19 October 2011
In recent years, arts funding in both the UK and Japan has undergone severe cuts and dramatic changes. This seminar considered the issues surrounding support for the arts in the UK and Japan.
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By Keith Whittle, Curator, International Projects Associate, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and Japan Foundation Fellow and Daisuke Ohba, the artist of ‘The Light Field’ at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
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In this special lecture, seven months after the 11th of March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Ambassador Hayashi examined the impact of the disaster and Japan’s progress in the reconstruction effort to help rebuild the lives of people in the affected areas.
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Maritime issues in relation to disputed territorial boundaries are becoming a key theme in debates on regional security in East Asia. One year after the September 2010 incident, the speakers discussed Sino-Japanese relations and the impact of the event from wider political and historical perspectives.
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The sixth seminar in the 2011 series, Uncertain Futures: The Individual, Society and the State in the UK and Japan, explored the energy challenges facing Japan as the government seeks to address the economic implications of the March 2011 crisis in the Tohoku region.
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One of the attractions of Ohba’s art is his use of iridescent pearl paint, ever-changing image shifts and colour transition as the light varies or as the viewer moves. Ohba will be Introduced by Keith Whittle, International Projects Associate, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and Japan Foundation Fellow.
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The leading Japanese calligrapher, Ransetsu Ozawa, offered a demonstration and workshop against the backdrop of a special exhibition of her calligraphy at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
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English-language newspapers such as the Japan Advertiser, North-China Daily News, Japan Chronicle, China Press, Japan Times, and Seoul Press occupied a vital segment of the public sphere in East Asia in the first half of the 20th century. As forums of opinion on Japanese, Chinese and Western interests in East Asia they also served as vehicles of propaganda, particularly during the crisis-ridden 1930s and the Pacific War.
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The speaker addressed the challenges that are facing Japan in the aftermath of the global economic crisis and the dramatic events of 11 March 2011. Energy shortages and the implications for industry and the economy mirror the experience of the Japanese oil shocks of the 1970s and are turning attention to aspects of risk and crisis management.
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Lord Rowe Beddoe Speech Text This afternoon symposium at Cardiff City Hall considered Japan’s relationship with Wales from inward investment to present-day research, innovation and manufacturing links. Jointly organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and the University of Wales, the programme featured speakers from government, business and industry.
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14 June 2011
This fifth seminar in the 2011 series considered the issues surrounding healthcare provision and management in the UK and Japan. This is a highly topical area for debate in the UK as spending cuts and healthcare reforms focus attention on the ways in which the NHS must adapt to changing times. The Japanese health service is facing similar difficulties as Japan’s ageing population and low birth rate impact upon healthcare needs and provision.
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