Japanese Esperanto Institute Explained

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.

Background

The 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]}

Notes and References

1. Book: エスペラント発表百周年記念日本委員会 . 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 . 1987.
2. Book: 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。
3. 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 . 10.1175/BAMS-84-3-357. 2003BAMS...84..357L . free .
4. Ooishi, W. (1926) Raporto de la Aerologia Observatorio de Tateno (in Esperanto). Aerological Observatory Report 1, Central Meteorological Observatory, Japan, 213 pages.