10 September 2014
Dr Jonathan Mackintosh, Lecturer in World History at the School of Humanities and Performing Arts (Faculty of Arts & Humanities) took up his post in Plymouth in September 2012. Recently he has been busily involved with Japan400 Plymouth which will take place from 26 September to 1 October 2014. Here he tells us all about it.
Read on4 December 2013
2015 marks four hundred years since the death of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Shizuoka City will commemorate four centuries of British-Japanese relations in conjunction with the Japan400 celebration taking place in the UK this year: Four Centuries Later, A Return Visit by Emissaries from Sumpu-Shizuoka.
Read on24 September 2013
The Japan Society and the Embassy of Japan are organising a family day, in conjunction with Golden Hinde and in association with Japan400, to celebrate the 400-year ties between Britain and Japan, and to introduce various aspects of Japanese culture to children of all ages. This will take place from 11:00am on Sunday, 29 September
Read on3 May 2013
Join us in celebrating the arrival, 400 years ago to the day, of the first British ship to Japan with an evening of music and words drawn from the traditions of the two countries. The Daiwa Foundation’s own Director General, Jason James will take to the stage to sing, amongst an incredibly varied and distinguished
Read on4 February 2013
Anjin The Shogun and the English Samurai premiered in Japan in 2009. Following two successful seasons there, its finale is now being held at Sadler’s Wells. This special production in London is part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Season, A World Elsewhere and is a launch event for Japan400, which is celebrating the 400th anniversary
Read on27 January 2013
William Adams, known in Japanese as Anjin, was an English maritime pilot who is believed to be the first Englishman to ever reach Japan. His story is brought to the stage in a stunning new play directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, and written by Mike Poulton with Shoichiro Kawai. It
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