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December features the best of Japanese film, both past and present as well as an exhibition at the Embassy that looks back to the Japan British Exhibition of 100 years ago. Plus, you can really get into the Christmas spirit with the UK-Japan Music Society's Christmas Concert. Also this month, we learn more about the Mayor of Kawasaki City's visit to Sheffield and the links between the Central School of Ballet and Japan. The spotlight is on Teruko Sekiguchi, the Embassy's librarian. In a highlight from November, Ichikawa Botan performed Nihon Buyo dancing at the Embassy. You can also discover what happened when The Common and Lords RUFC challenged the Embassy and Japan Society XV to a rugby match.... From everyone at the Embassy of Japan, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!		PREMIERE JAPAN 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London 10 & 11 December 2010 Premiere Japan 2010 will, for the sixth consecutive year, screen the best and most recent films to
		come out of Japan. For more details and your chance to attend the opening night reception and screening of the film 'Villon's Wife', click here
		The Embassy will also be continuing its regular film screenings in the New Year. Please keep an eye on our website for details.

	Marking the Centenary: 1910 Japan British Exhibition 8 Dec 2010 - 11 Feb 2011, The Embassy of Japan Relive the Japan British Exhibition of 1910 at this exhibition at the Embassy of Japan		Aspects of Japanese Cinema - the Directorspective: Akira Kurosawa 3-19 Dec 2010, The Barbican Cinema Your chance to see some of Kurosawa's greatest works on the big screen...more
	The UK-Japan Music Society's Annual Christmas Concert 19 Dec 2010, St John's Wood Church Get into the Christmas spirit with the UK-Japan Music Society's Christmas concert...more		Sheffield and Kawasaki - Celebrating 20 years of friendship The Cities of Sheffield and Kawasaki have had a friendship agreement since 1990...more
	Central School of Ballet forges further cultural links with Japan "finding the point where Japanese culture and classical ballet truly meet is hard but not impossible..."more		Spotlight on... Teruko Sekiguchi, Embassy Librarian "The Library has received enquiries from...Uri Geller, Jeffrey Archer, Sir John Gielgud..."more
	Ichikawa Botan performs at the Embassy of Japan 29 November 2010 Ichikawa Botan performed two wonderful Nihon Buyo dances at the Japan Society Christmas Party. For more details, click here		The Fujitsu Cup 2010 6 November 2010 Find out what happened when the Embassy and Japan Society XV took on The Commons and Lords RUFC in a rugby match!

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