Geomungo Factory
The first-ever British concert by Korean cult legends Geomungo Factory, who’ve taken the geomungo – an ancient form of zither,…
The National Orchestra of Korea
After major concerts around the world, the National Orchestra of Korea finally make their London debut with this Barbican concert,…
Pansori Night: Ahn Sook-Sun
Pansori is Korean musical drama which delivers myths that have been passed on orally – with no musical notation, pansori…
Japan Society Book Club – The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high…
POLYSICS to Release Weeeeeeeeee!!! Across UK and Europe
Japan’s notorious boiler suited techno-new-wave hooligans POLYSICS return with Weeeeeeeeee!!!, their latest high-energy album, scheduled to shatter the eardrums of…
Bored Spies + smallgang tour
Bored Spies are an International three-piece. Formed in early 2012, the trio are currently based in Singapore, Seoul and Arizona…
Mieko Miyazaki (koto) will perform Concertante for shakuhachi, koto, violin and cello (World premiere) by James Nyouraku Schlefer with Orchestra of the Swan, 31st May. Mieko Miyazaki joins to perform…
Another Breakin Convention has come and gone. This year saw the 10th Anniversary of the annual festival celebrating hip hop culture and championing hip hop dance theatre. Many companies…
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Yoko Ono's Meltdown
This year’s Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre will be curated by Yoko Ono, celebrating her achievements in music, visual arts and activism and coinciding with…
The Japan Society Golf Tournament 2013
The Japan Society’s Annual Golf Tournament, for the Asprey and Garrard Plate, is due to take place at Essendon Country Club on Wednesday 12 June, with…
Japan Conversation Group
The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on…
Trooping the Colour – Special seats at the Major General’s Review
One of the great annual sights in London is the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall on Her Majesty’s Official Birthday. All…
Junko / Michel Henritzi Duo + Shinichi Isohata + A Qui Avec Gabriel
Three performances from the Japanese underground with Hijokaidan vocalist Junko in duo with Michel Henritzi for an intense barrage of noise and total sound, the stripped…
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Japanese Embroidery Exhibition
Shizuka Kusano – Exhibition of Japanese Embroidery A small exhibition of some of Kusano-san’s beautiful kimono, obi, wall hangings. This exhibit…
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 – Designed by Sou Fujimoto
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 will be designed by multi award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Widely acknowledged to be one of…
Get Lucky Yourself: Luna Jungeun Lee and Alejandra Contreras
Last September four exceptional recent creative graduates were selected from over 100 applicants to take part in the 2012/13 Many Graduate Residency…
Curator-led tours of In a Nutshell: Japanese Netsuke from European Collections
The Embassy of Japan is hosting a stunning collection of over two hundred netsuke gathered from a number of private collections…
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When the Meiji government came into power in 1868 it recognised the pressing need to produce a credible and reliable…
A short time before the G8 summit in the UK, an overview of the global economy by a highly respected…
The people who lived in the Japanese archipelago in the millennia before the arrival of rice farming, long before the…
The security of energy supply remains the most important objective of current energy policy, and for this reason countries often…
Post 3.11 – What Can Art Do? Case 2 – Documenting Tohoku
Artist Talk: Excavated Reverberations by Hiraku Suzuki
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London Korean Film Night: Madame Freedom (1956)
In 1950s Korea a college professor exchanges harmless affection with a female pupil while his wife and her married lady friends become hooked on the latest American dance…
My Dear Enemy (2008)
A View of the Korean Society and Women through Films
London Korean Film Night: My Mother, The Mermaid (2004)
Films at the Embassy of Japan: Happy Flight
The Harmonium in My Memory (1999)
London Korean Film Night: ‘HAHAHA’ Screening with Moon So-ri
Films at the Embassy of Japan: Our Mother
London Korean Film Night: Sa-kwa (2008)
Films at the Embassy of Japan Penguins in the Sky – Asahiyama Zoo
London Korean Film Night: Peppermint Candy (1999)
The 14th Season of Contemporary Japanese Films
Once Upon a Time in Japan – The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
London Korean Film Night: A Good Lawyer’s Wife (2003)
‘Terracotta Film Club’ plays jackie Chan’s POLICE STORY at the Prince Charles Cinema on January 30th
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Okinawa Day 2013
London Okinawa Sanshinkai and Okinawa Association U.K are delighted to host Okinawa Day 2013 on Saturday 22nd June at Spitalfields in London E1. Okianwa Day 2013 is an admission free outdoor event and organised as a part of the…
Japan Day
Cardiff Central Library is celebrating Japanese Culture and Literature and will host various Japanese events on 25th May between 11am and 4pm. Japan Day is organised in partnership with local Japanese Community Members and the Cardiff based Saturday Japanese…
Japan Day 2013
First impressions of Japan most likely involve geishas, tall skyscrapers, anime and electronics. Although this is true, we believe that Japan has so much more to offer and so much more to focus on. In 2011, Japan suffered the…
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Discover Korean Food 120: Dr. Sook-Ja Yoon’s “Yukjongyong Bibimbap”
Yukjongyong Bibimbap is a rice dish mixed with Vegetables, Cistanches Herba, Garnish, and Chili Paste. Yukjongyong is good for: Digestion, Muscle, and Bones. It prevents…
