News category: Other News

18 September 2013

Praemium Imperiale 2013: Antony Gormley and Sir David Chipperfield amongst the laureates

Yesterday, Tuesday 17 September, the five new Praemium Imperiale laureates were announced in London, Rome, New York, Berlin, Paris and Tokyo. British sculptor Antony Gormley and British architect, Sir David Chipperfield were among the five awardees and in attendance at a generous reception, celebrating 25 years of the Prize and the 2013 recipients, at the Embassy of Japan in London. Both British laureates have long-standing bonds with Japan.  

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3 July 2013

Japanese Day at Chiddingstone Castle on 7th July 2013

On Sunday 7th July, Chiddingstone Castle in Kent is hosting their annual Japanese Day. It promises to be a fascinating and enjoyable day out for all age groups, with exciting demonstrations of both kyudo (Japanese archery) and two kinds of Japanese sword arts, Tameshigiri and Iai. For the green-fingered, there will be displays of beautiful

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28 June 2013

Work Experience Week Diary (Japanese)

I have spent this week (Tuesday 25th June-Friday 28h June) on work experience at Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in London, and during my time here I have been keeping a diary of everything I do. I have hugely enjoyed my time here and I hope to come back again soon. Many thanks to everyone at Daiwa

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27 June 2013

Jiro Takamatsu: Exhibition of Selected Works

The current Jiro Takamatsu exhibition at the Stephen Friedman Gallery celebrates the  influential post-war artist, theorist and teacher with the first solo showcasing of his works which includes both his acclaimed Shadow Paintings series and other less well-known pieces such as his installation sketches. The Shadow Paintings are a series of shadow images which are so

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27 June 2013

Associate lecturer in Japanese opening at UCLAN

Here is a job advert for an Associate Lecturer in Japanese at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). Please click through the link below if you are interested. The application deadline is 28 July 2013. 

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