The magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Arts & Culture
November 2013
Arts
UK arts events in Japan
Arts & Culture
October 2013
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Arts and culture events related to the UK in Japan
Arts & Culture
September 2013
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UK events in Japan, compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
Arts & Culture
August 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
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July 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
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June 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
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May 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
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April 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
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March 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto
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February 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
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January 2013
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Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto.
Arts & Culture
December 2012
Arts Events
Arts events compiled by Yoko Yanagimoto
Arts & Culture
November 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Sekiya.
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October 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Sekiya.
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September 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Sekiya.
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August 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Nakamura
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July 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Nakamura
Feature Article
June 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Nakamura
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May 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Nakamura
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April 2012
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Arts events compiled by Shoko Nakamura
Arts & Culture
March 2012
Rock Challenge Japan
The Rock Challenge was marked its fifth year in Japan, although the event had been put off from November because of the lingering impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Arts & Culture
December 2011
Night at the Opera
The 1960s saw the gradual reemergence of Japan onto the world stage as post-war efforts to rebuild the nation increasingly focused attention on metropolitan Tokyo.
Arts & Culture
November 2011
Gongs for Actor, Sculptor
Dame Judi Dench and Anish Kapoor accepted Praemium Imperiale awards in Tokyo on October 19, becoming the latest in a long list of Britons to receive the prestigious honour.
Arts & Culture
August 2011
23rd Praemium Imperiale Awards
On 11 July, the Japan Art Association (JAA) named two Britons among the five new laureates of the Praemium Imperiale, one of the world’s most valuable art awards. Sculptor Anish Kapoor and actor Dame Judi Dench—each of whom will receive ¥15mn (£113,000)—were recognised “for their achievements, for the impact they have had internationally on the arts, and for their role in enriching the global community”.
Arts & Culture
August 2011
UK’s Creative Showcase
Across the UK, in June and July members of the public get a glimpse of the future of British design at graduate shows. About 5,000 fashion students graduated in the UK this summer, along with 10,000 others studying the design of products, furniture and jewellery, etc.
Arts & Culture
June 2011
Having Designs on Tradition
The studio is an oasis of understated calm, a breath or two away from a major Tokyo intersection. The artist working from it is a strikingly beautiful young woman dressed in an exquisite kimono; a base of white silk with a delicate floral motif in purple, the colour echoed slightly deeper in the obi sash that also bears at the rear a single white hydrangea.
Arts & Culture
April 2011
Serenading CEOs
At Tokyo Sinfonia’s Tchaikovsky °Serenade in Oji Hall, on 18 March, donors among the 126 people present generously left almost ¥100,000 in the boxes for Japan’s disaster relief efforts. The Tokyo Sinfonia and I should be out there performing as much as possible for people who now more than ever need to experience the healing power of our music.
Arts & Culture
March 2011
Save our Souls
In a recession, it is inevitable there will be arts funding cuts, but what are these going to be and how will they impact art’s ability to sustain and invigorate society? With rumoured cuts of 25-40%, arts organisations are facing funding uncertainty in three main areas: government, local authorities and private sources.
Arts & Culture
December 2010 / January 2011
Interview with David Bintley CBE
It’s a long way from Huddersfield to Tokyo, but the new artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan, David Bintley CBE, already feels very much at home.
Arts & Culture
February / March 2010
Nezu Museum
Popular for tourists in Tokyo’s uber-trendy Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, is the Herzog & de Meuron Prada building—a glass-lozenge mecca for fashionistas that has graced travel and style journals since 2003.
