22/07/2013
‘Treasures from Hirado’ celebrates the 400th anniversary of the opening of trade and cultural ties between Britain and Japan, and features artifacts never before seen in the UK. Alongside the broader impact of western trade on Japan, the exhibition focuses on William Adams, a native of Gillingham in Kent, who was the first Englishman to […]
15/07/2013
JLGC will be at this year’s Hyper Japan, where visitors can get a taste of regional culture from Japan. The event is the largest J-culture festival in the UK. Hyper Japan will be held 26-28 July at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. The event is supported by the Embassy of Japan in the UK, […]
12/07/2013
Last month the Act on Establishment of the Japan Brand Fund was passed by the Diet of Japan, as outlined this week by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): As Japan is now facing declining domestic demand along with a decreasing birth rate and an aging population, as well as the market expansion […]
19/06/2013
JLGC is proud to be supporting this year’s Okinawa Day, which will be held on Saturday 22 June at London’s Spitalfields Market. Last year’s Okinawa Day saw 8,000 visitors — this year dance, martial arts and music performance will once again showcase the unique culture and food of Japan’s southernmost island prefecture. Learn more about […]
11/06/2013
By Atsuko Yamaguchi, Assistant Director. Last week several staff attended an event organised at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (DAJF) to promote greater understanding of Japanese sake culture and its economic importance. Chaired by Minister Kawakami of the Embassy of Japan in London (who is seconded from the Ministry of Finance, which has responsibility for taxation […]
25/03/2013
Public Seminar – From Kobe to Tohoku: Civic Responses to Disasters in Japan
Friday 29th March 2:30pm Japan Foundation, London The Japan Foundation is pleased to present this special public seminar to mark the two year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Dr Simon Avenell (Australian National University) will examine the role played by volunteers following the triple disaster. In particular, he will trace the evolution of […]
22/03/2013
City governance: lessons from English cities
This week JLGC assisted a visit to English cities by former JLGC Director Shigeru Naiki, who is now a Professor within the Department of Regional Economics at Teikyo University in Japan. Professor Naiki visited Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool to research the consequences of the Localism Act on their city governance, in particular the elected mayor […]
27/02/2013
Japanese economic growth plan shows the benefits of local autonomy
A participant on JLGC’s recent Japan Study Tour to Nagasaki, Guardian Local Government Network editor Hannah Fearn has a piece in today’s Society Guardian on Nagasaki’s green deal: “Yet, unlike many British cities, Nagasaki has a convincing vision for its future. Its prefectural government (comparable to a large county council or combined regional authority) has set out a […]
12/02/2013
At the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development last year, the Government of Japan was the lead organiser of the ‘Future Cities We Want – Linking and Spreading Sustainable Future Cities’ side event (alongside Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the City of Yokohama), which examined the potential for Japan’s own ‘FutureCity’ Initiative as a means through […]
11/01/2013
Japan400: from the high seas to the high street
Japan400 marks the 400th anniversary of the first contacts between Britain and Japan, recalling the voyage of the East India Company to Japan in 1613 which led to a successful and stable relationship between our two island nations, which endures and prospers to this day. What began with an exchange of gifts between the British […]
