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Football remains in the news this month with an historic occasion at Wembley Stadium covered in our Featured Article. Meanwhile, we go overboard with festivals, introducing three in the UK as well as Japan’s famous Sendai Tanabata Festival. Our cultural attractions include an exhibition and a film show at the Embassy.

On a more solemn note, we report on the annual reconciliation service at Canterbury Cathedral. Science is the focus of a workshop for young Japanese and Britons in Cambridge, and we publicise a lecture on climate change in London.

Last but not least, a charity event at the Embassy offers the chance to drink sake in a good cause, perhaps including a toast to Lorna Maud, who leaves us after her masterful stewardship of this Webmagazine.

Japanese FA receive trophy at Wembley to mark 90th year

On 23 August The FA Chairman David Bernstein presented his Japanese counterpart, Mr Junji Ogura, with a trophy modelled on the cup originally given to Japan by the FA in 1919.

That event so long ago helped establish football in Japan and laid the groundwork for a longstanding and rewarding relationship between the football associations of our two countries.

The ceremony at Wembley was part of a year-long celebration organised by the Japan Football Association to mark its 90th anniversary...more

	Japan Matsuri 2011 18 September, County Hall, London Immerse yourselves in the lively atmosphere of this summer festival beside the Thames..more	A taste of Japan in Colchester until 10 September A 'thank you' Matsuri and other Japan-related events organised by the Japanese community in Colchester...more
	Approaches to facilitating effective global participation in action on climate change 23 September, LSE, London Lecture by Professor Hironori Hamanaka..more	Films at the Embassy: Children on the Island 28 September, Embassy of Japan A moving story set in the period leading up to, during and shortly after WWII...more
	KANPA+i London! Ikebana, Sake & Food Charity Event 20 September, Embassy of Japan Delight your senses in a good cause...more	Beyond Words \| Beyond Borders: Messages to Tohoku 5 – 30 September, Embassy of Japan A Japan Society exhibition celebrating the response of British school students to the Great East Japan Earthquake...more
	Akari Lantern Project 10 & 11 September, outside Tate Modern Take part in Japanese craft activities, join a Lantern Parade and otherwise have fun while raising money for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake...more	UK-Japan Young Scientist Workshop in Cambridge A Japanese secondary school student from the stricken Tohoku region and one of his British counterparts report on their experience of a workshop for young scientists ...more
	Tanabata Festival lifts spirits in Sendai Originally an opportunity to offer prayers to the stars,the Festival this year focused on 'Recovery and Remembrance' ...more	Reconciliation Service at Canterbury Cathedral This annual event was attended by Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Hayashi, the Lord Mayor of Canterbury and many other distinguished guests...more
	Spotlight on...departing Webmagazine Editor Lorna Maud “I’m really pleased with how far the Webmagazine has come in the last two years.” ...more	London 2012 Newsletter from the British Embassy in Tokyo Sign up to this exciting newsletter here (in Japanese only)
This year’s Japan Conference for Schools will be held at the Embassy of Japan, in partnership with the Japan Foundation and the Japan Society, on 14 October 2011. If you're interested in teaching Japanese at your school, or developing your existing programme, click here for more.

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