20 July 2006
This was an illustrated talk by artists Keiko Mukaide and Simon Ward by Cross Currents, who spoke about the creating works of art made from a combination of glass and ceramics, and examined the cultural differences and similarities of two artists from opposite sides of the world.
9 July 2006
This was the only public exhibition of the photographs taken by Robert Whitaker, (the only person allowed to take photographs of the band on their flights and in their hotel room). His photographs provided a unique record of their three intense days on tour in Tokyo.
5 July 2006
When Simon May took up a year-long post as Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tokyo, he was the first Briton to do so since 1882.
28 June 2006
Born in Tokyo in 1923, Seijun Suzuki has had a long and productive career (including over 40 films), and has inspired countless filmmakers across the globe such as Quentin Tarantino (who paid tribute to Suzuki’s’s film Tokyo Drifter in his 2003 film Kill Bill Vol. 1). Jim Jarmusch also paid homage to Suzuki in his 1999 film, Ghost Dog, which employs elements from Suzuki’s Branded to Kill. John Woo has named Suzuki one of the top 10 filmmakers in the world.
22 June 2006
This seminar addressed societal change in the UK and Japan through the prism of interpersonal relations and family life. It also highlighted the increase in one-person households and lone-parent families is impacting upon the economic and social framework of both countries.
31 May 2006
A private viewing which exhibited the glass and ceramic work of Keiko Mukaide and Simon Ward by Cross Currents, and examined the cultural differences and similarities of two artists from opposite sides of the world. With a myriad of experience of living and working in both Japan and the UK, the exhibition visually explored fragments of their shared narrative and the sympathies and contrasts between their island cultures.
17 May 2006
This seminar looked at ways in which the design sectors in both countries are developing innovative approaches and solutions to the needs of ageing societies – in the home, in the workplace and in all areas of public life.
11 May 2006
Based on over 800 letters written by a British army officer, Arthur Hart-Synnot, to Masa Suzuki in Tokyo in the early years of the twentieth century, this book not only tells the moving story of its protagonists but sets this against the rapid changes that were taking place in British and Japanese society, and the conflicts of the time.
10 May 2006
For the first time in the UK, work by acclaimed master craftsman Yukio Yamamoto was showcased in a new exhibition. This offered a rare opportunity to discover and appreciate hyoso, the traditional Japanese craft of mounting artworks.
6 April 2006
The image of the shinkansen or ‘bullet train’ passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and what its impact is.
16 March 2006
This seminar highighted how Britain and Japan was facing up to the future of work was addressed by our speakers who dealt with both the policy and practice of adapting to a new economic environment.
8 March 2006
For the first time in the UK, work by acclaimed master craftsman Yukio Yamamoto will be showcased in a new exhibition. This offers a rare opportunity to discover and appreciate hyoso, the traditional Japanese craft of mounting artworks.
