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King James, the Shogun and Now: Celebrating 400 years of Japan-British Relations, 1613-2013Saturday 12 January 2013 marked four hundred years since a British ship sailed for Japanese waters to establish the first contact and start a mutually-beneficial relationship which prospers to this day. Japan400 Press Lunch is an occasion to celebrate Japan-British relations. Review by David Watts with photos by Sean Curtin
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50th Anniversary of East Asian Studies at Leeds UniversitySeptember 2013 marked fifty years of the department of Chinese studies, now morphed into the East Asian Studies (EAS) Department. To properly celebrate its Golden Jubilee, the department set up a series of lectures, talks and activities. Review by Sean Curtin
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In Conversation with Kazuo IshiguroThe Man Booker at Birkbeck, 7 November 2012 The evening’s talk was mainly about Never Let Me Go but touched other aspects of Ishiguro’s style of writing. Review by Susan Meehan
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BRIGHTON JAPAN FESTIVAL 2012An eight-day celebration of Japanese food, art and culture taking place in across Brighton in some of the most exciting venues the city has to offer.
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UnearthedUnearthed exhibition This exhibition brings together prehistoric ceramic figurines from the Balkans and Japan for the first time. Over 100 figurines from Albania, Macedonia, Japan, Romania and the UK are on display, including ornate [...] Review buy Susan Meehan