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A sporting spectacle to savour Like most people in the United Kingdom and millions more around the world, I could hardly take my eyes off the action during London 2012. The entire two-week spectacle, from the stunning Opening Ceremony through the sporting events themselves ...more		JAPAN & LONDON 2012: Olympic Highlights Team Japan had a successful Olympic campaign winning 7 gold medals, 14 silver and 17 bronze. Particularly notable results were the Japanese Women's wrestling team winning 3 gold medals and Ryota Murata who won Japan's first boxing medal since the 1964 Tokyo Games ...more
Keep an eye on our JAPAN-UK Events Calendar for details of upcoming events.

	Films at the Embassy: August in the Water Wednesday 22 August 2012 Embassy of Japan in London ...more		Exhibition: TOKYO 1964 until 7 September 2012 Embassy of Japan This exhibition at the Embassy of Japan takes a glimpse of Tokyo in 1964 ...more
	Welcoming Ceremony at Olympic Village Haruki Uemura (Chef de Mission, Japan Olympic Team) wrote on the Olympic Truce Wall "seiryoku-zenyou jita-kyouei", meaning "use of spiritual and physical strength for good" ...more		Fukushima Garden opening ceremony at Holland Park A new garden at Holland Park opened on 24 July to commemorate the deep gratitude of the Japanese people to the British people ...more
	Japanese Government honours The Rt. Hon Sir John Major Ambassador Hayashi hosted a reception in honour of Sir John and Dame Norma at the Embassy of Japan on 10th July ...more		The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme’s London Pre-Departure Orientation 142 new JET participants attended the London pre-Departure Orientation for the 2012 UK JET Programme ...more
	Our Messages of Support for Japanese Olympic and Paralympic competitors. Students from The Japanese School in London collected support messages for athletes in a very special way ...more		Super Hi-Vision Pubic Viewing in Japan, UK and USA NHK held SHV Public Viewings in Japan, UK and USA, in cooperation with the BBC and the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) ...more