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Many thanks to Ian Lynam for sharing the history and current state of poster design in Japan！✨️
You can learn more about the event here 👉️ dajf.org.uk/event/japane...
Calling aspiring translators of Japanese literature into English or French .....
➡️11th Japan International Translation Competition, organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan.
Submission Period:
May 1 (Fri) – May 31 (Sun), 2026 (JST)
www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/JAPANUKEvent...
Join us for a webinar next week on the consequences of the Iran War for Japan, with Koichiro Tanaka and @billhayton.bsky.social
'The Iran War and Implications for Japan'
📅 Thursday 14 May
🕙 12pm - 1pm (UK) / 8pm - 9pm (JPN)
📍 Online via Zoom
Learn more and book here👉 tinyurl.com/3vp2xuf8
A big thank you to @knakano1970.bsky.social and Dr Alexander Rotard for joining us today to talk about the history of Japan’s Peace Constitution and its status under the Takaichi administration.
You can learn more about the event here 👉 tinyurl.com/5n63hpja
Looking for something Japan-related in July? 🗾
Then check out −320°F, the latest play from visionary writer-director Hideki Noda OBE, coming to @sadlerswells.bsky.social in July: tinyurl.com/y4xstfa9
📆 Dates: 2-11 July 2026
🕙 Times: 2:30pm / 7:30pm, depending on the date
For anyone seeking funding support for a UK-Japan-related project, do consider applying for one of our Small Grants or Awards!
📆 Deadline: 30 September 2026
🤔 Decision: Late October/early November 2026
Criteria and other info here 👉 tinyurl.com/32knmbmv
🙏 Many thanks to Professor Koichiro Tanaka and @billhayton.bsky.social for joining us today to discuss the impact of the Iran War on Japan.
A big thank you to everyone in the audience for attending, too!
Learn more about the event here 👉 tinyurl.com/3vp2xuf8
York-based? Kids in Year 7 or above? The Japan-themed afternoon at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social, with Japanese food and sweets, taiko and more, might just be for you!
🕙 Saturday 20 June 2026, 1-5pm
📍 The Creative Centre, York St John University
Find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/eerbn85s
From today you will be able to view, ‘Graveyard Getsuho’, a new painting by Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist @carlrandallart.bsky.social at this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition in London: 7 to 19 May.
dajf.org.uk/news/carl-ra...
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
'I think the moment I knew that I had to write this book was when I was with someone who made the throwaway comment that ‘translation is karaoke’. Polly Barton writes an exclusive guest post about her debut novel, WHAT AM I, A DEER? for @barnesandnoble.com: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/polly-b...
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp
Noda Map - minus 320 Fahrenheit - Sadler's Wells Theatre
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...
More than a month has passed since the United States and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran, with Iran responding by launching attacks on Israel and US military bases in the Gulf. As geopoli...
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Fitzcarraldo Editions
After a chance encounter with a stranger, a young woman falls down a rabbit hole of obsession, fantasy and exhilarating self-exploration. Read on for an exclusive essay from author Polly Barton on wri...
