21 May 2008
‘The Corporate Restructuring Experience: Employers and Workers in Transition’, the fifth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, brought together complementary knowledge on corporate restructuring in Japan and a case study of restructuring by the Toyota Group.
14 May 2008
An opportunity to meet artist Yukako Shibata and learn more about her exhibition at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, ‘luminescence: Installation and Photography by Yukako Shibata’.
7 May 2008
The fourth edition of ‘Governing Japan’ is much revised and expanded to take into account developments in the new millennium. It argues against the view that Japanese politics is guided by consensus, revealing instead fundamental differences of opinion over many issues of substance.
24 April 2008
Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers an in-depth analysis for the first time of the experiences of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom.
17 April 2008
‘Innovation and Change: Challenges for Industry in the UK and Japan’, the fourth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, brought together complementary knowledge on innovation and the role of government.
9 April 2008
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation was pleased to announce an exhibition of installation and photography by Yukako Shibata.
13 March 2008
‘Saving and Spending: Banking Crises and Consumer Confidence’, the third in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, could not have been more timely, coming in the wake of the nationalisation of Northern Rock and on the eve of the announcement that the American bank, Bear Stearns, had received emergency funding, raising fears that one of Wall Street’s biggest names was on the brink of collapse.
12 March 2008
This series of three volumes focuses on comparative politics and international relations in Asia and Europe from a citizen-based perspective. The speakers drew on themes and comparisons from these studies to highlight differences in attitudes and relationships in contemporary political life in Asia and Europe.
4 March 2008
Japan’s traditional folk songs (min’yō) have strong links with local identity and particular places. The growth of domestic tourism actually strengthened this trend: even the professionally-composed ‘new min’yō’ of the 1930s, commissioned by railway companies and the like, usually included local place names in their titles.
21 February 2008
‘A Tale of Two Cities: London and Tokyo in the 21st Century’ was the second in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’.
7 February 2008
One of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’) in late-eighteenth-century Japan, Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?–1806) was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women.
24 January 2008
This first seminar in the series set the scene and provided a context for the full 2008 programme by offering an overview of the British and Japanese economies and an outlook for the future.
