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We’re thrilled to share that our Nara to Norwich exhibition is now at the Embassy of Japan in London! 🌏 Explore themes of pilgrimage, transport & holy sites along the Silk Roads. Free to visit until Feb 2025 (ID required). Walk-ins welcome! 🔗 uk.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/2412na…

Join us on Thurs 16 January at Japan House London, for a Japan Foundation Awards 2024 Commemorative Talk, 'How Japanese Arts and Cultures Can Make Us Happier' with Sainsbury Institute's Prof. Simon Kaner. More information and registration here: jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#13… #JapanFoundationAwards

We are delighted to announce that applications for our Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Conference on 3-9 March in Norwich are now open. Details on travel bursaries and how to apply are available here: sainsbury-institute.org/news/study/cal… Deadline: Sunday 02 February

Applications open for a fully funded Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Conference (3–9 Mar 2025) at @cjs_uea. For undergrad/masters students interested in Japan. Deadline: 2 Feb 2025. Details: sainsbury-institute.org/news/study/cal…

Pleased to meet Prof David Maguire, Vice-Chancellor of UEA, and Prof Simon Kaner, Executive Director of Sainsbury Institute. Glad to hear their future plans and I'm happy to lend my support!

#JFTFP25 sales update! 🎫 Tickets are now on sale for Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025 screenings at Cinema City in #Norwich! For booking links and more, visit jpf-film.org.uk/venues/cinema-… #japan #japanese #film #filmfestival #cinema #anime

Congratulations to Prof Toshio Watanabe on his retirement and appointment as Professor Emeritus! He’ll continue as Senior Advisor and we look forward to working with him furth. Read more: sainsbury-institute.org/e-bulletin/jan…

The first ever "Manga" exhibition in the Americas!! At de Young Museum in SF, over 700 original drawings by 8 great manga creators will be on display from Sep. 2025 to Jan. 2026. One of those 8 is, of course, Oda-sensei, and showcasing many of his spectaculor original drawings!!

An exhibition entitled “Art of MANGA" will be held at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, USA from September 27th to January 25th, 2026. The “Art of MANGA" exhibit a will have a collection of more than 700 original drawings by Hirohiko Araki, Eiichiro Oda, Rumiko Takahashi,

“Fantastic research and a stimulating read, offering new insights into the complex politics of Okinawa... nothing else in the field offers this unique analysis.” Prof Chris Hughes on 'Okinawa' by Ra Mason Centre for Japanese Studies 10% off Blackwell's👇 blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ… #okinawa

Congratulations to CJS member Dr Ra Mason on his recent publication 'Okinawa: Great Power Competition and the Keystone of the Pacific'. A book launch will be held by Daiwa Foundation on Thursday 06 March. dajf.org.uk/event/okinawa-…

Join us for the book launch of 'Okinawa: Great Power Competition and the Keystone of the Pacific' with Ra Mason, Centre for Japanese Studies | Agenda Publishing - Thursday 6 March 6pm. Book your place here: dajf.org.uk/event/okinawa-…

#Norwich #JFTFP25 screenings also start today! What's on at Cinema City: - Let's Go Karaoke!, 3 Mar - In the Wake, 10 Mar - Tea Friends, 17 Mar - Broken Commandment, 24 Mar - A Girl Named Ann, 31 Mar More info + tickets 👉 jpf-film.org.uk/venues/cinema-…

Ran Zwigenberg (Penn State) giving the keynote lecture on “Hiroshima’s Transwar and the Architecture of Memory and Forgetting” at the Sainsbury Institute & Centre for Japanese Studies interdisciplinary Japanese studies conference held at Norwich Castle

CJS member Dr Akiko Tomatsuri will be taking part in a research seminar on the topic of ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ in Japanese Language Education in the UK and Europe on Wednesday 19th March at 13:00. Further details and how to sign up included below!

Our 2025 Centre for Japanese Studies newsletter is out now! This includes reports on the last year of activities from CJS and its members - you can read the full issue here: japaninnorwich.org/wp-content/upl…

Wishing the very best of luck to CJS member Dr Ryoko Matsuba for her exciting new chapter!

The episode with Ran is on YouTube (link in quoted tweet). It was an enjoyable conversation about research, Japan, xenophobia, football, and many other things.

[Call for Applications: The Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts 2025-26] We are delighted to launch the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme in Japanese Arts, generously supported by the Ishibashi Foundation! 1/4

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Ra and Sherzod spoke to Prof. Sergey Radchenko Sergey Radchenko about his new book, To Run the World, as well as Russia's vision of itself, its relations with China and the West, the war in Ukraine, and other important issues. youtu.be/_YAL2a-xWdA?si…