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11 July 2013

'The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Russian-Japanese relations' by James D J Brown

James D. J. Brown PhD, a 2011 Daiwa Scholar, now a lecturer in International Relations at Temple University, Japan in Tokyo, with a keen interest in Russian-Japanese relations, has recently had a thought-provoking and elegantly-written paper on energy and Russian-Japanese relations published in Post-Soviet Affairs. The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Russian-Japanese relations Abstract

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11 July 2013

Review of Japan: Historical Images from the Cortazzi Collection at the Embassy of Japan

On the 9th July, I visited the Embassy of Japan in London to see JAPAN: Historical Images from the Cortazzi Collection, an exhibition of surveys and city plans of Japan that is currently running.

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10 July 2013

New course on Japanese art will be offered at the British Museum and Birkbeck this autumn

Hidden Pleasures, Public Lives: Introduction to Japanese Prints This exciting new course on Japanese art will be offered at the British Museum and Birkbeck in autumn 2013. Lectures will be taught by Dr Monika Hinkel, expert in Japanese prints, and contributor to the catalogue of the forthcoming British Museum exhibition, Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese

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9 July 2013

Carl Randall's 'Japan Portraits' available for purchase

Former Daiwa Scholar Carl Randall’s signed, limited edition hardback catalogue, Japan Portraits, is available for purchase at the Hayward Gallery giftshop, Southbank Centre, or through Carl’s website.

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5 July 2013

Japanese Galleries at the British Museum

On Friday 5th July I went to the Japanese Galleries at the British Museum because I am very interested in Japanese history. The room captivated me before we even entered due to the wonderful display of netsuke just outside. These small figures, usually made of ivory or wood, were used as toggles on the traditional Japanese

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3 July 2013

Japanese Day at Chiddingstone Castle on 7th July 2013

On Sunday 7th July, Chiddingstone Castle in Kent is hosting their annual Japanese Day. It promises to be a fascinating and enjoyable day out for all age groups, with exciting demonstrations of both kyudo (Japanese archery) and two kinds of Japanese sword arts, Tameshigiri and Iai. For the green-fingered, there will be displays of beautiful

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