision of Outdoor Advertisement: How to Cooperate with the Scenic
Beauty".
1996
Contributes columns on Indian politics and ecomomy to "Britannica Year Book 1966 (Japanese version)".
1995
Translates Mr. Harry Gordon's "Voyage From Shame", a non-fiction about Cowra Breakout, into Japanese and publishes
as "Ikite Ryoshu No Hazukashime Wo Ukezu" from Seiryu Publishing Co.
Language: Japanese
At Cowra POW campsite, Australia.
1995
Talk show with Mr. Takekuni Ikeda, a renowned Japanese architect who designed
Japan's first skyscrapers.
1994
Invited to India by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
1993-95
Contributes columns on Indian myth and legend to Monthly Kigisu (a Haiku
magazine).
1993
Writes essays on Japanese culture for a French CD-ROM.
Mami and her son in Paris.
1993
Publishes "Kissho-ten To Iku Indo No Tabi (Journey to India with Goddess Lakshmi)" from Government of India Tourist Office in Tokyo.
Language: Japanese
1993
Hosts a TV program "Kagami Art Museum" (SBC).
1993
Produces India Week at Japan Exposition in Shinshu.
Mami (right) with the dance troupe mem-
bers who visit the Exposition from India.
1992-93
Hosts a series of TV programs "Discover Hi Teck!" for 60 weeks (SBC).
1992
Stays in Bali, Indonesea, for a research on Bali Hinduism.
Mami at her friend's house in
Bali.
1991
Publishes "Nanzenji Diary (a collection of 41 essays) from Inter Reps Co.
Language: Japanese
1991
Mami's second child, a boy, is born.
1991
Official press coordinator for the Houston International Festival 1991.
Mami with Houston mayor Ms. Catharine
Whitmyer.
1990
Invited by I.C.C.R. (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) as a research
scholar and travells all over India for 3 months.
Mami at world famous Taj Mahal.
1988
Invited to Australia by Australian Bicentennial Committee to give lectures on Japanese culture at women's clubs and high schools in Sydney and Brisbane.
(From left) Minister Mr. Mick Young, Mami,
Mami's daughter, Manly mayor Ms. Joan
Thorburn, celebrated journalist Mr. Harry
Gordon and Minister Mr. Ben Humphrey.
1987
Contributes columns on Noh theater, a traditional Japanese play a.k.a.
Nogaku, to the Mainichi Daily News.
1987
Youngest lecturer at Japan Inter Design Conference 1987 in Nagano.
Mami doing MC at farewell party of JIDC.
1987
Level 'A' on United Nations Associations Test of English. (*As of 1987,
'A' was the highest level in the test.)
1986-87
Hosts a series of TV programs "Architecture Detective" along with Prof. Fujimori of the University of Tokyo (SBC).
Mami with Prof. Fujimori.
1986-89
Contributes essays on everyday-life in a beautiful snowy village in Japan
Alps where Mami has her studio, to the Shinano Mainichi Newspaper.
Mami and her four-by-four.
1986
Chosen by a Japanese department store as the "image woman" for
their summer campaign. Appears in a TV commercial film and gives several
lectures such as "How to Study Abroad" for young girls.
Summer campaign poster.
Gives a lecture along with her Australian
friends.
1985
Mami's first child, a girl, is born.
1985
Invited to U.S.A. by Memphis in May International Festival, Inc. Travells
25 states of U.S.A. and contributes a series of essays to the Shinano Mainichi
Newspaper.
1983
Marries to Masami Yamada, a renowned artist (Japanese style painter). >>>Please
click here to enjoy Masami's website.
(From left) Australian Ambassador to Japan
Sir Niel Currie who is the official go between
at the wedding party, Masami, Mami and
Lady Geraldine.
1983
Returns to Japan. Contributes a series of essays "GOing My Way: Studying in Australia" to the Shinano Mainichi Newspaper. ("GO" stands for "Australia" in Japanese language.)
Mami and her pet dog "Bear".
1982
Graduates from Meiji Gakuin University (Bachelor of Economics) and continues
her studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
1978
Enteres Meiji Gakuin University, the oldest Christian university in Japan.
Besides majoring economics, Mami experiences various part time jobs e.g.
English interpreter, English speaking bus conductor, English translator,
magazine editor, MC, secretary for the Himalayan expedition team and so
on. The title of her graduation thesis is "History of World's Whaling from an Economic Point of View".
Mami (centre) doing MC for
"Arare-Chan", a popular theatre
for children
1975
Enteres Nagano Nishi High School, the oldest girl's school in Nagano prefecture,
where Mami fully enjoys her active, creative life as the chairperson of
student council and the director of E.S.S.
.
Playing Oliver (a male role!) in "As You Like
It" at school festival.
1972
Enters Yanagimachi Middle School in the city of Nagano. As an English lover,
Mami's dream is to be a genuine bilingual in Japanese and English someday.
Mami (3rd from left) and her friends in uniform
at a gathering of Railway Youth Group.
1966
Enters Joto Primary School in the city of Nagano. At the age of nine, she
writes her first five stories and declares that she would become a professional
writer in future.
Mami playing the piano at a mini concert
(9 years old).
1964
Mami's one and only sibling, a brother, is born.
1960
Born in the city of Nagano, about 200km north west of Tokyo, as the first
child of Hiroshi Suzuki, a government officer and a master of Go (Asian
chess game, a.k.a. Igo) and Takae Suzuki, a former secretary of a major
publishing company and now a housewife, on February 27th.
Mami celebrating Shichi-Go
-San festival (3 years old).
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