- Gallery Cento in Glasgow presents an exhibition ‘Yuki Okumura: 136 Locations – 956 Intersections’, 21st January – 25th February 2024.
- Curated by Charlotte Linton, a photography exhibition ‘How Haring saw Amami under military rule: Photo exhibition for the 70th Anniversary of the reversion of the Amami Islands to Japan’ is held in Kagoshima, Japan, 23rd December 2023 – 22nd April 2024.
- Naviar Records presents a sound installation ‘Fukuoka Postcards‘ at Studio Kura in Itoshima, Japan, 27th and 28th January 2024.
- MuArts presentes in partnership with the Japan Foundation a music concert ‘Kimura & Ono with Kit Downes: Betwixt Mortality & Immortality‘ at Kings Place in London, 29th February 2024.
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024, ‘Unforgettable: Memories, Times and Reflections in Japanese Cinema’, visits 30 cities across the UK, 2nd February – 31st March 2024.
- The William Morris Gallery in London presents ‘Art Without Heros: Mingei’, the largest ever exhibition in the UK dedicated to mingei, 23rd March – 22nd September 2024.
- Dulwich Picture Gallery in London presents ‘Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking‘, the first ever exhibition in the UK that shines a spotlight on the Yoshida family and their woodblock prints, 19th June – 20th October 2024.
- Produced by Amélie Ravalec, two documentaries of Japanese Avant-Garde, ‘Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers’ and ‘Japan Visions’, to be released in 2024.
- Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentship alum Nick Bradley’s second novel, ‘Four Seasons in Japan‘, following his debut ‘The Cat and The City’, is now available, published by Doubleday.
- Edinburgh University Press has published ‘Film and Fashion in Japan, 1923-39: Consuming the ‘West’‘ by Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentship alumna Lois Barnett as part of their Film and Fashions series. There is a 30% launch discount for orders from the EUP website, using code NEW30 at checkout.
- The publication ‘Late Hokusai: Society, Though, Technique, Legacy‘ edited by Timothy Clark is now available, developed from an international symposium held at the British Museum.
- A podcast of audio walking tours, historicity has launched a new series focused on Tokyo, available to listen wherever podcasts are available.
- Arcola Theatre in London presents a new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery of Haruki Murakami’s novel ‘Sputnik Sweetheart’, 23rd October – 25th November 2023.
- The Photographers’ Gallery in London presents Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective, the first UK retrospective of one of the world’s most innovative and influential artists and street photographers, 6th October 2023 – 11th February 2024.
- Creative Japan is a new podcast series by London and Tokyo-based broadcaster Nick Luscombe exploring art and community across Japan, and is now available from podcast providers, including Spotify, Apple, Amazon and Google.
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