By Duncan Bartlett BBC World Service 31 January 2013 The play explores the relationship between William Adams and the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu Anjin, a new Anglo-Japanese play at London’s Sadler’s Wells, tells the story of William Adams, believed to be … Continued
Thank you very much indeed everyone for coming. Along with Nicholas Maclean I’m co chair of Japan400 and we’ve got as far as we have today with the great help and encouragement of many people. We of course only begin … Continued
Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 By WILLIAM HOLLINGWORTH Kyodo LONDON — A yearlong series of cultural events has been launched in Britain to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the establishment of relations with Japan. Life-changing experience: Timon Screech, cochair of the … Continued
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March A series of lectures marking the second anniversary of the Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March, 2011: Professor Norma Field (University of Chicago) will give the Annual Tsuda Lecture Pre-War Revolutionary Culture and the Fukushima Disaster. 13 March, SOAS … Continued
The Times Saturday, 12 January 2013 Four hundred years ago today a British ship sailed for Japanese waters to establish the first contact between the two nations and start a mutually beneficial relationship which prospers to this day. In 1613 … Continued
Friday, 11 January 2013 Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose, Japan’s answer to Boris Johnson, was in London yesterday launching Tokyo-s bid for the 2020 Olympics—in the Ladies’ Smoking Room of the St Pancras Hotel of all places. Some say that as … Continued
JLGC Blog Friday, 11 January 2013 [The Japan Local Government Centre is the London office of CLAIR—the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations. CLAIR was established in 1988 as a joint organization made up of local governments. We provide … Continued
Mainichi Shimbun Thursday, 10 January 2013 LONDON: A host of events will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the start of diplomatic and cultural relations between Japan and Britain, the organizer announced here on Jan. 10. The “Japan 400,” comprising Japanese … Continued
King James, the Shogun and Now: Celebrating 400 years of Japan-British Relations, 1613-2013 Click each thumbnail image above to enlarge it and to read a fuller description. You can now read the text of the presentations given at the successful … Continued
