Imamura Shohei: How to Win Fans and Influence People in the Postwar Japanese Studio System – with Jennifer Coates
Imamura Shohei’s first four films have received significantly less academic and critical attention than his work from 1960 onwards. Stolen…
Experience Japan Exhibition 2018
Experience Japan Exhibition will be back in London this November for the 8th year, bringing information on the growing range…
The Expression of Youth: Japanese Street Fashion in Post-War Culture
Thanks to its uniqueness, Japanese street fashion has made a name for itself in the couture world and has enjoyed…
Japan Room Lecture: The Curious Case Of Japan Leads To Deep Revelations About Money
How weak is macroeconomic theory? Japan has terrible macroeconomic numbers (by leading nation standards) yet a high quality of life.…
Piano Recital: Masako Kamikawa
Born in Osaka, Japan, Masako Kamikawa started learning the piano with her mother, who was a piano teacher. After completing…
Like Father, Like Son そして父になる
A successful businessman, Ryota, lives in luxury with his family in Tokyo. One day, he receives a call from a…
Aida Makoto is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his provocative work. From mountains of dead salarymen, a blender full of young women, and harakiri (ritual suicide), his highly…
In conjunction with our current exhibition, we present a latest contemporary Butoh performance on the bounds of music and contemporary art by Florencia Guerberof. Door open and drinks are…
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Artist Talk: Aida Makoto
Aida Makoto is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his provocative work. From mountains of dead salarymen, a blender full of young women, and harakiri (ritual…
Exhibition View all
Experience Japan Exhibition 2018
Experience Japan Exhibition will be back in London this November for the 8th year, bringing information on the growing range of…
Resonating Surfaces by Akira Yamaguchi
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to introduce the work of the renowned Japanese painter Akira Yamaguchi to the UK public.…
Tomoko Hojo Solo Exhibition ‘Unfinished Descriptions’
For her first solo exhibition at Hundred Years Gallery, Tomoko Hojo explores the relationship between voices missing from the archive through…
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Imamura Shohei’s first four films have received significantly less academic and critical attention than his work from 1960 onwards. Stolen…
Thanks to its uniqueness, Japanese street fashion has made a name for itself in the couture world and has enjoyed…
How weak is macroeconomic theory? Japan has terrible macroeconomic numbers (by leading nation standards) yet a high quality of life.…
Artist Talk: Aida Makoto
Turf Wars: Territories and Textbooks in Sino-Japanese Relations – with Caroline Rose
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Like Father, Like Son そして父になる
A successful businessman, Ryota, lives in luxury with his family in Tokyo. One day, he receives a call from a maternity hospital saying that his six-year-old son may have been switched with another child at birth. A DNA test…
Film Screening: Your Name
Join us for a very special screening on Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa). This screening will be an amazing chance to meet one of the films producers Genki Kawamura, who will be answering questions on the…
JAEFF 2018: Youthquake
This edition of the Japanese Avant-Garde Experimental Film Festival, in partnership with The Japan Foundation, riffs off the Oxford Dictionaries word of 2017: ‘Youthquake’- defined as ‘a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence…
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‘I hope food can boost inter-Korean relations’
Bibimbap mixed rice with meat, and some greens with an eobok jaengban (어복쟁반) boiled meat platter. ’ These are the menu items that Director Yoon…
