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From cricket to the weightiest global issues The hectic pace of events in Japan-UK relations has shown no signs of letting up in recent weeks. However, it has not been “all work and no play”, and on Sunday 28 April I was present at a most enjoyable event that I could scarcely have imagined when I took up my present post in London ...more		Interview with Japanese pop sensation Perfume Perfume is an electro-pop girl group from Hiroshima that formed in 2000. Particularly notable for their futuristic, robotic, doll-like style and well-choreographed dance moves, Perfume seek to take their infectious energy overseas on their first tour to Europe in July this year ...more

JAPAN-UK Events Calendar Keep an eye on our Events Calendar for details of upcoming Japan-UK related events!
	Films at the Embassy The Choshu Five Tuesday 25 June 2013, 18:30 It is 1863, ten years after the US Navy officer Commodore Perry and his black ships sailed into Tokyo Bay ...more	MANGA JIMAN COMPETITION 2013 Back for a 7th year, the theme 'voyages of discovery' has been chosen to mark the 400th anniversary of the first British ship to arrive in Japan and 150 years since five samurai arrived in the UK ...more
	Choshu Five Series: Yozo Yamao As Japan Desk Scotland prepares for its public seminar on Yozo Yamao in Glasgow next month, we take a closer look at "The Father of Japanese Engineering" Yozo Yamao ...more	Choshu Five Series: Kinsuke Endo We introduce Kinsuke Endo, "The Father of the the Modern Japanese Mint" ahead of the Japan Foundation's public seminar on hisory of exchange between the Japan Mint and the Royal Mint on 13 June ...more
	Japanese Government honours Professor Richard Bowring On 23 May 2013, Ambassador Keiichi Hayashi bestowed the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Professor Richard John Bowring ...more	Concert to mark 400 years of arrival of first British ship to reach Japan Tuesday 11 June 2013, 18:30 A concert entiteld "A Voyage Through Words and Music" will take place at All Saints Church Fulham ...more
	Should Japanese be taught in British schools? Japanese language is taught at more than 280 schools across the country (both primary and secondary) and has become an increasingly popular ...more	Discover Japan - Workshops to help teachers bring Japan to their classroom There are surprisingly many areas of the curriculum which can be enhanced by the introduction of a ‘Japanese’ theme ...more
	8 Days in the UK Enjoyed to the Full The Japan British Society of Kagoshima, founded in 1992 to further promote cultural exchanges between Britain and Kagoshima, organised a UK trip ...more	Perspectives on the contemporary dance performance 'Aomori Project' The Aomori Project began in 2008 and is an ongoing international collaboration involving contemporary and Japanese dance ...more