The Japan Society Review

Susan Meehan interviews Micha Colombo, director of the play 'Woman in the Dunes' Interview by Susan Meehan

On Monday 7 October 2013, YoKOYA restaurant staged a launch party to announce to London that a new kind of Japanese restaurant had arrived. It is located near Camden and Mornington Crescent tube [...] Review by Mike Sullivan

Mike Sullivan interviews Haruka Abe on her life and work Interview by Mike Sullivan

The 2013 Japan Matsuri was held in Trafalgar Square, its second year at the world famous venue. The annual event brings the Japanese community and Londoners together to enjoy [...] Review by Sean Curtin

Mike Sullivan catches up with Taro Hakase on his world tour and discusses his dual love of London and Japan. Interview by Mike Sullivan

Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda When six year old Keita Nonomiya starts taking all sorts of exams to enter primary school, a blood test reveals that he is not actually Ryota and Midori’s son. The news that they have [...] Review by Susan Meehan

This special event about how the UK and Japan are united by tea took place at the beautiful Banqueting House, created for James I in Whitehall [...] Review by Michael Sullivan

This tea event was a highlight of the Japan400 Week, marking the delivery of official letters and presents from King James I of England and VI of Scotland to [...] Review by Susan Meehan

This was an absolutely brilliant evening of uplifting music, verse and spectacle to mark four centuries since the UK and Japan initiated official ties. Review by Sean Curtin

By Shinya Tsukamoto; Sang-il Lee; Hirokazu Kore-eda. This year, The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is showing (among others) three films of the ‘Kaidan Horror Classics.’ All three are based on [...] Review by Lucy Searles