The Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art and Mitsubishi Corp. announced a partnership to expand collaboration and communication between Japanese and American audiences and scholars. Mitsubishi Corp. will donate $1 million to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler…
World Origami Days | Oct. 26 thru Dec. 28 | Monday thru Friday | 9AM-5PM | Featuring the art of Hiromi Ashlin with Sy Chen, Jim Weir, Giang Ding, Wen-Li Lu, and Grace Kim Never miss another event! …
The Library of Congress will host two public events in November in remembrance of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” which took place in cities throughout Germany and Austria on Nov. 9, 1938. The brutal attacks by German Nazis on…
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) and the Japan-America Society of Washington DC (JASW) invite you to participate in our Autumn 2015 Haiku Contest! Submit an autumn themed haiku to be judged by an expert panel. Prizes include guaranteed…
The JICC and the New York Japan CineFest Present New York Japan CineFest | September 24, 2015 | Thursday, 6:30PM Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, the New York Japan CineFest will be visiting the…
Tanabata, or the Star Festival, is held on the evening of July 7. One of Japan’s three major summer festival, its origins trace back to a legend involving two prominent stars in the night sky: Altair and Vega. Wednesday,…
The first major exhibition in the Western hemisphere devoted to the revered 17th-century Japanese master Tawaraya Sōtatsu debuts Oct. 24 at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, in Washington, D.C. “Sōtatsu: Making Waves,” on view…
Guitarist/composer Nobuki Takamen was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Jazz historian Scott Yanow describes him as ”an excellent improviser in his own bop-inspired style.” John Heidt of Vintage Guitar Magazine has also called him ”a mature player with keen sense of…
