11 October 2012
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in association with the University of Edinburgh present an International Symposium on Cultural Policy and Creative Industries in Japan and Scotland. Attendance by invitation only.
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This was the sixth seminar in our 2012 series ‘Leadership: People and Power in the UK and Japan,’ chaired by Rosa Wilkinson, Director of Innovation of the Intellectual Property Office. Hiroyuki Itoh, CEO of Crypton Future Media, creator of the globally popular ‘vocaloid’ Hatsune Miku, and Dr Jaideep Prabhu, co-author of the book ‘Jugaad Innovation’ discussed leadership and innovation from their perspectives.
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‘Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of RAMEN – Japan’s Favourite Noodle Soup′ by Barak Kushner was launched at Daiwa Foundation Japan House. Ramen can be regarded as a symbol of the relationship between the two major forces in East Asia – what started as a Chinese food product ended up almost 1,000 years later as the emblem of modern Japanese cuisine. How did that happen and what does it signify?
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‘Maritime Strategy and National Security in Japan and Britain: From the First Alliance to Post-9/11′ edited by Alessio Patalano was launched at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
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By the artist of ‘The Sea by Night and Day’, Toru Kuwakubo, and Professor Adrian Favell, Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po, Paris.
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In this concert respected early guitar/lute player Taro Takeuchi will perform some of the finest pieces for those instruments from the 16th, 17th and 18th century Britain. The concert will include pieces by John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Francesco Geminiani, George Frideric Handel and others. Taro Takeuchi uses antique guitars from the 18th century as well as a faithful modern copy of an original 16th century lute.
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‘The Sea by Night and Day’ is an exhibition containing a new body of work by Japanese artist Toru Kuwakubo. In this first solo show in London, Kuwakubo will experiment by dividing the exhibition spaces into day and night to invite viewers to navigate through his world.
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The 40th anniversary of the normalisation of Sino-Japanese relations is being marked in both countries with a series of events, exhibitions and cultural exchanges with the objective of promoting a ‘stable and future-oriented’ relationship. Professor Morio Matsumoto, Professor, Asia Pacific Studies (International Relations), Ritsumeikan APU and Professor Caroline Rose, Professor of Sino-Japanese Relations, University of Leeds, will discuss the relationship between the two countries, in a seminar chaired by Professor Barry Buzan, Emeritus Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics.
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Tokyo University of the Arts staged back-to-back performances of the Noh play ‘Sumidagawa’ and Benjamin Britten’s opera ‘Curlew River’, in London and Suffolk on 7 and 9 September. The Daiwa Foundation is pleased to welcome Professor Tomotaka Sekine and Dr Daisuke Mukai for an evening of discussion about Britten’s encounter with Noh theatre and the making of ‘Curlew River’.
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The fifth seminar in our 2012 series Leadership: People and Power in the UK and Japan looked at Leadership and Corporate Life. Glen S. Fukushima joined Stuart Lyons for what was an interesting discussion.
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‘Hedge Fund Activism in Japan: The Limits of Shareholder Primacy′ by John Buchanan, Dominic Heesang Chai and Simon Deakin was launched at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, with a talk by John Buchanan and Simon Deakin.
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In this event organised in association with the Hayward Gallery, Japanese artist SHIMABUKU spoke about his recent works and the philosophies behind them.
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