News category: Events

Emily - an English Language Noh play; 4-6 September 2019

“Emily” will be performed at Tara Arts Theatre (Earlsfield, London): 4 to 6 September. For three nights only, professional Noh actors and musicians from Japan will offer a cross-cultural take on one of the most significant events in women’s political history. In 1913, Emily Wilding Davison ran onto the racetrack at the Epsom Derby in support of votes for women. She was struck down by the King’s horse and died four days later. But what happened to the jockey that killed her?

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Learn from world-changing thinkers and innovators in the Renewable Energy and Vacuum Insulation community

​This multidisciplinary forum at London Southbank University on Wednesday 28 August (10 to 5) aims to share expertise and present state-of-the-art research work in the form of presentations touching on themes such as Vacuum Physics, Building Integrated Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal Vacuum Engineering, Smart Windows, Vacuum Insulation, Building Retrofitting Technologies, Solar Collectors, Solar Heating and Cooling Technologies, Solar Architecture and Building Integration and Intelligent Energy Systems for NZEBs.

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Interview with Francesca Le Lohé - composer and director of THE鍵KEY

Interview with Daiwa Scholarship alumna Francesca Le Lohé. Her production of ​ THE鍵KEY, a new Anglo-Japanese, site-specifc opera inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki’s novel of the same name will be performed in East Dulwich, London on 3 and 4 August 2019 as part of Tête a Tête: The Opera Festival 2019.

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THE鍵KEY makes its London debut at two festivals in June and August 2019

THE鍵KEY: Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Francesca Le Lohé’s site-specific, dramatic musical work, inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki’s novelThe Key (1956) featured in Powell Tuck Associates’ event on 27 June 2019 as part of the London Festival of Architecture, and made its UK debut as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in August 2019.

THE鍵KEY received its world premiere to great acclaim at Nakacho House, Tokyo in May 2018, supported by The Mutomai Fund and Kickstarter Donators and went on to have a longer run of performances at Hirakushi Denchu House and Atelier, 19 to 26 May 2019, supported by Arts Council Tokyo and the Japan Arts Council.

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Daiwa Ichiban Lecture: Eddie Jones on “Driving for Excellence”

In the fourth lecture of the Daiwa Ichiban Lecture Series Eddie Jones, the head coach of the England rugby team, spoke on “Driving for Excellence” at the residence of Britain’s Ambassador to Japan, Paul Madden.

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Opportunity: Social Science Events Internship

We are looking for interns to join the events team to assist in target research for our social science seminars.

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Exposing Imperceptible: Following the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, how are artists responding to altered social and physical realities?

It has been 8 years since the triple disaster hit Japan, on 11th March 2011. Reflecting on the global impact of this disaster, Art Action UK (AAUK) is holding a discussion event on 11 March from 6pm to 8pm at Deptford X Project Space. AAUK has invited a panel of speakers including Yoi Kawakubo, Gabriella

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400 years of Japanese music: the koto and its friends - concert on 4 March and talk on 6 March

A renowned koto performer is visiting London as a Cultural Envoy from Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs and will be holding a concert and giving a talk in March. Toshiko YONEKAWA (koto 13-string zither) is from a family lineage of koto masters, she has performed in over 15 countries as a Japan Cultural Envoy 1) concert: Monday

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Of Love and Law - upcoming screenings in London, Manchester and Sheffield

An intimate portrait of the loving relationship between lawyers Kazu and Fumi follows their journey fighting for the rights of the marginalised and the risk-takers in ultra-homogenous Japan, while also building a family of their own. DocHouse previews ‘Of Love and Law’ alongside a director Q&A on Sunday 24 February: http://bit.ly/OfLoveLawQA Screenings: Curzon Soho (London):

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Japan Now

Japan Now is the chance to explore contemporary writing and culture from Japan.  With a new wave of Japanese fiction hitting UK bookshelves, meet the writers alongside translators and contemporary artists at this annual event, exploring gender, history, society and everything in between. It will be held from 18th-25th February.

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