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2020 Events

Julyby Region

Due to the ongoing concerns surrounding Covid-19, many events are being cancelled at short notice. As such, the information presented here is not the most up to date. Please contact the organisers of events directly to confirm if the event is planned to go ahead as scheduled.


Day: 01 - 09

ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: After Life directed by Hirokazu Koreeda

1 July
Online

Manga Jiman 2020: Creating a Winning Story

1 July
Online

MANGA JIMAN COMPETITION 2020

1 July - 16 November 2020
London

Born Into A Noh Family: How the New Generation is Keeping the Tradition Alive

2 July
Online

JAPAN DAY 2020

Postponed until 3 July 2021
4 July
Liverpool

Japan: Water

Postponed until Spring-Summer 2021
4 July - 19 September 2020
King's Lynn

What the UK and Japan Mean to Each Other with Jeremy Hunt MP and Tomohiko Taniguchi

8 July 2020
Online

Follow Anno’s Journeys: Online Gallery Tour

9 July 2020
Online

JET programme predeparture orientation and reception 2020

Postponed until further notice
July 2020
London


Day: 10 - 19

HYPER JAPAN FESTIVAL

Postponed
10 – 12 July 2020
London

Park House School Education Ekiden

13 July 2020
Newbury

ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: The Little House by Kyoko Nakajima

13 July 2020
Online

'Crazy' Japanese Olympic Games: events and competitions

14 July 2020
Chichester

Online Boro (fabric repairing) Workshop

14 July 2020
Online

The Future for the Arts and their Institutions with Mami Kataoka and Rebecca Salter

14 July 2020
Online

Japan Sort Stories Podcast- Noel Thatcher MBE, Mike Salter

14July 2020 - July 2021
Podcast

Manga with Kubo Kiriko: Online Masterclasses

15, 29 July & 12 August 2020
Online

The Garden of Words Stage Production

Postponed
15 July - 15 August 2020
London

Inside 'Japan: Courts and Culture'. Join Rachel Peat from Royal Collection Trust discussing her new book with Nicole Rousmaniere

16 July 2020
Online

Tokyo: Art & Photography

Postponed
16 July – 22 November 2020
Oxford


Day: 20 - 31

The UK-Japan Relationship: Security and Political Cooperation

20 July 2020
Online

The Pandemic and its Impact on Gender Equality in Japan and the UK

22 July 2020
Online

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony at Chichester College

24 July 2020
Chichester

Sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) Online Workshop of Akemi Lucas

25 July 2020
Online

Make a HIROCOLEDGE Tenugui Face Covering: Online Demonstration with Takahashi Hiroko

27 July 2020
Online

ONLINE EVENT - Bilingual Public Speaking Club

29 July 2020
Online

Japan's Regional Role: How Tokyo is Pressing its Interests in Asia

30 July 2020
Online

House of the Rising Light

30 July – 18 September 2020
London

Ishiuchi Miyako

Postponed until further notice
30 July – 4 October 2020
Edinburgh


Ending Soon!

Coventry Torch Relay – Lighting the Flame of Friendship

Postponed until further notice
26 March – 3 July 2020
Coventry


Currently Ongoing

Rugby and the Olympics Special Exhibition

29 November 2019 - 31 August 2020
Twickenham

Samurai: History and Legend

Postponed
4 May - 26 September 2020
Cambridge

Yama: Sakubei Yamamoto Coal Mine Paintings Exhibition

14 September 2019 - 30 September 2020
Torfaen, Wales

The Great Race!

May - September 2020
Throughout the UK

Monogatari: the art of storytelling in Japanese woodblock prints

Postponed until further notice
29 May – 4 October 2020
Durham

Japan: Courts and Culture

Postponed until Spring 2022
12 June – 8 November 2020
London

University of Oxford Internships and Work Placements in Japan

Until December 2020
UK-Japan

SEASON OF CULTURE