24 March 2004
What can Japan and the UK learn from each other about home-building – and what type of homes do people want in the 21st century? Can these homes be constructed in ways which minimise the impacts on the environment?
詳細18 February 2004
The Commission held a seminar at the end of March 2004 to determine the exact focus of the study. Japan’s experience in transforming itself from an urban society with serious pollution problems to one which, with some exceptions, manages to combine high population densities with high standards of physical environmental quality, could well be relevant to the Commission’s interests.
詳細21 January 2004
Roger Madelin discussed the King’s Cross project in London, and Peter Carl and David Height discussed the planned redevelopment of the northern Osaka Station area.
詳細5 December 2005
Over the last 25 years, Antony Gormley has revitalised the human image in sculpture through a radical investigation of the body as a place of memory and transformation, using his own body as subject, tool and material. Since 1990, he has expanded his concern with the human condition to explore the collective body and the relationship between self and other in large-scale installations like ‘Allotment’, ‘Critical Mass’, ‘Another Place’, and most recently ‘Domain Field’ and ‘Inside Australia’.
詳細19 October 2005
In examining the experience of museums in both the Uk and Japan, this seminar considered the role of government and business in supporting the arts and looked particularly to the involvement of Japanese newspapers, like the Asahi Shimbun, in sponsoring international exhibitions, both at home and abroad.
詳細21 September 2005
In both Europe and Japan, though, while spending on heritage is at record levels, heritage practitioners are being forced to be innovative in making heritage of relevance to the contemporary world. The speakers considered the justification for public support for heritage projects, the efficacy of heritage policies, and the appropriateness of heritage in contemporary society.
詳細16 June 2005
The touring of international productions, the training of performers in different methods and techniques, and the lessons that are learned, both artistically and culturally, were explored by our speakers and chairperson who have each worked in an international performance context and are involved in ongoing initiatives to encourage and support collaboration in the performing arts.
詳細18 May 2005
Government policy on the ‘creative industries’ has highlighted the benefits and the potential for wealth and job creation through raising the profile of those industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent. How that talent may be nurtured and channelled through international contact and exposure represents a challenge for both the UK andJapan
詳細7 April 2005
From the introduction of the Western classical tradition to Japan in the Meiji period to the study of Japanese traditional music in the West, the cross-currents of influence have evolved in a range of performance contexts. Music education in Britain has been enriched by the influence of Yamaha and Suzuki methods while Japanese artists and musicians have become central to the international music scene.
詳細16 February 2005
To mark the EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges, this seminar addressed the subject of cultural policy and national identity. How national image and culture may be projected abroad and how cultural policy is adapted to different overseas contexts were explored from the perspectives of the British Council, the German Embassy and the French Institute. The
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