22 January 2015
We are very sad to report that Lord Brittan, a long-standing Trustee and supporter of the Foundation, has died. Our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Read on9 December 2014
A Tale of Samurai Cooking – A True Love Story (Bushi no kondate) is a Japanese film directed by Yûzô Asahara (2013, 122 Minutes). Its UK release date is 12 December 2014, from when it will show at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema. Bookings are now available: http://www.curzoncinemas.com/films/details/2773/a-tale-of-samurai-cooking–special-introduction/. Here is a review by Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian). Mark Kermode reviews it here and your can hear him talking about it via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhOCkdUINDM.
Read on10 November 2014
Worldpay UK has an opening for four Japanese-speaking business analysts. Worldpay is one of the top five payments processors in the world, making and taking payments for many of the world’s leading consumer brands . Worldpay processes about 500 face to face and online transactions every second. And as it goes from strength to strength, it’s looking for four talented people to join them on their journey. If you’re passionate about e-Commerce, Product Development and Delivering Change, if you are excited by technology and innovation, this is an opportunity to be part of a truly global and fast growing company. See their job spec for further details.
Read on5 September 2014
In Tokyo for a conference about the potential legacies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, I was struck by how little anyone seems to have thought about it.
Read on18 July 2014
Job opportunity as an ETrading Client Support Analyst for someone fluent in English (written and verbal) and Japanese. Please apply by forwarding your CV to David Baker at david.baker@ithr.com or calling David Baker on 0207 747 1042. The salary for this vacancy is £25kpa rising to £30kpa upon completion of a six-month probation period.
Read on28 May 2014
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.
Read on22 May 2014
Yukako Shibata, a London-based artist who had a show at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in 2008, will be having an exhibition in Tokyo, at Gallery MoMo Projects Roppongi. The exhibition, Ethereal, will be run from 26 April until 24 May 2014.
Read on6 May 2014
This year’s Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival is to be held at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff on 7th June 2014. An event will also be held at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre on the 21st June 2014.
Read on28 April 2014
Come and enjoy an evening of chamber music with Midori Komachi and the Duport Ensemble on Friday, 2 May at Saint James’s Piccadilly at 7:30pm.
Read on24 April 2014
As I arrived for the Field Studies workshop at the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design on 16 April, the legendary Akio Suzuki was preparing for his talk. Donning his customary tight-fitting hat and with his grey beard, he almost looked like one of Hayao Miyazaki’s avuncular and wise protagonists.
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