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Special event: 2 April 2012
The Appeal of Mino Washi
In this special event at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, Satoshi Hasegawa and Zoë Howard introduced Mino washi (traditional Japanese paper from Mino City), which has a proud tradition of more than 1,300 years.
Seminar: 22 March 2012
Lessons from Japan’s Disaster
In this invitation only seminar at Chatham House, Dr Yoichi Funabashi and Professor Heizo Takenaka, the editors of “Lessons from the Disaster: Risk management and the compound crisis presented by the Great East Japan Earthquake” (The Japan Times, 2011), reported on the lessons Japan has learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011.
Seminar: 15 March 2012
North Korean Security Challenges – Post Kim Jong-il
North Korea is a source of security tensions in Northeast Asia, and the regime there poses a range of problems for its own people, its neighbours and the wider world. Three speakers will discussed the security challenges presented by the new regime in North Korea to the US, South Korea and Japan.
Lecture: 8 March 2012
Can the Democratic Party finally raise Japan’s consumption tax?
This lecture discussed the politics of raising the Consumption Tax, and in particular the reasons why the discussion has moved forward during the time that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has been in power.
Exhibition: 18 Jan 2012 – 1 Mar 2012
Over the Parched Field by Akiko Takizawa
Akiko Takizawa is a Japanese artist based in London. The exhibition, ‘Over the Parched Field’, showcases a selection of Takizawa’s photographs since 2006, including new works made especially for the exhibition. This is Takizawa’s first solo show in London.
Book launch: 29 February 2012
The Historical Consumer: Consumption and Everyday Life in Japan, 1850-2000
‘The Historical Consumer: Consumption and Everyday Life in Japan, 1850-2000′, edited by Dr Penelope Francks and Professor Janet Hunter, was launched at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
Book launch: 27 February 2012
A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs
‘A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs’, edited by Professor Roger Goodman, Dr Yuki Imoto and Dr Tuukka Toivonen was launched at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
Seminar: 23 February 2012
Leadership in Central Banking
In this seminar, the second in the 2012 series ‘Leadership: People and Power in the UK and Japan’, we asked what lessons can be learnt from the Bank of Japan’s experience over the last two decades – and what central bankers in both countries should do next?