This calendar has been established to keep people up to date on new and upcoming Japan-related cultural events in the UK.

If you are organising a suitable event that you would like to see listed on this calendar, please get in touch with us here.

東日本大震災一周年/One year after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Are you organising an event to mark the passage of one year since the Great East Japan Earthquake? Download the Application Form and email the completed form to japanuk@ld.mofa.go.jp

(Note: The Embassy of Japan does not accept any responsibility for the events registered, or any loss or damage resulting from the events registered in the calendar or from any reliance placed on the information in the Events Calendar. With the exception of those events with explicit support of the Embassy of Japan, the inclusion of an event in the Events Calendar does not amount to an endorsement by the Embassy of Japan or the Government of Japan of any event or organisation.)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Over the Parched Field

18 January - 1 March 2012

Daiwa Foundation, London

Akiko Takizawa is a Japanese artist based in London. The exhibition, Over the Parched Field, showcases a selection of Takizawa’s photographs since 2006, including new works made especially for the exhibition..... more>>

 

Japan Webpage Contest for Schools

 

24 January - 25 February 2012

Japan Foundation,Throughout UK


Vote for your favourite Webpage

The Japan Foundation is delighted to announce the top eight shortlisted entries for the Japan Webpage Contest for Schools..more>>

 

Japan: Kingdom of Characters


4 February - 24 June 2012
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich

Cartoon characters occupy a special place in the Japanese psyche. Characters appear everywhere from train tickets and cheques to electric shavers and wine, in a country where it is clear that they appeal as much to adults as to children...more>>

         
   

Hideki Noda's The Bee

 

24 January - 11 February 2012

Soho Theatre, London

What would you do if your wife
and child were held hostage?
When an ordinary office worker returns home to find his wife and child kidnapped, he’s drawn into a dark and dangerous game of revenge... more>>

 

Yayoi Kusama

9 February - 5 June 2012
Tate Modern, London

The nine decades of Yayoi Kusama's life have taken her from rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary Tokyo, in a career in which she has continuously innovated and re-invented her style...more>>

 

The 13th Season of Contemporary Japanese Films: ‘Japan: Land for hope’

 

3, 10, 17 & 24 February 2012
University of Glasgow, Glasgow

The 13th Season of Contemporary Japanese Films: ‘Japan: Land for hope’ showing
Fri 03 Feb    Hotel Hibiscus
Fri 10 Feb    Penguins in the Sky – Asahiyama Zoo
Fri 17 Feb    The Face of Jizo
Fri 24 Feb     Zen... more>>

       
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