07/06/2017
A Special Anniversary: Discovering Tokyo’s 23 Wards at 70
In the global perception, Tokyo is a megacity and sprawling metropolis of 13m people. Tokyo itself is governed, separately to the rest of Japan’s prefectures, as the Tokyo Metropolis (the so-called Tokyo-to or Tokyo Metropolitan Government), with a core central area of 23 subdivisions known as ‘special wards’. While the metropolitan government serves as the […]
02/06/2017
Japanese local food and sake marketing training
On 1 June, Rie Yoshitake from Sake Samurai and Mr Kenichi Shimamoto from JETRO London held a seminar for new staff at the Local Government Centre. The aim was to introduce current trends in the UK’s Japanese food and drink scene, and to discuss the most effective methods of sake promotion. For more details please […]
25/05/2017
Okinawa Day 2017 – Spitalfields
Saturday 24 June 10am-6pm Admission Free London Okinawa Sanshinkai is back at Spitalfields this summer for Okinawa Day. Join us to celebrate Okinawan classical and folk music, Eisa dancing, karate, food, drinks and much much more! For further enquiries visit the Okinawa Day website.
24/05/2017
Industrial Strategy: Oldham’s Historic Cotton Links to Japan
‘Follow the Thread’ Gallery Oldham, Oldham Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham OL1 1AL Runs 27 May – 8 July Over 150 years ago in 1865 Godai Tomoatsu, one of the Satsuma Students from the western Japanese island of Kyushu and agent of the Prince of Satsuma, secretly came to Oldham, the world’s greatest cotton mill […]
20/05/2017
Memorandum strengthens Aichi-Flanders relationship
On 15 May, Minister-president Geert Bourgeois and Governor Hideaki Ohmura signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Friendship and Mutual Cooperation between Flanders and the Prefecture of Aichi, Japan. For more information, please see the Invest in Flanders website and the Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs.
15/05/2017
Visit Japan RWC 2019 Seminar in London
On 10 May the Rugby World Cup 2019 pool draw took place at Kyoto’s State Guest House. To mark the occasion, and to discuss all things Japan-related, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) organised a series of events and a celebratory evening of networking at the Embassy of Japan in the UK to aim to […]
11/05/2017
Manga Kingdom Tottori International Comic Art Contest
The 6th Annual Manga Kingdom Tottori International Comic Art Contest Call for Submissions is now open. Details can be found HERE.
03/05/2017
World Cities Financing Culture: Tokyo
The first ever global comparative study to examine the financing of culture in world cities has been published by the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF). The World Cities Culture Finance Report looks at how much is spent on culture in world cities, by whom, and where that money goes. The report, which, includes a full […]
26/04/2017
Tokyo 2020 to Team Up with Rugby World Cup 2019
PRESS RELEASE The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020) and the Rugby World Cup 2019 Organising Committee signed a landmark collaboration agreement today under which the two organisations will exchange knowledge and resources in order to maximise benefits for their respective sporting events – two of the world’s biggest – being hosted in Japan over […]
18/04/2017
Event – Sport and Diplomacy: Looking Towards Tokyo 2020
15 May 2017, 5:30-9:00 PM Brunei Gallery Room, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Keynote Speakers: Tetsuya Kimura (Director-General, Japan Sports Agency) Dr Helen Macnaughtan (Chair, SOAS Japan Research Centre) Dr J Simon Rofe (SOAS University of London) Organiser: SOAS Japan Research Centre, The Japan Foundation and the […]
