2 June 2021
Text by former Daiwa Scholar, Michael Reddish.
On Saturday, 4th August 2012, Yusuke Suzuki will represent Japan in the 20km Race Walk. We first met sixteen years ago during my homestay with the Suzuki family as part of my Daiwa Scholarship.
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JSPS* London office will be co-sponsoring an event with the Japan Sport Council (JSC)** and Loughborough University on Friday 18th December 2015 from 13:00 until 17:35, followed by a reception until 19:00. The venue will be the new Loughborough University Campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
Read on4 April 2013
The Japan national cricket team will play a match against the MCC at Lord’s Ground on Sunday 28 April. There will be no charge to attend the match but you must have a (free) ticket. How to get tickets: apply direct for free tickets to the MCC. Ticket Office (stating your name, address and the number of
Read on19 September 2012
Is it too late for one last Olympic story? Here’s a great one, a century old, about Shizo Kanaguri, Japan’s representative in the 1912 Mens’ Marathon in Stockholm.
Read on2 August 2012
The Japanese Embassy are currently hosting a Tokyo 1964 Olympics exhibition filled with both exciting memorabilia kept from the games itself, and an excellent bank of information and facts about Tokyo at the time of the games.
Read on20 July 2012
In 1964, Tokyo held the Olympics, 24 years after it would have done, if it hadn’t been for the outbreak of the Second World War. Tokyo was still recovering from the war, repairing buildings and train systems in time for the Olympics. In fact, Tokyo went beyond repair.
Read on20 July 2012
Today (20 July 2012) we visited the Japanese Embassy to see the new “Tokyo 1964” Olympics exhibition. This exhibition was filled with all sorts of photos, literature, information and other memorabilia from the 1964 games (and the months preceding them!).
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