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Born in Tokyo in 1941, Mr.Miyazaki graduated from Gakushuin University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics in 1963. He started his career as an animator at Toei Doga (Toei Animation) and continued on to work in A-Production and Nippon Animation. After taking part in the production of “Prince of the Sun, Great Adventure of Horus” (1968), “Panda! Co Panda!” (1972), and “Heide, Girl of the Alps” (1974), Mr.Miyazaki directed his first TV series “Future Boy Conan” in 1978 and his first feature-length animated film “Lupin the 3rd - The Castle of Cagliostro” in 1979. Based on his own manga series published in the magazine “Animage,” he wrote and directed “Naussica of the Valley of Wind” in 1984. In 1985, Mr.Miyazaki and his colleagues established Studio Ghibli.
As the director of Studio Ghibli, Mr.Miyazaki has presented “Castle in the Sky” (1986), “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988), “Kiki’s Delivery” (1989), “Porco Rosso” (1992), “Princess Mononoke” (1997), “Spirited Away” (2001), and “Howl’s Moving Castle”(2004). He has also been actively involved with the Ghibli Museum, which opened in 2001 in Mitaka City, Tokyo.
Mr.Miyazaki is the author of many books, including: Totoro no Sumu Ie (Totoro’s Residence), Shuna no Tabi (Shuna’s Travels), Naniga Eiga ka (What is Film)- a dialogue with Akira Kurosawa, Princess Mononoke, and Shuppatsu-ten (Point of Departure). DVD’s, videos, and publications on his animation films are sold in over fifty countries.

The China Japanese Education Association was established in 1982 as the umbrella organization of Japanese-language institutes in China. Today, there are 126 universities with Japanese-language courses, including over 1500 teaching staff in total, registered as its members. Each year since its establishment, the Association has held academic conferences in various parts of China. It organizes national conferences on Japanese-language education biannually and publishes academic papers. The Association continues to play a significant role in outlining the current situation of Japanese-language education in China, as well as in bringing together the needs of Japanese-language instructors throughout China. The Association has also been working towards network building with Japanese language institutes in Japan, South Korea and Singapore.