01/08/2018
Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-20
The “Japan-UK Season of Culture” will unfold in 2019 and 2020, when Japan hosts two sporting landmarks: the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. It seeks to build on the British people’s keen interest in these events by showcasing Japan’s multifaceted attractions. It is hoped that people all […]
31/07/2018
Japanese student visit and friendship pact continues learning legacy for Camden
On Monday and Tuesday (30/31 July 2018) Camden Council welcomed 15 Japanese students to events at Camden Summer University, where they got to meet budding film-makers producing a documentary about ‘Women in Power’. The Japanese students also visited the British Library, the British Museum and went on a guided tour of the Kings Cross area. The […]
23/07/2018
7th Annual Manga Kingdom Tottori International Comic Art Contest
Call for Submissions: The Seventh Annual Manga Kingdom Tottori International Comic Art Contest hosted by Tottori Prefecture, Japan, is now accepting submissions. Many famous cartoonists hail from Tottori, where the annual International Comic Art Contest is held and promotes outstanding works around the world. Download the PDF for the application form HERE. Full Ts&Cs HERE.
20/07/2018
Manchester remembers and renews historic friendship with Japan
This week Kagoshima Governor Mitazono was welcomed by the Lord Mayor of Manchester Cllr June Hitchen and both signed a formal Friendship Agreement between Manchester and Kagoshima Prefecture. Governor Mitazono visited Manchester to formally acknowledge and re-establish an important historical link with the city dating back to 1865, as well as the 150th anniversary of […]
18/07/2018
UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2018 (including public events)
Around 150 years ago, two groups of Japanese students came to University College London (UCL) from Choshu and Satsuma. They are known as Choshu-Five and Satsuma-19, which includes Hirobumi Ito (First Prime Minister of Japan), Kaoru Inoue (First Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan), Akinori Mori (First Minister of Education of Japan), Tomoatsu Godai (Founder […]
13/07/2018
Japanese Garden Party, Hammersmith Park
Hammersmith Park is all that remains of the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition in White City, but few know it is a Japanese garden. Now an avenue of stone lanterns and a wooden entrance gate are being installed to celebrate the park’s Japanese origins. To mark the event, Japan Society, together with the Embassy of Japan and […]
09/07/2018
Tokyo Governor meets with Lord Mayor of the City of London
PRESS RELEASE On Monday, July 9, Governor Koike met with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Charles Bowman, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. In December last year, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was concluded between the City of London Corporation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for collaboration in areas such as financial events, […]
02/07/2018
International Exchange Commendation (Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award)
Since 2006, CLAIR has been implementing this project alongside the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). It aims to award local governments that are engaged in exemplary international exchange efforts and lead to further exchange of ideas between local governments and improved international exchange. The winners of the Ministers Award in 2017 were Bunkyo […]
22/06/2018
Visit Japan RWC 2019 Seminar – Host City Learning from Cardiff
All eyes may be on Russia and the FIFA World Cup right now, but for the future hosts of one of the world’s biggest sporting tournaments preparations are already well underway, with the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC) taking place across 12 Host Cities in Japan from late next September. Representatives from a wide selection […]
19/06/2018
Promoting Fukushima Produce Through Anime
Fukushima Prefecture has gone to great lengths to challenge commonly held perceptions, often unfounded, about food produced in the region in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the incident at the TEPCO Dai-Ichi plant. Despite the Japanese government, as well as international observers and scientists, confirming that produce from the area is […]
