23 August 2016
We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new look website! After many years with our former design, we thought it was now appropriate to replace the old website with a new, more advanced and user-friendly website. The website is a culmination of months of hard work, and we all very much hope that you
Read on22 April 2016
Kumamoto Kenjin-Kai (Ex-Kumamoto residents in the UK) are appealing for your kind donation to the victims of this sad disaster with the cooperation of the Japan Association in the UK (Registered Charity No.1145493) and The Japan Society (Registered Charity No.1063952). We will send the donations to the fund set up by the Kumamoto Prefecture. Please
Read on21 March 2016
IC Bunko, UK: Providing out-of–school, informal Japanese experiences from which bilingual and bicultural young Japanese children can absorb Japanese language and culture naturally.
Read on21 March 2016
Applications for Daiwa Adrian Prizes, the prestigious awards for scientific excellence in the UK and Japan, are now being accepted until the deadline of Friday 10 June 2016. Applications are invited from joint teams of British and Japanese scientists working on collaborative projects.
Read on17 July 2015
Izumi Thomas is the chair of Satsuma 150 which is being celebrated in the UK this year. Satsuma 150 aims to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Satsuma students in the UK in 1865. Izumi is from Fukiage in Kagoshima and now lives in London where she is a freelance translator and a visiting researcher at the British Museum. Below is an interview with her about this year’s commemoration.
Read on30 May 2015
Can music change the world? The UK charity Keys of Change believes it can – it has seen the results in their projects to bring the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta to London last year, in providing music lessons to deprived children in India and Ecuador, and in playing to young people in remote communities around the world. This year Keys of Change
Read on29 April 2015
The Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo, in conjunction with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, invites applications from undergraduate students who are not of Japanese nationality and interested in Japanese archaeology and heritage to take part in a two-week Summer School program in Japan from 1st to 15th August 2015. Participants will spend the whole period with undergraduate students from the University of Tokyo and learn together about Japanese culture and history. Application deadline: 15 May 2015.
Read on31 March 2015
Jason James, the Director of the Daiwa Foundation, gives us an account of his travels through Tohoku in March 2015. Weaving through the region in a worryingly small car, Jason finds locals determined to stay despite the slow progress of reconstruction. — The Shinkansen was packed when I got on at Ueno, but after Sendai –
Read on23 February 2015
DK International Publishing & Licensing are seeking a confident and enthusiastic Sales Assistant with proven communication skills, both on the telephone and face-to-face, to work in our Tokyo office. The Assistant will provide administrative support to Sales Managers within the Japan team. Apply by 6 March 2015.
Read on16 February 2015
Native Voice Films are delighted to announce that their latest feature documentary Love Hotel will be broadcast on BBC4 at 10pm on Monday 16th February and then on iPlayer.
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