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The Japan Foundation is Japan’s principal organisation for promoting international cultural exchange between Japan and the rest of the world.

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NEW DATE ADDED for "Beyond Anime: Independent Animation from Japan" in partnership with The Garden Cinema - another chance to enjoy independent #Japanese #animation on the big screen! 🎥 8 Jul (8pm), 9 Jul (6:15pm) The Garden Cinema, #London £14pp Book 👉 thegardencinema.co.uk/film/beyond-an…

NEW DATE ADDED for "Beyond Anime: Independent Animation from Japan" in partnership with <a href="/TheGardenCinema/">The Garden Cinema</a> - another chance to enjoy independent #Japanese #animation on the big screen! 🎥

8 Jul (8pm), 9 Jul (6:15pm)
The Garden Cinema, #London
£14pp

Book 👉 thegardencinema.co.uk/film/beyond-an…
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In 2024, Sainsbury Institute received the Japan Foundation Award for their hard work in promoting Japanese culture. You can now watch Executive Director Prof. Simon Kaner's talk from the prize ceremony, ''How Japanese Arts and Culture Make Us Happier" online! youtube.com/watch?v=1BRAWS…

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We are proud to support this screening and panel discussion on the Japanese diaspora in the UK, "移動と越境のコミュニティ Mobility, Migration, and Transnational Communities around the Globe" organised by SOAS University of London and University of Oxford. For details, visit jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#14…

We are proud to support this screening and panel discussion on the Japanese diaspora in the UK, "移動と越境のコミュニティ Mobility, Migration, and Transnational Communities around the Globe" organised by <a href="/SOAS/">SOAS University of London</a> and <a href="/UniofOxford/">University of Oxford</a>.

For details, visit jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#14…
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*Register now for our free talk* 'Ghibli in the Machine: AI Controversies and the Appropriation of Anime' with Dr Zoe Crombie (LICA) and Prof Rayna Denison (University of Bristol). 📌Lancaster University and Online via Zoom 📅 Fri 4 July, 5pm BST 🔗jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#14…

*Register now for our free talk*
'Ghibli in the Machine: AI Controversies and the Appropriation of Anime' with Dr Zoe Crombie (<a href="/LICAatLancaster/">LICA</a>) and Prof Rayna Denison (<a href="/BristolUni/">University of Bristol</a>).

📌Lancaster University and Online via Zoom
📅 Fri 4 July, 5pm BST
🔗jpf.org.uk/whatson.php#14…
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We're partnering with appare co and Park Theatre for their stunning UK-Japan co-production, "Our Cosmic Dust", playing in #London until 5 Jul! 🌌 Join young Shotaro on a tearful yet joyful quest for the meaning of death - find out more and get tickets at parktheatre.co.uk/event/our-cosm…

We're partnering with appare co and <a href="/ParkTheatre/">Park Theatre</a> for their stunning UK-Japan co-production, "Our Cosmic Dust", playing in #London until 5 Jul! 🌌

Join young Shotaro on a tearful yet joyful quest for the meaning of death - find out more and get tickets at parktheatre.co.uk/event/our-cosm…
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Missed out on tickets for our #concert with KAWAI Ikuko? A number of returned tickets will be released for booking on Wed 25 Jun - first come, first served! actorschurch.org/whatson/kawai-… Supported by All Nippon Airways Special thanks to The Actors’ Church #japan #violin #music #london

Missed out on tickets for our #concert with KAWAI Ikuko?

A number of returned tickets will be released for booking on Wed 25 Jun - first come, first served!

actorschurch.org/whatson/kawai-…

Supported by All Nippon Airways
Special thanks to <a href="/actorschurch/">The Actors’ Church</a>

#japan #violin #music #london
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On Sat 28 Jun, join our friends East Asian Studies | The University of Sheffield for a #FREE symposium on "Empowering Women's Voices through Translating #Japanese Fiction" - acclaimed translators & publishers will shed light on their work's role in the current Japanese women's writing boom! empoweringwomensvoicejplit.org/event

On Sat 28 Jun, join our friends <a href="/ShefUniSEAS/">East Asian Studies | The University of Sheffield</a> for a #FREE symposium on "Empowering Women's Voices through Translating #Japanese Fiction" - acclaimed translators &amp; publishers will shed light on their work's role in the current Japanese women's writing boom!

empoweringwomensvoicejplit.org/event
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Our friends at Ura Matsuri are back at the Southbank Centre on Sat 19 Jul! Ura Matsuri 2025 brings a matsuri like no other to #London, serving up cultural delights like music, dance, benshi, street performances, and more! #FREE - no booking required! southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ura-m…

Our friends at <a href="/uramatsuri/">Ura Matsuri</a> are back at the <a href="/southbankcentre/">Southbank Centre</a> on Sat 19 Jul!

Ura Matsuri 2025 brings a matsuri like no other to #London, serving up cultural delights like music, dance, benshi, street performances, and more!

#FREE - no booking required!

southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ura-m…
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We thoroughly enjoyed hosting guest teachers from Japan Foundation UK and the University of Edinburgh who came to our Department to teach groups of our new S2s some Japanese. 🇯🇵🗾

We thoroughly enjoyed hosting guest teachers from <a href="/jpflondon/">Japan Foundation UK</a> and the University of Edinburgh who came to our Department to teach groups of our new S2s some Japanese. 🇯🇵🗾
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📣Announcement|Japan Pavilion at The 61st International Art Exhibition 🌈 We are pleased to announce that the Japan Pavilion at The 61st International Art Exhibition will be co-curated by HORIKAWA Lisa and TAKAHASHI Mizuki. As announced previously, Ei Arakawa-Nash has been

📣Announcement|Japan Pavilion at The 61st International Art Exhibition 🌈
 
We are pleased to announce that the Japan Pavilion at
The 61st International Art Exhibition will be co-curated by HORIKAWA Lisa and TAKAHASHI Mizuki.
 
As announced previously, Ei Arakawa-Nash has been
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It's almost time! The KAWAI Ikuko and HIBIKI duo performance is tomorrow. 🎻 If you've booked a ticket, please be sure to come as there were people on the waiting list who would have loved to attend! Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! jpf.org.uk

It's almost time! The KAWAI Ikuko and HIBIKI duo performance is tomorrow. 🎻

If you've booked a ticket, please be sure to come as there were people on the waiting list who would have loved to attend!
Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

jpf.org.uk
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We hope you enjoyed yesterday's stunning performance by KAWAI Ikuko and HIBIKI duo! Thank you to everyone who attended or made this event possible - special thanks to The Actors’ Church. Ms KAWAI is performing in Budapest tomorrow!

We hope you enjoyed yesterday's stunning performance by KAWAI Ikuko and HIBIKI duo! 

Thank you to everyone who attended or made this event possible - special thanks to <a href="/actorschurch/">The Actors’ Church</a>.

Ms KAWAI is performing in Budapest tomorrow!
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Congratulations to OTANI Akira, Sam Bett, and Faber Books - "The Night of Baba Yaga" is the first Japanese book to win the CWA Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation! It's unlike any crime novel you've read before - we're overjoyed to learn of the win! thecwa.co.uk/past-winners/t…

Congratulations to OTANI Akira, Sam Bett, and <a href="/FaberBooks/">Faber Books</a> - "The Night of Baba Yaga" is the first Japanese book to win the CWA Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation!

It's unlike any crime novel you've read before - we're overjoyed to learn of the win!

thecwa.co.uk/past-winners/t…
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We're proudly partnering with Watershed as part of Cinema Rediscovered 2025! Discover newly restored, hard-to-see Japanese cinema at two venues in #Bristol - Watershed and Bristol Megascreen! Screenings of Japanese films take place between 25 and 27 Jul: watershed.co.uk/cinema-redisco…

We're proudly partnering with <a href="/wshed/">Watershed</a> as part of Cinema Rediscovered 2025!

Discover newly restored, hard-to-see Japanese cinema at two venues in #Bristol - <a href="/wshed/">Watershed</a> and <a href="/MegascreenBri/">Bristol Megascreen</a>!

Screenings of Japanese films take place between 25 and 27 Jul: watershed.co.uk/cinema-redisco…
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On Friday 4th, Prof Rayna Denison (Bristol University) and Dr Zoe Crombie (Lancaster University) delivered a fascinating, insightful and topical seminar about AI and the Appropriation of Anime at Lancaster University . Our event report and video will be available soon on our website!

On Friday 4th, Prof Rayna Denison (Bristol University) and Dr Zoe Crombie (Lancaster University) delivered a fascinating, insightful and topical seminar about AI and the Appropriation of Anime at <a href="/LancasterUni/">Lancaster University</a> .

Our event report and video will be available soon on our website!
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Missed YUZUKI Asako when she toured the UK with us last autumn? 🧈 She's returning to #London THIS MONTH, where she will be joined by translator Polly Barton to discuss "Butter" at Waterstones Piccadilly, London! Event takes place Mon 21 Jul: waterstones.com/events/asako-y… Photo © Junya Inagaki

Missed YUZUKI Asako when she toured the UK with us last autumn? 🧈

She's returning to #London THIS MONTH, where she will be joined by translator Polly Barton to discuss "Butter" at <a href="/WaterstonesPicc/">Waterstones Piccadilly, London</a>!

Event takes place Mon 21 Jul: waterstones.com/events/asako-y…

Photo © Junya Inagaki
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Book now! 森泉岳土@コミカライズ版『ソラリス』, a distinguished #manga artist and illustrator, is joining us in #London for an eye-opening talk about his life and works. 7 Aug, 18:30 Japan House #London #FREE - book below More 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-talk-… #literature #japan #japanese

Book now! <a href="/moriizumii/">森泉岳土@コミカライズ版『ソラリス』</a>, a distinguished #manga artist and illustrator, is joining us in #London for an eye-opening talk about his life and works.

7 Aug, 18:30
Japan House #London
#FREE - book below

More 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-talk-…

#literature #japan #japanese