1 June 2011
This lecture, part of a UK lecture tour organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, looked to the future in assessing the impact and importance of the implicit rivalry between these two major powers with longstanding historical and cultural ties.
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This fourth seminar in the 2011 series, Uncertain Futures: The Individual, Society and the State in the UK and Japan, considered the role of education in society and the pressures of adapting education policy to changing needs.
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In the period 1946-48, as a member of the British Occupation Force in Japan, which formed part of the Allied Occupation following the Asia-Pacific War of 1941-45, Ian Nish collected a number of documents which throw light on the attitudes of the Japanese people in the latter part of the war and the equally critical first two years of the peace.
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Often painting abandoned buildings eroded by nature, Kounosuke Kawakami chooses industrial architecture and resort towns as symbols for the interaction between the natural world and humans. In (H)allo-poiesis, Kawakami uses a new visual language to explore his interest in the relationship between man and the natural world.
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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation hosted a Recital by Ms Lisa Ueda, in aid of the children who have been orphaned or made homeless by the Tohoku disaster. Minister Noda of the Japanese Embassy gave a note of thanks at the event. Thank you for your kind support. Lisa’s efforts raised £3,009, which has been donated to Save the Children Japan.
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The 11 March earthquake and tsunami have produced a human tragedy, to which the Japanese have responded with stoicism. However, this is also an economic crisis, made more complicated by the damage done to the Fukushima nuclear complex and disruption to other east coast facilities, including nuclear and thermal plants.
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Is there something more to the West’s fascination with Japanese anime and manga? How are anime films and manga comics cultural channeling zones, opened by the horrors of war and disaster and animated by the desire to assemble a world of new looks, feelings and identities?
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A chance to meet Kentaro Kobuke, who will be in conversation with Timon Screech, Professor of the History of Art, School of Oriental & African Studies.
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This third seminar in the 2011 series, Uncertain Futures: The Individual, Society and the State in the UK and Japan, considered issues relating to employment, retirement and pension reform.
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The Toki Quartet concert was attended by 114 people. Their efforts raised £2,383 which has been donated to the Japan Tsunami Appeal by the British Red Cross. Thank you for your kind support.
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“Stone keeps huge memories inside, since the planet came into existence. I feel that stone is the most romantic and intellectual object on the earth.” – Atsuo Okamoto, 2011
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Introduction by Brian Chalkley, Course Director of the MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design.
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