Japanese Studies at U. of Manchester

27/05/2026

The end-of-the-year party! (What a lovely hot-summer-like day 🌞🌞🌞)

06/05/2026

卒業後ずっと日本で活躍しているフェイユンさんが、遊びに来てくれました！Another proud graduate, Feiyun san, visited us from Japan ☺️ Thank you very much for sharing your precious stories with us!

25/04/2026

A special screening of KOKUHO, Japan's highest-grossing live-action movie ever, will be held at Vue Manchester Printworks on Tuesday 5 May - doors open 6.00 pm, movie starts 6.30 pm. Note it is 3 hours long!

Link to purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987844784261?aff=oddtdtcreator [eventbrite.co.uk]

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGfu5-cDqxA&t=4s

Community preview of Lee Sang-il's KOKUHO

23/04/2026

Asako Yuzuki will be returning to Manchester in June to discuss her newly translated novel Hooked - tickets on sale tomorrow and sure to attract a big audience!

This event is now on sale to MLF Get Closer Members and will go on general sale from Friday 24 April, 2026. Sign up to become a member here.

16/04/2026

2026年3月18日　英国ミツカン社　ミドルトン工場を訪問！
A big thank you to Mr Ken, Ms Caroline, and Mr Neil from Mizkan Euro Ltd., and to everyone in the Middleton office!! We appreciate the opportunity to visit and learn more about the local businesses related to Japan. Thank you very much for a memorable day! (18 March 2026)

15/04/2026

Data about peak cherry blossom time helps us understand not only contemporary climate change, but also climate change and its effects during Japanese history!

Prof Yasuyuki Aono’s meticulous work charted shifting bloom dates as a marker of climate change

09/04/2026

Just a reminder that the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation organises regular events exploring important and interesting issues involving Japan (and the UK). Many of these can be joined online, and are often recorded too. Upcoming events deal with World War Two, AI, the Iran War, and Japan's 'Peace Constitution', for example. Definitely worth a look!

9 April 2026Special eventGallery Tour: Lines, Gazes, LandscapesJoin us for a free lunchtime tour of Hikaru Fujii’s first solo exhibition in the UK, Lines, Gazes, Landscapes, led by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation staff. Fifteen years after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, this exh...

16/03/2026

It's a five star review for the Whitworth's ukiyo-e exhibition - organised with the involvement of Professor Baffelli and Dr Noda!

Hokusai’s breathtaking woodblock print may be ubiquitous today but, as this startling show reminds us, it’s also an apocalyptic vision of a world about to change

15/03/2026

Another exciting book event with Satoshi Yagisawa (八木沢里志) and Emi Yagi (八木詠美) at the Manchester Literature Festival, coordinated by the Japan Foundation London. Our group of students had another exciting and memorable experience.

13/03/2026

Manchester's Whitworth Gallery stages an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints till November! Click on 'Events programme' to see the many workshops and lectures that accompany the exhibition. Even better, everything is free!

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