Heike Monogatari, or The Tale of the Heike, is an epic of medieval Japanese literature, serving as a fictional dramatization of the battles of the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan during the Genpei War (1180 – 1185). … Continue reading →
Mega-urbanization poses huge challenges today in Asia. The Tokaido Megalopolis from Tokyo to Osaka was the first case of this urban scale in Asia, and many of the issues faced by today’s emerging mega-city regions were identified in Tokaido 50 years ago, … Continue reading →
Critical Look at Japan's Film Industry: TODAY & Beyond Lecture by Japanese Director Gen Takahashi Japanese with English interpretation Join us for an in-depth lecture that will shed light on the current and future situation of the film industry … Continue reading →
Japan’s Film Industry: Behind the Scenes with an Outlaw Talk by Japanese Director Gen Takahashi Presented by The Japan Foundation, Toronto and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Centre For Social Innovation Master Class for filmmakers, film studies students … Continue reading →
Japan, like all developed countries, is facing challenges providing healthcare services to those living outside its major centres. Japan spends about 11% of its GDP on healthcare, the same as in Canada. As is well known, overall already 27% of … Continue reading →
Takahiro KONDŌ Ceramic Artist Throughout his career, Takahiro KONDŌ has striven to determine his own independent artistic identity through extensive experimentation. Born in Kyoto into a family celebrated for its traditional sometsuke (cobalt blue-and-white porcelain), he first began working … Continue reading →
Lu Xun (魯迅), 20th-century China's most famous writer, spent the last nine years of his life in Shanghai (1927-1936). An avid reader of Japanese from his school years there at the start of the century, he soon befriended Uchiyama Kanzō … Continue reading →
Coffee has been a beverage of significance in Japan since it was first brought to Japan by Portuguese and Dutch traders in the 17th century. It configured social and personal spaces from the late 19th century, well before the current … Continue reading →
Noh Theatre Lecture by Masayuki Nakamura In conjunction with with the current exhibition Masks Onstage: Noh Theatre Photography by Yoshiaki Kanda, the Japan Foundation, Toronto will be hosting a lecture by the director of the Yokohama Noh Theatre Masayuki Nakamura. Reservations are … Continue reading →
This event will relate two Studio Ghibli films, "My Neighbor Totoro" and "From Up On Poppy Hill", to the works of Kenji Miyazawa, a well-known Japanese children's literature writer. "My Neighbor Totoro" has been described as "one of the most … Continue reading →
