https://journal.num.edu.mn/asianstudies/issue/feed 2026-03-13T19:10:05+08:00 Onon Tsulbaatar tsul_onon@num.edu.mn Open Journal Systems <p style="text-align: justify;">Asian Studies in Mongolia is a peer-reviewed open access journal, which publishes original research articles mainly focusing on Asian Studies such as Sinology, Japanese, Korean and Turkish Studies.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The journal is published by Department of Asian Studies, National University of Mongolia (since 2021.09.01). There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal and the articles are published in English. ISSN is 2957-5281.</p> https://journal.num.edu.mn/asianstudies/article/view/10590 2026-01-22T17:49:12+08:00 Luwei Wang journal_asianstudies@num.edu.mn Zhifeng Qin journal_asianstudies@num.edu.mn

<p>The public opinion survey in Mongolia shows that Japan is among the coun-tries with a high favorability rating among Mongolians, and Japanese literature is also widely popular in Mongolia. This study focuses on the novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Taking the “horizon of expectations” in reception theory as the entry point, it analyzes this work from three dimen-sions: narrative structure, text translation, and reader evaluation. Combined with the book promotion model, it explores the reasons for the high acceptance and wide dissemination of Japanese literary works among Mongolian readers. The research indicates that the remarkable achievements of Japanese literature in Mongolia result from the combined efforts of the work’s intrinsic appeal, the adoption of translation strategies tailored to the local context, and the use of digital dissemination methods under the background of the global promotion of Japanese literature.This study highlights the factors contributing to the popularity of Japanese literature in Mongolia, which may offer broader implications for cross-cultural literary exchange and the global circulation of literature.</p>

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<p>In Mongolia, researchers have recently discovered and recorded written doc-uments and other historical artifacts from the ancient Turkic and Uighur peri-ods, including runic inscriptions on rocks. Between 2023 and 2025, twenty inscriptions were discovered and studied by researchers, as indicated by available documents and reports. A total of seven inscriptions were discov-ered in 2023: the Baga Khürkhree Inscription, the Ikh Duut Inscription, the Khürmen Khad Inscription, the Khürmen Mukhar Inscription, the Nogoon Uul II and III Inscriptions, and the second fragment of the Nomgon Inscription (Kutlug Khagan Inscriptions). 2022 marked the discovery of the initial segment of the Nomgon Inscription (Kutlug Khagan Inscription), while 2023 marked the discovery of the second fragment. Nevertheless, the discovery of thirteen in-scriptions from only one area in 2024 and 2025 has piqued the interest of researchers. Their identified aimags can be used to evaluate the twenty runic inscriptions that were discovered in Mongolia between 2023 and 2025. Sev-enteen inscriptions were discovered in the Övörkhangai aimag, two in the Khentii aimag, and one, the second fragment of a previously discovered in-scription, in the Arkhangai aimag. The nineteen inscriptions that have been discovered in Mongolia over the recent three years will be the subject of this study, which will include readings and general information.</p>

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