Araceli Tinajero is professor of Hispanic literatures at The City College of New York and at the Graduate Center. She is the author of Orientalismo en el modernismo hispanoamericano, El Lector: A History of the Cigar Factory, and Kokoro: A Mexican Woman in Japan. Tinajero is the editor or co-editor of various volumes including Exilio y cosmopolitismo en el arte y la literatura hispánica, Orientalisms of the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian World, Technology and Culture in Twentieth Century México, and Handbook on Cuban History, Literature, and the Arts. She is the Book Review Editor of the journal Asia / América Latina.

Chapter 1 Introduction To The Historical And Cultural Links Between The Spanish Speaking World And Japan.

Chapter 2 Intellectuals.

Chapter 3 Media.

Chapter 4 Music, Dance, Festivals & Associations.

Chapter 5 Literature And Libraries.

Chapter 6 Blogs And Other Emerging Digital And Physical Intersections Between The Spanish Speaking World And Japan