Events & Programmes Archive - The Japan Foundation

Spring Explorers! – Free Film Programme 20 April 2018 – 22 April 2018

As we enter the season of new beginnings, join us for a fresh programme of Japanese films which present their pivotal characters entering new stages (and worlds) in their own lives...

Spring Explorers 20 April 2018 – 22 April 2018

Following on from our popular Summer Explorers! programme, the Japan Foundation will be showing our free film screenings at the Courthouse Cinema and the Soho Cinema, as part of our new Spring Explorers!programme...

JFTFP18: Sixteen films; Eighteen venues; 131 screenings – done! 29 March 2018

Following 131 screenings nationwide over a two month period, the largest Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme to date drew to a close in late March. Featuring 16 titles...

A Talk by Yu Irie- Memoirs of a Murderer Director 24 March 2018 · 15:00–00:00

The Japan Foundation is delighted to invite director and screenwriter, Yu Irie.

Rie Nakajima – Cyclic 21 March 2018 – 3 June 2018

A captivating exhibition in which UK based experimental artist, Rie Nakajima fuses sculpture with...

Murakami on Screen (Eyes on Murakami) 8 March 2018

Eyes on Murakami examines the worlds of popular contemporary novelist Haruki Murakami, through the processes of translation, transmedial production and the gendering of his characters...

Haruki Murakami and I- A Talk by Hideo Furukawa 28 February 2018 · 18:30–00:00

Hideo Furukawa is a dynamic and compelling Japanese contemporary writer. Being an admirer of Haruki Murakami and is acknowledged by many in the Japanese literary world...

13th Japanese Speech Contest for University Students FINALS DAY 24 February 2018 · 13:00–18:00

Come along and listen to what university students studying Japanese in the UK have to say! The finalists will give their speeches and presentations in Japanese to an audience consisting of members of the public, fellow students, teachers, parents, key figures from the UK-Japan community and a panel of judges. Free entry, no booking required! Download our event poster!

Japan Now 2018 24 February 2018 – 28 February 2018

Japan Now returns for another year at the British Library exploring contemporary writing and culture from Japan

Japan Foundation / BAJS Japanese Studies Postgraduate Workshop 2018: Bridging the Academic Worlds of the UK and Japan 16 February 2018 · 10:30–18:00

We are delighted to announce that the next annual Japan Foundation and British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) Postgraduate Workshop will be held in 2018 at SOAS, University of London. This workshop aims to assist the development of the next generation of Japanese Studies researchers in the UK. It is a great…

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon’s ‘Pluto’ 8 February 2018 – 11 February 2018

The Barbican presents the UK premiere of multi-award winning dancer, choreographer and director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon’s Pluto...

(Un)true Colours: Secrets and Lies in Japanese Cinema- Experience Japan through Cinema 2 February 2018 – 28 March 2018

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme returns this year with 16 fantastic Japanese films, at 18 venues nationwide, offering an all-encompassing introduction to Japanese cinema through the theme of ‘secrets and lies’. The screenwriter of ‘Gukoroku:Traces of Sin’, Kosuke Mukai, will appear at ICA (London), Watershed (Bristol) and Macroberts Art Centre (Stirling); and Masahiro Motoki who stars in ‘The Long Excuse’ will attend a Q&A after its screening at London ICA.