"Springboard Japan" was founded in the summer of 2021 as a multi-purpose open forum for people interested in Japan, as well as humanistic and social scientific research on Japan. Following this first issue, we plan to incorporate user feedback and provide other services, such as information access and information exchange, as well as discussion networks.
"Springboard Japan," our multi-purpose open forum, aims to provide opportunities for interested people to jump over the multiple barriers that stand in their way—linguistic, cultural, institutional, societal, and so on—and share knowledge and engage in conversation with each other. The flexibility of the web will allow us to receive and respond to feedback from users as the forum evolves and expands. Currently, our main focus will be on producing high-quality translation of already published works (research articles and book reviews) through Springboard Japan Translates. In the future, we will offer bilingual access to columns, interviews, roundtables, performance art, and other types of content.