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Prime Minister Abe visited Anne Frank House (23 March 2014)

Imperial Sericulture of Her Majesty the Empress (25 March 2014)

Japan wins award for best curator at International Fashion Showcase 2014 (17 February 2014)

Interview with Japanese Teacher Crispin Chambers in The Guardian (31 January 2014)

Japanese Teacher, Crispin Chambers, wins award for Secondary School Teacher of the Year 2013 (22 October 2013)

Japan-EU English Haiku Contest (24 June 2013)

Year-end Presentations of Waka Poems by Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress (One poem is about the visit to the UK) (8 February 2013)

The First Bristol-Kyoto Symposium held at Bristol University, U.K (28 January 2013)

His Majesty the Emperor's 80th Birthday (December 2013, video) (9 January 2013)

John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka (Japan) have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 (8 October 2012)

Result of the third Japan-EU English Haiku Contest (Mr. Zeshan Hayat awarded First Prize) (14 September 2012)

Japan tops 2012 Country Ratings Poll as the most positively viewed country (24 May 2012)

Japanese designers at International Fashion Showcase interviewed by BBC (BBC News video link) (20 February 2012)

Homare Sawa wins the FIFA World Player of the Year award! (11 January 2012)

Tohoku University - Back on Course:An interview with Prof. Toshiya Ueki, Executive Vice-President, Tohoku University (4 July 2011)