21 February 2014
Brixton BookJam on 3 March at 7:30pm will welcome 3 prize-winning authors from Japan
The next Brixton BookJam will be happening at the Hootananny on the 3rd of March at 7:30pm.
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20 February 2014
Two powerful documentaries by Yoshitaka Terada to be shown at SOAS, University of London on 18 and 22 February 2014
Two powerful documentary films by Yoshitaka TERADA of Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology will be shown at SOAS, University of London (Khalili Lecture Theatre) on February 18th and 22nd respectively. These deal with music’s role in helping two minorities in the Osaka area – Okinawans and the so-called Burakumin ‘outcasts’ – actively and publicly deal with prejudice and injustice.
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Hiraki Sawa exhibition showing at Tokyo Opera City Gallery until 30 March 2014
Following the success of Dundee Contemporary Art’s (DCA) major exhibition of the work of London-based artist Hiraki Sawa in autumn/winter 2013, Sawa’s work is now being shown in an expanded form at the Tokyo Opera City Gallery until 30 March 2014.
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Tsuda Lecture: 'Making Sense of Japan's Lost Decades' , 21/02/2014
The Japan Research Centre’s Annual Tsuda Lecture is sponsored through the generosity of Ms Kayoko Tsuda. The lecture takes place during the 7th week of term 2 (February). The lecture is free and open to the public and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. This year’s Tsuda Lecture, taking place from 6.00pm on Friday 21 February, is entitled Making Sense of Japan’s Lost Decades and will be delivered by Professor Andrew Gordon, Harvard University.
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The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra to make its Cadogan Hall debut on 17 March 2014
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra is making its Cadogan Hall debut in the Hall’s tenth anniversary year on Monday, 17 March 2014. Japan’s oldest and largest orchestra is conducted by Eiji Oue, a Japanese conductor known for his original and powerful interpretations, and this evening’s concert sees the orchestra perform a mixture of traditional Japanese and Western music.
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Hiroaki Takenouchi performing at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge on Sunday 2 March 2014
A London-based Japanese pianist, Hiroaki Takenouchi, will be performing at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge on Sunday 2nd March. His recital will include a rare piece by a Cambridge-based composer.
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Charity Recital for Tohoku Earthquake and Typhoon Haiyan Victims on 12 March 2014 at 7pm
The evening will raise funds for the Japan Society’s Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund and Jesuit Missions’ Philippines Haiyan Typhoon Appeal.
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UCL Art Museum acquires Carl Randall's 'Hibakusha' Portraits
Carl Randall’s ‘Hibakusha Portraits’ (a series of 6 drawings of survivors of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima), are now part of the permanent collection of University College London Museum. The drawings were inspired by John Hersey’s book ‘Hiroshima’, in which the American journalist interviewed 6 survivors just after the atomic bomb was dropped. Carl’s set of 6 portraits are intended as a visual equivalent of Hersey’s documentary account.
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Calling out for volunteers who would like to help with the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta school children in late March, early April 2014
The Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta, comprising of 33 young people (12-14 years old) from four middle schools in Fukushima, is coming over to London with two teachers from March 29th (afternoon) until April 4th (morning). The highlight of their visit is a performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the evening of April 2nd (click here for a concert
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Interview with Micha Colombo, director of 'Woman in the Dunes' at Theatre503
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation recently supported the London theatre premiere of Kobo Abe’s Woman in the Dunes, adapted as a play and directed by Micha Colombo, actor, Japanese Studies graduate and founder of Kagami Theatre, ‘a mirror onto Japanese culture’. I had the pleasure of congratulating and also interviewing Micha Colombo on 24 January, soon after her run at the Theatre503 had come to an end.
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