11 Aug 11
Join in a japanese lantern procession in the Thames Festival Night Carnival!
15 Jul 11
UK RELEASE DATE: 19 August 2011 With over twenty companies bidding for the film adaptation rights, and many of Japan’s top directors vying for the project, Lee Saing-li’s adaptation of Shuichi Yoshida’s award-winning novel Villain was one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2010. A critical hit at festivals both at home and abroad, [...]
5 Jul 11
Bring an international dimension to your classroom with a living, breathing resource! Teachers and students in Japan and the UK are invited to participate in our brand new programme starting in September 2011. Register online at www.japanuklive.org Click here to find out more! The Open Classrooms are a series of talk boards where students in [...]
14 Jun 11
“The tsunami was, above all, a terrible human tragedy. Mrs Moneypenny’s e-mails show us, quite brilliantly, Japan in all its lovely humanity, with its fascination and its foibles, and help boost our confidence in this delightful country’s speedy recovery”
Bill Emmott, May 2011
Former Editor, The Economist
10 Jun 11
Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections in Japan’s Bullet Train, the world’s first high-speed train. It could not run without ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock, the electric telegraph, and a 19th-century luxury racing car.
2 Jun 11
The The Japan Society Annual General Meeting 2011 will be held on Wednesday, 15th June 2011, 6.00pm at the Embassy of Japan, London. Please click here for more information about how to register your attendance and or vote by proxy. Japan Society Chairman’s Statement I cannot but begin this report without referring to the devastating [...]
11 May 11
By William Reed & Hugh Purser This short book has been produced in support of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Through the medium of poetry, traditional brush calligraphy, and art, we attempt to define some of the remarkable attributes of the Japanese people in the face of adversity. “Old tales from the samurai [...]
3 May 11
The Short-Circuit Festival organization have kindly offered Japan Society members the chance to win on of 5 pairs of tickets to the Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto event.
15 Apr 11
JETRO London
Thursday, 21st April 2011 13.30-15.00
This will be aimed at UK/Japanese companies, in an effort to alleviate some of the confusion created by mixed reports by the media and press, and hope to regain some of the confidence lost by many foreign corporations operating in Japan.
12 Apr 11
Schools have been sending cards and letters to show support for children in the prefectures most affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Click here to view a selection of the hundreds of messages received.
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