- Okinawa Day 2025 by London Okinawa Sanshinkai is held at The Blue Market, Bermondsey on 28 June 2025.
- Birmingham Royal Ballet presents The Silence After Applause at Expo 2025 Osaka on 25 June 2025.
- Curated by Clare Fallow, the exhibition, ‘Paper Clouds: Materiality in Empty Space‘, is held at Somerset House from 5 – 29 June 2025 as part of London Design Biennale 2025.
- Presented by Metroland Culture, Brent Biennale is held in London Borough of Brent from 22 June to 24 October 2025.
- Bruach Music presents Celtic Rock Revolution at Expo 2025 Osaka on 5 July2025.
- Clifton Scientific Trust organises their annual UK-Japan Young Scientist Workshop 2025, hosted by the University of Cambridge, at labs across the City from 20 to 26 July2025.
- UCL-Japan Youth Challenge is back again this year at UCL from 26 July to 3 August2025.
- Curated by Molly Maine, her own solo exhibition, ‘Nomad: Perspectives on Home in a Changing Japan‘, is held at 67 York Street Gallery in London from 4 to13 July 2025.
- Commissioned by Wigan Council and Turnpike Gallery, the Mother of the Sea soundscape is held at IOU Creation Centre as part of Flashes Festival of Nature on 6 July 2025.
- Ura Matsuri is back again this year at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank on 19 July 2025.
- Playbox Theatre organises the 10-day residency programme in Japan in July 2025.
- The annual Noh Training Project UK organises a unique workshop of Noh performance at Royal Holloway, University of London, in August and September 2025.
- Japan-Scotland Community Cultural Festival in partnership with JET AA Scotland is held at Shambellie House in Dumfries from 22 to 24 August 2025.
- The Edinburgh International Book Festival invites Japanese authors first time this year, which is held at the Edinburgh Futures Institute from 9 to 24 August 2025.
- esea contemporary organises the event, ‘From Tokyo to Manchester: Weekend Festival‘, from 5 to 7 September 2025 as part of Japan Week.
- Japan Matsuri is back in London again this year at Trafalgar Square on 21 September 2025.
- Moss Terraria as Portals to the Biosphere takes place in Kyoto on 11 October and Tokyo on 18 October 2025
- The 34th Sir Peter Parker Speech Contest is taking place at SOAS University of London on 4 November 2025.
- The fist solo exhibition in Europe by Umi Ishihara, ‘Umi Ishihara: Nocturnal Melody’ is held at Gasworks on 22 January to 26 March 2026.
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