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London welcomes a host of Japanese dignitaries The last month has been quite hectic for Japan-UK relations. On 17 and 18 October Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba visited the UK on the second leg of a three-nation tour of Europe ...more		Challenging cultural perceptions Renowned rock guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei talks to Minister Akira Imamura of the Embassy of Japan about the relationship between Japanese and British rock music throughout the years ...more
JET Programme online applications now available! Please note that the deadline for applications is Friday 25 November 6:00pm GMT

	First exhibition outside Japan devoted to Meiji textiles at Ashmolean Museum Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles From Meiji Japan will introduce the spectacular ornamental textiles that were made for the Western market ...more		Scotland and Japan: Public symposium held at the National Museum of Scotland Little is known about the wide imprint left by the Scots in Japan and the contemporary legacies of these Scottish connections with Japan ...more
	A new dawn, a new day EU/Japan Haiku Competition Grand Prize Winner Zeshan Hayat talks about his interest in Japanese poetry ...more		Karate for the Future Not since the 1970s and Bruce Lee has there been such interest in the martial arts. Amongst the most popular forms is the traditional Japanese art of karate ...more
	Japan Video Topics Okinawa World Heritage (windows media player 256K) With the days getting colder, escape to the warmer climes of Japan's southern-most island Okinawa with this video!		JAPAN-UK Events Calendar Keep an eye on our Events Calendar for details of other upcoming events and check out the latest photos on our Flickr page.