We are delighted to announce the 35th Sir Peter Parker Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at SOAS.

Hiroshi Suzuki visits the birthplace of William Adams, who was made a samurai in the 16th Century.

Drink Japan is created to showcase the best of Japanese beverage brands and selected artisan products to London!

Toward making Tokyo an international art city. TOKYO ATLAS aims to showcase Tokyo's art scene to the world, creating a platform where art fosters new ways of seeing, thinking, and interacting.

In this webinar, chaired by film producer Shozo Ichiyama, legendary Oscar-winning auteur and film producer Jeremy Thomas discussed the cultural influences surrounding Japanese cinema and what drew him to work with Japanese directors and actors, and explored creative approaches to scripted projects that break through with international audiences.

Japanese ​avant-garde ​artist ⁠Yayoi ​Kusama, ​97, has ​died, ​Kyodo ‌news ⁠agency ​reported ​on ⁠Thursday.

A play based on the writer’s dreamlike novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is touring the world, riding a wave of interest in Japanese culture. Its creators talk about how they adapt...

Emergency warnings have been downgraded but unstable atmospheric conditions are forecast to persist across Kanto, Nagano and Yamanashi through early Saturday.

Nonomiya/Song of Rona Island – taking place at Edinburgh International Book Festival this August!   Monday 24 August 2026 | 19:00 – 21:00 at Greyfriars Kirk and repeated on Tuesday 25 Aug at 19:00 Noh Reimagined theatre company will introduce Noh Theatre in Part One with Nonomiya – a piece based on the oldest novel

China holds a virtual monopoly over the global rare earths market, accounting for nearly 70% of global rare earths output in 2025 and processing almost 90% of them. In this seminar, Takahiro Kamisuna ...

For more than seven decades since 1952, the relationship between the United States and Japan has been one of the world’s strongest alliances. In recent years, the alliance has entered a dynamic new ph...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first appearance at the ceremony as the nation’s leader comes as the government prepares to revise key national security documents later this year.

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

An outdoor afternoon explor

In April Japan coined term kokushobi for days above 40C as country advises workers to wear shorts to the office to cope with stifling heat

The historical record is clear: The absolute prohibition on female monarchs is not timeless. It is a surprisingly modern invention.

The leaders of big AI labs are changing their stories on employment, with top AI chief executive officers walking back their previous warnings of job destruction.

Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall has a new Japan-themed painting on show at the Hampstead Art Society Summer Exhibition until 11 July at Gallery 8 in Mayfair, central London. His oil...

Discover artists who have s

Through subjects as diverse as old apartment blocks, human scars, kimono fabrics, personal belongings of the deceased and even her own water-damaged prints, Ishiuchi Miyako (b. 1947) captures time, at...

A rare opportunity to see two of Japan’s most exciting photographers: Kawada Kikuji and Iwane Ai

The Foundation awards grants to individuals and institutions in the UK and Japan in all areas of the visual and performing arts, the humanities, the social sciences, science and engineering, mathemati...

Noda Map - minus 320 Fahrenheit - Sadler's Wells Theatre