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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025
Fri 7th February 2025 - Mon 31st March 2025
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is back for 2025! From 7 February to 31 March, discover 26 diverse Japanese films at 33 cinemas in 32 cities, spotlighting cinematic ideas of justice, justification, and judgement against today's backdrop of ever-changing values and ...
Online roundtable discussion - "Action!": Dealing with Social Issues in Cinematic Narratives
Wed 26th March 2025
Justice (along with the closely-aligned concept of fairness) is one of the fundamental rights of the human being. Sadly though, history and current affairs prove that this right is not always available to all, causing unresolved issues in society. Many creators have expressed themselves through the arts in...
Report: Japan Foundation/British Association for Japanese Studies PhD Workshop 2025
Report - The Japan Foundation Awards 2024 Commemorative Lecture with SISJAC's Professor Simon Kaner
-Rakugo and Kobanashi: Enjoy Storytelling and Explore Japanese -