Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

  • Pan-Asianism in Modern Japan and Mariano Ponce | An Onsite Public Lecture
  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program

  • Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 8th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition

    The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the "Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 8th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 21 March 2026, 9:00 am to 3:00 PM (GMT+8) at the Japan Hall, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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  • Pan-Asianism in Modern Japan and Mariano Ponce | An Onsite Public Lecture

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    The UP Asian Center will be holding the onsite public lecture "Pan-Asianism in Modern Japan and Mariano Ponce" on 4 March 2026, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Japan Hall, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating. 

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  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Copylandia Foundation, Inc., will be hosting a Free Yoga Class at the UP Asian Center"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 10 April 2026, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open only to the public. LIMITED SLOTS ONLY!!! Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited slots. 

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The UP Asian Center will be holding the 17th Annual International Conference on Japan Studies, with the theme “Japan: Age in a Time of Precariousness,” on 1-2 February 2019 at the Casa Real de Iloilo, Iloilo City.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding a lecture, “Transpacific Insights on the Meiji Restoration and Japanese Culture: The American Thirst for Japanese Green Tea,” on 12 December 2018, Wednesday, from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at the UP Asian Center, QC.

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The graduate students of Philippine Studies 201 at the UP Asian Center are organizing an exhibit, Reconnecting Butuan and the Asia-Pacific: History, Heritage and Identity from 28 to 29 November 2018 at the UP Asian Center, QC.

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The UP Asian Center will be showcasing Persian culture in Sights, Sounds, and Strokes: The Music, Food and Calligraphy of Iran on 16 November 2018, 2 to 5 pm @ UP Asian Center, QC. The event is free and open to the public, but participants are encouraged to sign up. 

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The UP Asian Center will be holding a forum-exhibit, The Ethnic, The Everyday, and the Exotic: The Philippines on Display, on 14 November 2018, 3 pm–5 pm, UP Asian Center, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public, but participants are encouraged to sign up.