5 June 2014
Language Taster Sessions in London on 7 and 17 June
As part of this year’s Adult Learner’s Week, the SOAS Language Centre is offering various free taster sessions, including Japanese, in central London on 7 and 14 June.
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2 June 2014
Royal Festival Hall - Tanabata Festival event on 13 July 2014
Tanabata is the Japanese ‘star festival’ which occurs on the seventh day of the seventh month each year. The festival is said to originate from a Chinese tale (The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd) of two lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi. Their love disrupted their work, angering the king who sent them each to opposite ends of the Amanogawa – the Milky Way. He allowed them to meet once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month. Some believe that if it is raining on Tanabata, Orihime and Hikoboshi cannot meet.
Read on28 May 2014
Criteria Fieldwork is looking to talk to Japanese women on 4 June 2014 as part of its market research
Criteria Fieldwork is a dedicated qualitative market research fieldwork agency. It was born in 1996 in a small room in North London. Since then, its mission has been to provide clients with the highest possible standard of qualitative recruitment.
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Sankai Juku Masterclasses in London on 3 and 4 May 2014, organised by Asian Performing Arts UK
Asian Performing Arts UK are delighted to announce Sankai Juku’s visit to London for their two-days Masterclass on 3rd and 4th May 2014 at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Place.
Read on24 January 2014
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.
Read on25 November 2013
Talk about the British Museum's Shunga exhibition, Thursday, 28th November, 20.00-21.30
Port* Talk about the Shunga exhibition currently on at the British Museum, on Thursday, 28th November, 20.00-21.30.
Read on30 October 2013
Cutie and the Boxer - out on 1 November 2013
Dogwoof is releasing the engaging and moving documentary, Cutie and the Boxer about the artist couple Ushio and Noriko Shinohara this Friday (1st November). There will be a nationwide screening of the film across the Picturehouse network on Tuesday, 5 November. Cutie and the Boxer A film by Zachary Heinzerling UK theatrical release: 1 Nov, 2013 Running time:
Read on26 September 2013
Internship possibility at Fuji Television News Network (FNN)
Fuji Television News Network (FNN) has an immediate vacancy for a one-month paid internship (with a possible extension depending on availability).
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Daiwa Scholar Wins Speech Contest
The Tokyo School of Japanese Language (The Naganuma School) held its Speech Contest (one of their three big events) on Tuesday, 3 September 2013 at the Sakura Hall of the Shibuya Cultural Center Owada. This is the first time the speech contest has been held outside the School. Daiwa Scholar 2012 (DS 2012 ), Nick Hall, was awarded the first prize among
Read on12 July 2013
Events at the Edinburgh Festival 2013
The Edinburgh Festivals will soon be in full swing. Here we’ve collected some of the Japan-related events taking place this year:
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