The Japanese Esperanto Institute (Esperanto: Japana Esperanto-Instituto; Japanese: 日本エスペラント協会, Nihon Esperanto-Kyokai) or JEI is the largest center of the Japanese Esperanto movement.
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Background
editThe Japanese Esperanto Institute was founded in 1919, mainly by Osaka Kenzi. Its official headquarters are in Tokyo, on Waseda Avenue.[1]
It is the national affiliate of the World Esperanto Association. Its premises include a library, bookshop, classrooms and archives. It has over 1,300 members. There are 80 local Esperanto clubs in Japan. The Institute publishes the journal La Revuo Orienta ("The Oriental Review").[2]
One of its first directors was Ōishi Wasaburō, the discoverer of the strong upper air currents known as jet streams.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ エスペラント発表百周年記念日本委員会 (1987). 日本エスペラント運動史年表 : 1887-1987. 日本エスペラント学会.
- ^ エスペラント運動史年表. 東京 : 日本エスペラント学会. 1932. デジタル資料は国立国会図書館内/図書館送信で閲覧可能。
- ^ Lewis, John M. (2003). "Oishi's Observation: Viewed in the Context of Jet Stream Discovery". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 84 (3): 357–369. Bibcode:2003BAMS...84..357L. doi:10.1175/BAMS-84-3-357.
- ^ Ooishi, W. (1926) Raporto de la Aerologia Observatorio de Tateno (in Esperanto). Aerological Observatory Report 1, Central Meteorological Observatory, Japan, 213 pages.