EVENTS
Academia & Science
Avant-Garde Calligraphy between Postwar Japan, Europe, and the United States
17 January 2019
Weston Room, Cathedral Hostry, Norwich
As the French theoretician of abstract art Michel Seuphor wrote in 1962, “in the 1960s, every abstract painter is fascinated by the East, dreams of visiting Japan, perhaps to find the delights of Japanese calligraphy.” This talk is dedicated to the artists who launched and fuelled this fascination....
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The Importance of Cultural Diversity. A long-term comparative perspective between prehistoric Japan and Britain – with Junzo Uchiyama
21 January 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
The most distinct characteristic of human beings is our ability to create various cultures. While genetic studies have confirmed that modern humans are biologically a species which emerged a relatively recent 200,000 years ago....
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Talk: Portland Japanese Garden: An American Interpretation of a Japanese Artform
28 January 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
The Japanese Portland Garden is a traditional Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon. The Garden, which was designed in 1963, covers 12 acres and has eight separate garden styles..
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Art of Manufacturing
28 January - 1 February 2019
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Engine Plant, Flintshire
The day reinforces the importance of working hard at school. The learning objectives align with the school curriculum and provide children the opportunity to experience the world of work.
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School visit to celebrate the UK-Japan Season of Culture 2019-2020 and to highlight Japanese culture in Wales
31 January 2019
Sony UK Technology Centre, Bridgend
A special event for local school children to experience Japanese culture first hand; Japan of the past, present and future.
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Japan-UK Symposium on 3D Active-site Science in London
4 February 2019
Embassy of Japan, London
"Active site" is a keyword indicating the atomic structures of the active centers, which govern functions in all inorganic-, organic- and bio-materials.
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Shogi Lecture & Workshop
4 February 2019
University of Stirling, Stirling
The University of Stirling will be holding a seminar and workshop to introduce the Japanese chess game, Shōgi.
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Dartford Grammar School and Japan Foundation GCSE and IB Meeting
8 February 2019
King's College, London
There will be a Japanese GCSE and IB Meeting at King’s College London on Friday 8th February 2019. This will be an opportunity for teachers teaching GCSE Japanese and/or IB Japanese to share and discuss schemes of work and resources; conduct moderation and share good practice in preparation for upcoming changes to the GCSE and IB syllabus.
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Japanese Culture Educational Visit
11 February 2019
Sony UK Technology Centre, Bridgend
Pupils from across the UK are invited for a visit at the Sony manufacturing facility based in Pencoed.
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Starting new joint Research funded by UKRI-JSPS
14 February 2019
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) are pleased to invite applications to the first UKRI-JSPS Joint Call....
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International symposium: Japan in the World and the World in Japan:
A Methodological Approach
15-16 February 2019
Sainsbury Institute, Norwich
An international symposium on teaching Japanese Studies and Japan-related topics around the world.The “Japan-in-the-World Forum” is an organization of young researchers and instructors seeking to establish a network/ discussion forum for young researchers and instructors...
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Translating Yukio Mishima’s The Frolic of the Beasts – with Andrew Clare
18 February 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
The Frolic of the Beasts (Kemono no tawamure) is a gripping short novel from the acclaimed Japanese author Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, it tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, Koji...
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Book Launch: The Unmaking of An American
20 February 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
The Unmaking of an American is Roger Pulvers’ cross-cultural memoir spanning decades of history on four continents. He explores the nature of memory through connections created from people and places, both past and present....
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Sake Symposium: Understanding the Unique Aspects of Sake
20 February 2019
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London
The Japan Foundation and SOAS are hosting a special symposium looking at the Japanese phenomenon that is sake. Widely seen as the national drink of Japan, sake exports have been booming in recent years, with its unique taste and wide range of flavours, it has been appearing more and more on UK menus....
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Japan and the United Kingdom – A Collaborative Future
21 February 2019
Royal Society of Edinburgh
A panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges for future Japan-UK cooperation in a post-Brexit environment at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the 21st of February.
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Talk: Re-imagining Akutagawa
22 February 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was one of Japan’s great writers – author of the stories ‘Rashōmon’ and ‘In a Bamboo Grove’, most famously – who lived through Japan’s turbulent Taishō period, including the devastating 1923 Earthquake, only to take his own life at the age of just thirty-five in 1927 ....
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Author Talk: Kyoko Nakajima
22 February 2019
London Review Bookshop, London
Kyoko Nakajima is a Japanese fiction writer and essayist, who started her career as a novelist with “FUTON” in 2003. Nakajima’s highly acclaimed novels have won multiple prestigious literary prizes in Japan including the Izumi Kyoka Prize for “When My Wife Was a Shiitake” (Tsuma ga Shiitake data koro) ....
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Japan Foundation and British Association for Teachers of Japanese Seminar
23 February 2019
University of Manchester
"Japanese language that brings together" themed seminar by Professor Thomson from New South Wales University, Australia.
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An evening on Fukushima
27 February 2019
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh will be holding an informative evening dedicated to learning about the progress of Fukushima’s environmental recovery.
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Japan-UK Workshop - Overcoming health challenges at different life stages, using big data, biobank and cohort approaches
27 February 2019
University of Bristol, Bristol
"In order to advance research and development on life stage challenges (e.g. influences on timing of dementia onset, effects of fetal exposure in adolescence), we will hold a joint workshop between researchers..."
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Japanese-British Lawyers Networking Reception
28 February 2019
Embassy of Japan, London
A networking opportunity for Japanese and British lawyers in the UK in association with British Japanese Law Association (BJLA).Invitation Only.
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Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019
1 March 2019
The Royal Institution, London
With the aim of further developing awareness and understanding of the impact that emerging new technologies would have on our economy and wider society, the event will be held with leading Japanese and UK IoT companies.
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The 14th Japanese Speech Contest for University Students
2 March 2019
Great Hall, Kings' College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
This contest gives students the chance to make their voices heard in Japanese, and win some fantastic prizes! Finalists will all perform their speeches on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at King’s College London.
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Japan-UK infectious disease symposium
6 - 7 March 2019
Embassy of Japan, London
The Core-to-Core program of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) works to create world-class research hubs through networking to advance multilateral collaboration in cutting-edge fields of science.
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University of Leicester-Tokyo Metropolitan University Joint Symposium “Multilateral Approaches to Life and Environments”
6 - 8 March 2019
University of Leicester
The University of Leicester-Tokyo Metropolitan University Joint Symposium “Multilateral Approaches to Life and Environments” showcases the cutting-edge research work in astrophysics, neuroscience, structual biology, mechanobiology, biosensing and anthropology areas. Invitation only.
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JF/BAJS Japanese Studies Postgraduate Workshop 2019 : Career Progression
8 March 2019
Cardiff University, Wales
This workshop aims to assist the development of the next generation of Japanese Studies researchers and academics currently studying in the UK. Every year it provides a great opportunity for students to receive practical advice on their own research from senior colleagues, and to get to know fellow postgraduate students and members of the Japanese Studies Community.
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Japan and the Future of the Liberal International Order
8 March 2019
Japan House London
Join us at Japan House for a discussion event held in partnership with Chatham House and the Embassy of Japan in the UK.
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Seminar: Prevention of Recidivism: Trends in Japanese Criminal Policy
13 March 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
One of the most serious current issues in criminal policy in Japan is the prevention of recidivism. Traditionally, Japan has a unique probation system which has greatly contributed to preventing recidivism,,.....
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Cardiff, Wales – Sakai City, Fukui, Japan school exchange programme
Japan to Cardiff exchange visit: 13 - 22 March 2019
Cardiff to Japan exchange visit: 26 June - 5 July 2019
This is a Cultural pupil exchange programme and has a long-standing partnership of 27 years. It aims to continue to work in partnership with Sakai City’s Board of Education and to create opportunities for their and our young people and families to create life-long bonds and friendships.
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Seminar: Foreign Refugee Flows into Japan: Asylum Seekers’ Circuitous Path
14 March 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
Japan has positioned itself in paradoxical ways on the issue of refugees. Although it takes very few refugees itself, last year it contributed more than $US 150 million to the UNHCR, the fourth largest behind the US, Germany and the EU,.....
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Kyoto University and Goldsmiths, University of London, Art & Science International Symposium 2019
15 - 16 March 2019
Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan
The Second International Symposium co-organised by Kyoto University and Goldsmiths, University of London, cordially invites you to the symposium on Art Innovation held in Kyoto in March 2019.
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Can a ‘Religion’ Be Translated as ‘Culture’? Tenrikyō’s Cultural Activities in Its Propagation in France – with Masato Kato
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18 March 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
Masato Kato is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions, SOAS University of London. He received a PhD (2018) from SOAS upon completing his doctoral research on the negotiation of cultural identity of Tenrikyo in relation to its propagation in France...
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MEXT scholarship predeparture orientation and reception
19 March 2019
Embassy of Japan, London
Presentations by outgoing scholars and a reception with alumni and invited guests.
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Seminar: Sustainable Development Goals: Japanese and UK approaches
20 March 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
Since their adoption by the United Nations in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been embraced with remarkable alacrity by the Japanese government and institutions, including notably Keidanren, the Japanese equivalent of the CBI.....
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Book Launch: The Englishman who saved the Japanese cherry
22 March 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
Collingwood Ingram, known as ‘Cherry’ for his defining obsession, was born in 1880 and lived until he was a hundred, witnessing a fraught century of conflict and change.....
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What Brexit Means for Japan
28 March 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
As Brexit day on March 29th rapidly approaches, Japanese companies based in the UK have started to prepare for a no-deal scenario. Honda has recently announced the closure of its UK production line for four-wheeled vehicles by 2021 (though it stated that Brexit was not the reason),..
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OU-UCL Kick-off Workshop for Strategic Partnership
28, 29 March 2019
University College London, London
Workshop for further collaboration between Osaka University and UCL.
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Fukushima Hamadori HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY 2019
March - October 2019
Various Locations
This event will be organised by Specified Non-profit Corporation HAPPY ROAD NET. "We are arranging an educational project which will provide 20 high school students from Fukushima Hamadori an opportunity to visit Sellafield Ltd...."
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“Like Bombs”: Narrative, Memory, and Linguistic Terrorism in Contemporary Okinawan Fiction – with Vicky Young
15 April 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
In 2002, one year after 9.11, the Okinawan writer Sakiyama Tami published one of her most provocative essays, entitled “Shimakotoba de kachāshī” (“Inciting with Island Words”). Split into three parts, the essay targets standard Japanese (hyōjungo) as a monolithic language symbolic of hegemonic oppression and....
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Book Launch: The Ghost of Namamugi
17 April 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
In 1862 a British merchant was killed by samurai, in uncertain circumstances, at Namamugi – a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded the port of Kagoshima in response, reducing much of the city to ash....
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Shinkansen and the Tokyo Olympics
25 April 2019
Daiwa Foundation, London
The Shinkansen, or bullet train, is an icon of Japan. The trains are some of the fastest in the world, reaching top speeds of 200 mph, and are famously punctual.....
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Third Thursday Lectures:Tattoos, homesickness and adventure: British royals in Japan and Japanese royals in Britain in the 19th century
25 April 2019
Norwich Cathedral Hostry
Queen Victoria came into indirect contact with Japan in 1868, but in the following year her second son spent several weeks in Japan and in the early 1870s several members of the Japanese imperial family visited Britain,....
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Talk:Colours, Clothing and the Seasons in The Tale of Genji: A Talk by Dr Jennifer GUEST
29 April 2019
The Hall, Japan House London
Often referred to as the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji is arguably the classic work of Japanese literature. Written by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-awaiting at the imperial court in Kyoto in the early 11th century, the novel tells of the romantic encounters of Shining Prince ‘Genji’, painting a vivid picture of the lifestyles of the noblemen and women of the contemporary Heian court through its detailed descriptions of their colourful clothing...
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The Rise of Populism and Japan
30 April 2019
The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London
Despite growing populism around the world, the rise of Trumpism and the Brexit labyrinth in the UK, Japan seems to be a relatively stable democracy. Japan has successfully advanced free trade initiatives in the Asia Pacific region and with Europe....
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Tokyo 2020 and Japan’s Soft Power
1 May 2019
University of Oxford, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford
Amidst the flux of the liberal international order, Japan’s public diplomacy, which relies solely on its cultural uniqueness, is inadequate. Professor Yasushi Watanabe of Keio University proposes new principles for an age where the diplomatic sphere is expanding from negotiation tactics to agenda setting and norm setting. In this presentation,....
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Modern Japan in the Comparative Imagination
9 & 10 May 2019
Durham University, Durham
This conference considers how modern Japanese history, literature, and art have been shaped by and understood through comparisons across national and cultural boundaries.....
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Reopening the ‘Opening of Japan’: A Two-Day International Conference to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration
10 - 11 May 2019
The Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
On the 10th and 11th May 2019, the Nissan Institute will be host to an international conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration and mark the imperial transition....
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Hikikomori in Japan and the UK
16 May 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Hikikomori (social withdrawal) is one of the major social problems faced in modern Japanese society. It appeared in the latter half of the 1980s and has become a serious social problem since the 2000s. In March 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare categorised over 610,000 adults as Hikikomori...
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Japan Information Day: Education & Research Opportunities
17 May 2019
Embassy of Japan, London
Targeted at university staff, it aims to provide information about programmes i teaching, studying and researching in Japan as well as network with relevent organisations.
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Camden and Kagoshima Partners in the Making of Modern Japan Exhibition
20 May - 9 June, 12 -26 June
Five Pancras Square, Swiss Cottage Library, London
....Now, the story is being celebrated in a fascinating and colourful new exhibition, ‘Camden and Kagoshima – Partners in the Making of Modern Japan’, at Pancras Square Library until Sunday 9 June and Swiss Cottage Library, from 12 to 26 June.
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The Emperor System in Japan. Origins, Evolution and the New Imperial Era – with William Horsley
23 May 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
Emperor Akihito’s abdication in favour of his son Crown Prince Naruhito has re-ignited a many-sided debate about the fundamental values of Japanese society and the state itself.....
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Japan Room Lecture: A Glimpse into East-West Relations in the Antiquarian Book Trade
28 May 2019
The Freemasons’ Hall, London
Sokol Books has a history with Japan going back some forty years and this has been at times exciting, frustrating but always enjoyable....
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Reiwa – a new era in Japan
29 May 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Japan will enter into a new era of ‘fortunate harmony’ from 1st May, a day after Emperor Akihito abdicates and is succeeded by his eldest son Crown Prince Naruhito, ending the imperial era Heisei. Since the Gengo system began in the 7th century, the country has adopted almost 250 eras. This one, however, will be marked by Japan’s first imperial abdication in more than 200 years...
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Pump It Up!
4 June 2019
Howden Park Centre, Scotland
It is a school project which all high schools in West Lothian participate. Children will create a new idea/product with Heat Pump....
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Japanese Culture Educational Visit
4 June 2019
Sony UK Technology Centre, Bridgend
Pupils from across the UK are invited for a visit at the Sony manufacturing facility based in Pencoed.
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JSPS-Crick Symposium on Gut Tissue Circuits
11 June 2019
Francis Crick Institute, London
This symposium will bring together researchers from across the fields of immunology, neuroscience, and microbiology, and will focus on how intestinal homeostasis is maintained by the gut tissue circuits.
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York-Tohoku-Kaiserslautern Research Symposium on "New-Concept Spintronic Devices"
12 - 14 June 2019
University of York, York
A symposium on new concept spintronic devices to disseminate results obtained through the JSPS-EPSRC-DFG-funded Core-to-Core programme.
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UK-Japan University Dialogue 2019
12 - 14 June 2019
London & Manchester
As the UK and Japan agree to forge a new strategic alliance, there are strong prospects for greater collaboration between the Japanese and UK higher education sectors....
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Family Firms as Institutions: Cultural reproduction and status maintenance among multicentenary shinise in Kyoto
17 June 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
Shinise are firms that have survived for more than a century (often for three or four), have retained ownership within the family, and focus on traditional line of business such as sake brewing, confectionery, temple ornaments or textiles....
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Depicting the future of AI through Art
21 June 2019
London South Bank University, London
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a major topic of interest not only among policymakers and in the business world, but also in the arts. As AI becomes increasingly embedded into our society, the traditional boundaries between humans and technology will be less clear. The exhibition AI....
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Europe Goes to Tokyo
21 June 2019
King Edward's Witley School, Surrey
A challenge event for Year 9 and 10 students learning French, German and Spanish and introducing them also to Japanese. Theme will be the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Digital technology as a bridge between art and society
21 June 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
The rapid evolution of digital technology is re-shaping traditional ways of practising both science and art. Technology provides an interception point that brings together these fields, generating beneficial interactions that support innovation and transformation. We would like to invite you to explore from the perspectives of both art and science how emerging digital technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, are expected to impact our societies....
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Nihongo Cup 2019
22 June 2019
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford
Nihongo Cup, the Japanese Speech Contest for Secondary School students, is accepting applications across three categories: Key Stage 3, Pre-GCSE Key Stage 4/5, and Post GCSE Key Stage 4 and 5...
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Europe Goes to Tokyo
24 June 2019
University of Nottingham, Nottingham
A challenge event for Year 9 and 10 students learning French, German and Spanish and introducing them also to Japanese. Theme will be the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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The spread of hate speech
25 June 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
This seminar will look at the patterns of hate speech in the UK and Japan, exploring the form that hate speech takes, the challenges in eradicating it and the limitations of current measures....
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Japan Orientation：An introduction to the study of Japan and its place in the world
29 June - 13 July 2019
University of East Anglia, Norwich
This international undergraduate summer school is dedicated to the study of Japan and its role in world.
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The role of design in a new digital era
1 July 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Over the past 35 years, information has become increasingly digitalised, and this has also transformed the realm of design. In the digital era, design plays a crucial role in creating a more resilient, resourceful and sustainable society....
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Japan Youth Challenge 2019
20 - 27 July 2019
University College London
Applications are now open for the Japan Youth Challenge 2019.
Hosted at UCL (University College London), the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge (UJYC) brings together pre-university students from the UK and Japan in a 10-day summer school programme. We are currently looking for 50 British students to join their Japanese counterparts..
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Dragon Bones, Sacred Pillars and Holy Tombs: Some Archaeological Observations on Traditional Japanese Religion – with Professor Simon Kaner
22 July 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
The onbashira festival takes place every six years in the area around Lake Suwa in Nagano prefecture. It involves the cutting down of huge cedar trees which are then ridden down the steep mountain slopes, eventually being set up in the sacred precincts of the Suwa Grand Shrine...
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Wavell Shoei Schools Summer Exchange Hosted by The University of Winchester
24 - 27 July 2019
University of Winchester, Hampshire
Summer Exchange Camp over 4 days with a variety of activities.
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Flintshire Optec Japanese Youth Exchange Trust
25 July - 17 August 2019
Flintshire, North Wales, UK; Murata, Miyagi prefecture, Japan
This is a cultural & educational youth exchange programme between the County of Flintshire, North Wales and the Town of Murata, in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan.
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Japan's Economic Diplomacy
26 July 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Faced with wide-ranging challenges in the global economy, including trade tensions and increasing calls to reform the WTO, the world needs strong leadership to uphold the multilateral trading system....
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Japan Youth Challenge 2019: UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Symposium
26 July 2019
University College London
The UCL Japan Youth Challenge will culminate in the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Symposium. This event will bring together industry profressionals, academics, and athletes to discuss the importance of AI and robotics in the field of accessibility. Part one of the symposium will focus on the current state of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant and Part two will focus on accessibility in other areas....
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Manga Speaks Japanese!
Cancelled
27 July 2019
Bronte Room, British Library, London
Do you like manga? Are you interested in language? If so, why not come join our free interactive session on Japanese used in manga on 27th July!. We’ll be talking about the linguistic features of manga, such as the varied and ubiquitous onomatopoeia that appear in manga and how a character’s region.....
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Ishibashi Foundation Summer Fellowship 2019
27 July - 17 August 2019
University of East Anglia, Norwich
The Centre for Japanese Studies at the UEA is hosting an intensive three-week postgraduate level fellowship in Japanese Arts and Cultural Heritage.
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JET programme predeparture orientation and reception 2019
July 2019
Embassy of Japan, London
Travel advice and Japanese language sessions followed by a reception with invited guests.
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International comparison and collaboration in medical sociology: Research initiatives, challenges, and future prospects
20 August 2019
Cardiff University, Cardiff
This symposium will bring together researchers from the UK, the USA, and Japan—three countries that have very different welfare systems and theoretical traditions in medical sociology...
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What is Manga?
23 August 2019
Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London
Manga has boomed in popularity in recent years. Whilst it is enjoyed globally by a varied audience, there remains a lack of understanding about its breadth and depth, and its relationship with Japan and the rest of the world. This symposium aims to redefine manga by suggesting ways of looking at it as a cultural activity and an expression of historical activities....
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Cardiff University Japanese Education Seminar
3 September 2019
Cardiff University School of Modern Languages
Cardiff University Japanese Education Seminar - "Language Education and Identity of Children Who Move Locations"...
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Plea Bargains – Japan’s approach to corporate crime, similar to DPAs?
11 September 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Following the introduction of the Japanese “plea bargaining” system last year, Japanese prosecutors began to pursue white-collar crimes. The new system allows them to secure the cooperation of companies and gather evidence to prosecute individuals.....
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The Art of Culinary Diplomacy in the Mid-19th Century. Britain and Japan at the Table
16 September 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
National food and cuisine are important aspects of cultural diplomacy and hospitality. Celebratory banquets and feasts have always been part of the life of politicians, ambassadors, and monarchs, who often share delicacies and elaborate dishes representing national culinary excellence while discussing political matters and international affairs...
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Re-Inventing Modernity: Franco-Scottish Encounters With Japan
17 September 2019
Alliance française de Glasgow, Glasgow
A one-day event including a conference with participants from Scotland, France and Japan, ....
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Third Thursday Lectures: Book Launch: East Asian Art History in a Transnational Context
19 September 2019
Cathedral Hostry, Norwich
At this book launch Professor Watanabe will firstly introduce the book by explaining why it is so important to understand Japanese art and culture not as something isolated, but as part of a larger context of East Asia.....
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Henry Dyer Memorial Event
23 September 2019
University of Glasgow Gilmorehill Campus, Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is delighted to invite you to the Henry Dyer Memorial Event, on the afternoon of 23 September, to celebrate the long-standing links between Japan and the City of Glasgow....
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Space Exploration – the Future of Human Progress?
24 September 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing. 50 years on, as technology has developed, the possibilities that space holds have multiplied, with governments and private companies attempting to take advantage of the opportunities on offer. ....
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Over Here, Over There
26 - 29 September 2019
The Settlement at Castle Hill, Cumbria
A festival in conjunction with Maryport Maritime Museum celebrating migration in Victorian Maryport.
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Archaeology of the Future
4 October 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
In this seminar, two prominent young architects from the UK and Japan will discuss the intersection between the future and the past in the present, physical actuality of architecture.. ....
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The international conference, ‘Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice’
10 & 11 October 2019
University of East Anglia, Norwich
The international conference, ‘Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice’, to be held at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK.
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Japanese Education Workshop - Sharing Teaching Ideas for Creative Japanese Language Activities in Classrooms
19 & 26 October 2019
The Japan Foundation, London,
The aim of this workshop is to increase the repertoire of teaching activities for teachers by using artwork and picture books in order to cultivate art appreciation, power of observation, thinking ability, language ability and creativity....
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Oral Histories: Wasurena-gusa Project Film Screening
21 October - 24 November 2019
Japan House London,
Video screening of exclusive interviews with Japanese people who came to the UK and decided to remain, from young travellers and creatives to expatriate businessmen and small business entrepreneurs.....
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Skilled Migration: Solving Japan’s demographic crisis?
28 October 2019
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford
In the past decade, skilled migration policies in Japan have undergone some major transformations through the points-based system and the regional migration scheme....
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The Challenge of Migration in the UK and Japan
29 October 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Migration is one of the most pressing global issues of the 21st century. In the UK, the possibility of a no-deal Brexit in October this year might mark the end of free movement for EU citizens....
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Japan Room Lecture: Nazani Tea Time from Ancient Greece to Mugicha
29 October 2019
The Freemasons’ Hall, London
For all tea lovers, Nazani Tea will host an evening bridging the tea and infusion traditions of the East and West. Though Nazani Tea has a wide award-winning range of infusions...
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Go! Gender Go! Japan: Media Narratives of Identity
2 November 2019
International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester
The University of Manchester in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University and the Economic and Social Research Council bring to the audience media narratives of gender & identity in Japan.
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JANET FORUM 2019 "Demographic Change and Higher Education in the Global Context"
4 & 5 November 2019
Embassy of Japan in the UK, University College London, London
Under the theme of "Demographic Change and Higher Education in the Global Context", we are planning to hold public lectures on super-aging societies and share case studies on joint educational activities between Japanese and institutions in the UK (and Europe) as well as initiatives for networking overseas alumni.
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Sixth Form Japan Day 2019
7 November 2019
SOAS University of London, London
The Japan Society, in association with Ritsumeikan University (UK) and SOAS, is pleased once again to invite Sixth Form students to attend its popular FREE one-day course about Japan, its culture and its role in the global community....
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Japanese in Britain – Wasurena-gusa Oral Histories
7 November 2019
Japan House London
In this event, supported by the Japan Association in the UK, Japan House London presents the Wasurena-gusa Project.....
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The Technology Revolution in Education
11 November 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Recent technological innovations have enabled the proliferation of new educational tools and created new ways to deliver educational content globally. ...
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Panel Discussion: Art and Political Censorship in Japan
12 November 2019
Thenga Café, London
Join us for a panel discussion where special guests will discuss the issues of freedom of expression, censorship and self-censorship in the arts in Japan, in response to the shutdown, earlier this summer, of the After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ section of the Aichi Triennale...
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National Memories and Norms in International Politics in East Asia
15 November 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Since World War 2, East Asia has experienced dramatic and complex political and economic transformations. Problems associated with emotions, memories, and narratives of the past – particularly those relating to the War and to Japanese colonisation of other countries in the region...
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Japan Foundation at the Language Show London 2019
15 - 17 November 2019
Olympia London, London
The Language Show London is a language event for those who offer products and services ot language teachers, learners, translators, linguists, language professionals and businesses.This year, the Japan Foundation is once again giving visitors a chance to learn about Japanese language and culture. We will be running Japanese language tasters, talks and an information stand!...
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Why does Japan still use ‘orphanages’ rather than family-based foster care and adoption? – with Michael Rivera King
18 November 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
In contemporary Japan, approximately 85 per cent of children in alternative care are placed in large institutions. This contrasts with global discourse, encapsulated in the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, and with practice in most OECD countries...
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Experience Japan Exhibition 2019
23 November 2019
The Royal Society, London
Japanese universities and Japanese language schools will be attending the event to provide information on their international programmes, as well as about the various research opportunities and other options open to international students...
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How Japan sees China
27 November 2019
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
What does China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) mean for Japan? On the one hand, China’s infrastructure investments in Asia, Africa, and Europe pose challenges to Japan’s political and economic influence...
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RENKEI researcher workshop on Climate Change
2 - 4 December 2019
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
The workshop will bring together around 50 researchers at all career stages and across all disciplinary fields interested in developing and proactively taking forward Japan-UK research collaborations in “climate change”...
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Colin Alexander McVean, a Scottish engineer in early Meiji Japan – with Colin Houston
16 December 2019
The Swedenborg Society, London
Colin Alexander McVean (1838-1912) was the son of a Free Church minister on the island of Iona, on the western coast of Scotland. He trained as a civil engineer and...
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Neutrino Physics & the Future: Talk by Nobel Laureate Prof Kajita Takaaki
16 December 2019
Japan House London
Join us at Japan House London for a talk by Professor Kajita Takaaki, Director of the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), and joint winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations....
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Nature Symposium: Neutrino Physics, Past, Present, and Future
19 December 2019
Springer Nature Campus, London
Five leading scientists share their excitement about neutrino physics and discuss the challenges they are faced with...
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Third Thursday Lectures: Japan’s First Economic Miracle: Coins and Trade in Twelfth Century East Asia
19 December 2019
Cathedral Hostry, Norwich
The twelfth century was a pivotal time in Japan’s history. It witnessed the rise of warriors to national prominence, culminating with the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate...
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Introduction to Data and Resources Available at Statistics Bureau Japan
9 January 2020
Nuffield College, Oxford
The symposium aims to showcase data collected and made available to researchers by the Japanese Statistical Bureau.
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Japanese Online Course for Teachers
15 January – 10 April 2020
A unique opportunity for teachers to learn the Japanese language and about Japanese culture!
Why don’t you teach your pupils Japanese language & culture at your school? We think your pupils will love it!
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Third Thursday Lectures: Mount Fuji: Changing Landscapes in Japanese History
16 January 2020
Cathedral Hostry, Norwich
Fujisan, or Mt. Fuji, is a freestanding volcano and the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776m. Well known as Japan’s national icon, it has been of cultural significance throughout Japanese history and was inscribed as UNESCO Cultural World Heritage in 2013....
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Burakumin and Human Rights – with Ian Neary
20 January 2020
The Swedenborg Society London
The presentation will trace the development of Buraku communities and policies towards them from the mid-nineteenth to the early twenty-first century....
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Book launch: The Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds
23 January 2020
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
For the monumental Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds (Roppyakuban uta’awase) (1193-94), twelve poets each provided one hundred waka poems, fifty on seasonal topics and fifty on love...
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The University as a Platform for Social Change – Prof. Makoto Gonokami, President, University of Tokyo
24 January 2020
Nomura International plc, London
We are delighted to welcome Professor Gonokami, President of the University of Tokyo to speak to the Japan Society during a brief visit to London.....
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Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Kazuo Ishiguro – an international conference
1 February 2020
Chancellor's Hall, City Campus, Wolverhampton
The early twenty-first-century presents us with a host of pressing contexts and challenges, from concerns about climate change and technological innovation to diversity issues and shifts in geopolitical power....
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Japanese After-school Clubs at Chiddingstone Castle
10, 11 February, 2 - 4 March 2020
Chiddingstone Castle, Edenbridge
As part of our Year of Japan we are running a series of free Japanese after-school clubs for children (recommended age 8 - 11).
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Whose right to life? The ethics of suicide prevention in the UK and Japan
11 February 2020
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
Following a rapid increase in suicides in Japan during the 1990s, annual suicide numbers have since declined from over 30,000 to just above 20,000 in recent years with the enforcement of the Basic Act of Suicide Prevention in 2006......
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Japan Foundation/BAJS Postgraduate Japanese Studies Workshop
13 February 2020
SOAS, University of London
The Japan Foundation/BAJS Postgraduate Japanese Studies Workshop is returning for its 8th year and will be held at SOAS, University of London...
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The Siberian Captivity of Japanese Soldiers and the Transnational History of War and Empire, 1945-1956 - with Sherzod Muminov
17 February 2020
The Swedenborg Society, London
The Siberian Internment of over 600,000 Japanese Army servicemen (1945-1956) – captured in the Japanese puppet-kingdom of Manchukuo and driven into Soviet camps by the victorious Red Army – has been almost unknown outside Japan....
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Fathoming Fragility and Seeking Stability: Understanding Prime Ministerial Leadership in the 21st Century
20 February 2020
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
This seminar explores the phenomenon that the prime minister is becoming stronger in Japan at the same time that the UK prime minister seems to be weakening.....
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New A-Level Workshop! "Motto Yomu CHIKARA Workshop" Part 2 - Material Development
22 February 2020
Monticello House, London
Lecturers: Shoko Middleton, Michiyo Kato and Sachiko Yamaguch
Language of workshop: Japanese (parts of the workshop will be in English）....
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Japan Now
22 February 2020
British Library, London
With the eyes of the world on Tokyo 2020, Japan Now returns for its finale, exploring the big issues with writers, translators, filmmakers and artists. ...
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Love and Whisky - The story of Rita Cowan and Masataka Taketsuru
22 February - 14 March 2020
Auld Kirk Museum, Kirkintilloch
Learn all about local Kirkintilloch girl, Rita Cowan’s love and devotion, and discover how the couple bridged race and country to develop a strong tie between Kirkintilloch and Yoichi, Japan, ...
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JAPAN AND BRITAIN: ISLES OF INNOVATION
25 February 2020
Science Museum, London
Japan and Britain have enjoyed an intertwined relationship over the past two centuries. Leading experts from both countries come together to explore the past, present and future relations between these two powerful industrial countries. ...
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Society 5.0 - A new model for an ageing society? A Talk by Professor Harayama Yuko
25 February 2020
Japan House London
Society 5.0 is a new concept launched by Japan in its 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan (2016–2020), as a way by which to guide and mobilize action in science, technology and innovation (STI) to achieve a prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive future....
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The 15th Japanese Speech Contest for University Students
29 February 2020
Great Hall, Kings' College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
We are delighted to announce that the 15th Japanese Speech Contest for University Students is open for applications!
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Crisis thinking in regional Japan – the case study of Kamaishi City
4 March 2020
Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London
In the 1960s and 70s, Kamaishi was as a thriving city with a population of around 80,000 people—home to the Kamaishi Steel Works, deep-sea fishing operations, and Japan’s strongest rugby team.....
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Lecture by Paul Madden CMG, British Ambassador to Japan
5 March 2020
Nomura International plc, London
We are delighted to welcome the British Ambassador to Japan, HE Mr Paul Madden, to address the Japan Society at the end of his third year in post. In this lecture, Paul Madden will share his views on the political, diplomatic and business situation in Japan from his unique perspective as the UK’s representative in Tokyo....
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Chīori: Talk by Alex Kerr
5 March 2020
Japan House London
Iya Valley, a secluded mountainous region in Tokushima Prefecture is often referred to as Togenkyō (lit. utopia) thanks to its dramatic landscapes and lush nature, which boasts precipitous gorges and hundreds of old thatched houses perched on its hillsides......
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History Lecture: The Secrets of Japanese Mathematics
10 March 2020
Science Museum, London
Sudoku and origami are the most well-known contemporary math games associated with Japanese intellectual tradition. But were they really Japanese inventions?
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History Lecture: The Lady Samurai
12 March 2020
British Library, London
Who were the “Lady Samurai”? You might imagine the Lady Samurai to be women in armour or women fighting with swords. It is true that women warriors show up in fiction. We will first go over the characters in popular culture and...
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JLGC Seminar 2020: Social Care in the UK and Japan – Perspectives on Dementia and Support –
12 March 2020
Greater London Authority, London
Japan Local Government Centre (JLGC) will host a seminar in collaboration with London Borough of Southwark, focusing on social welfare which is currently of great interest in both Japan and the UK,...
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MEXT scholarship predeparture orientation and reception 2020
13 March 2020
Embassy of Japan, London
Presentations by outgoing scholars and a reception with alumni and invited guests.
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No Laughing Matter. Matayoshi Naoki’s Success as a Comedian and Novelist – with Till Weingärtner
CANCELLED
16 March 2020
The Swedenborg Society, London
For several years, Japanese stand-up comedians have also found success on the domestic book market. Benefiting from their popularity and constant presence in the media, publications by comedian-authors often turn into media sensations. ...
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Talk & Panel Discussion: Japan’s Role in Building Global Peace, Stability and Prosperity
CANCELLED
16 March 2020
Japan House London
In 2019, Japan lost one of its leading champions for international cooperation and humanitarian aid: the academic and diplomat Ogata Sadako. ......
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A CONVERSATION WITH MORGAN GILES
POSTPONEND until 31 March
17 March 2020
The University of Glasgow
On Tuesday 17th March, the University of Glasgow’s Creative Writing department will be welcoming Morgan Giles to talk about her career as a Japanese literary translator. ...
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A Real Fukushima – describing the nine-year journey
19 March 2020
4 The Square, University of Glasgow
We will provide true information about the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 from a scientific perspective. ...
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Soroban Workshop – Soroban and its benefits (*Online workshop)
28 March 2020
Online
The Soroban is the Japanese abacus. It enables you to add, subtract, multiply and divide much faster and more confidently than you can with a paper and pencil - and with practice, as quickly as a calculator. ...
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WEBINAR – Governments, covid-19 and the public response in the UK and Japan
4 April 2020
Online
Japan Society members are invited to join us for a special online event in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, is joined in discussion by two former Ambassadors to the UK and Japan, Koji Tsuruoka and David Warren.
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In Ghostly Japan
14 April 2020
Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London
Explore the wide variety of Japanese ghosts, demons, and monsters with our Japanese curator Yasuyo Ohtsuka.,....
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Performing Memory: Artistic Production and Religious Practice at the Kofukuji Nan’endo – with Yen-Yi Chan
CANCELLED
20 April 2020
The Swedenborg Society, London
Situated in a bustling area of Nara City, the Nan’endo (Southern Round Hall) is an eight-sided structure at Kofukuji temple. The history of the Nan’endo began in the ninth century and has been linked to the prominent Northern Fujiwara clan. This talk explores the interplay between memory and materiality,....
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Samurai: History and Legend
POSTPONEND
4 May - 26 September 2020
Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge
Samurai are one of the most famous images of Japan, but they are as much legend as history. The great warriors of Japan’s medieval period gave way to an early modern warrior class that ruled in a long time of relative peace, ...
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Engelbert Kaempfer: Observer and Collector in 17th-century Japan
26 May 2020
Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London
A Lunchtime Curator Talk.
Kaempfer, a German physician, traveller and naturalist, spent two years in Japan 1690-1692....
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Pico Iyer on Japan
26 May 2020
Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London
Born in England and based in western Japan for thirty-two years, author and journalist Pico Iyer talks about the changes, the changelessness and the paradoxes of his adopted home, as reflected in his recent works Autumn Light
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Travel Books and Travelling Books: How the West Met the East in the History of the Book
19 June 2020
Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London
Join experts from Keio University (Japan) and the British Library to learn about the early interaction between the book cultures and book collectors of Japan and Europe....
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Information day on education and Research in Japan 2020
May 2020
Embassy of Japan, London
Targeted at university staff, it aims to provide information about programmes i teaching, studying and researching in Japan as well as network with relevent organisations.
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Japanese Pilgrimages: Experiences and Motivations behind Cultural, Spiritual and Religious Peregrinations from and to East Asia
5 - 8 June 2020
Ryukoku University, Kyoto
Pilgrimages are a phenomenon as old as humanity with relevant consequences in the social, economic and cultural lives of countries and regions. On an individual level, there are many motivations behind the pilgrim experience....
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Nihongo Cup 2020
27 June 2020
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford
Nihongo Cup is the Japanese Speech Contest for Secondary School students across three categories: Key Stage 3, Pre-GCSE Key Stage 4/5, and Post GCSE Key Stage 4 and 5.
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JET programme predeparture orientation and reception 2020
July 2020
Embassy of Japan, London
Travel advice and Japanese language sessions followed by a reception with invited guests.
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