17 July 2008
A key figure in Europe’s art world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and founder of the ‘The Studio’ magazine, Charles Holme was a significant disseminator of Japanese art and art goods in the West, notably through his business association with the designer Dr Christopher Dresser.
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Inspired by the current exhibition at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, this seminar will explore the relationship between architecture, media and photography in the innovative contemporary architecture of Japan.
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Japanese gardens featured strongly at the Chelsea Flower Show again this year. This seminar will look at the underlying themes that continue to make Japanese gardens so appealing, and how one designer in the UK, Maureen Busby, used Japanese aesthetics in creating stunning designs appropriate for our very different settings and architecture.
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On Wednesday 9 July 2008, the Foundation launched the publication of Bill Emmott’s most recent book, ‘Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape our Next Decade’.
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John Shelley, an illustrator based in Japan for 20 years, returned to the UK this year. His talk covered his experience working in Japan as an illustrator and how the Japanese creative market differs from that in the UK.
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‘Addressing the Wealth Gap in the UK and Japan’, was the sixth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’.
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‘Foreign Direct Investment in Japan’ presents a detailed examination of recent trends of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and their impact on the Japanese economy. Historically much less open to foreign trade and investment than other major economies, Japan experienced an unprecedented jump in FDI inflows around the turn of the millennium.
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During the last five years, this British architectural photographer has taken over 2,500 images of contemporary architecture in Japan. A selection of these photographs were exhibited for the first time at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
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‘The Corporate Restructuring Experience: Employers and Workers in Transition’, the fifth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, brought together complementary knowledge on corporate restructuring in Japan and a case study of restructuring by the Toyota Group.
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An opportunity to meet artist Yukako Shibata and learn more about her exhibition at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, ‘luminescence: Installation and Photography by Yukako Shibata’.
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The fourth edition of ‘Governing Japan’ is much revised and expanded to take into account developments in the new millennium. It argues against the view that Japanese politics is guided by consensus, revealing instead fundamental differences of opinion over many issues of substance.
More info24 April 2008
Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers an in-depth analysis for the first time of the experiences of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom.
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