16 February 2005
To mark the EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges, this seminar addressed the subject of cultural policy and national identity. How national image and culture may be projected abroad and how cultural policy is adapted to different overseas contexts were explored from the perspectives of the British Council, the German Embassy and the French Institute. The
19 January 2005
Different cultural perspectives on the crafts and different approaches to the production and collection of craft objects were featured in the presentations and discussions.
The 2005 seminar series, The Arts, Culture and Society in the UK and Japan, focused upon arts management and arts policy issues in theUK andJapan. It considered a variety of themes relating to the arts worlds in both countries, including funding issues, the role of museums, public and private collecting and awarding achievement in the
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.
20 September 2006
This seminar will look to the Baby Boomer generations in the UK and Japan and their changing expectations of the future as they approach retirement and old age.
18 October 2006
This seminar provided a rare opportunity to parallel and to explore different cultural approaches to the subject of death. The specific areas of expertise of our speakers and chairperson contributed complementary perspectives on this important theme.
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.
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.
15 February 2006
This seminar focused upon some of the issues affecting young people in Japan as they face the transition from school to work.
18 January 2006
Changing demographics has become one of the major challenges facing government and business in the 21st century. The rapid ageing of societies, changes in household sizes, family structures, and so on, all point to a future in which family life, work and employment and social welfare needs will increasingly depart from established norms.