Happy birthday, Homare Sawa!

September 6, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Homare Sawa (37) recently participated in her sixth FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with Japan, reaching the final in Canada four years after lifting the prestigious trophy at Germany 2011, where she was awarded the adidas Golden Ball and Golden Shoe awards. Later that year, the all-action attacking midfielder was named FIFA Women’s World Player of […]

From Kyoto to Berlin and Halle: Meet video artist Kayoko Tomita

September 2, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today, Berlin based video artist Kayoko Tomita popped by our office. We asked her a few questions about her life here. She showed us her recent video work ‘Bibliothek’, which is a stunning experimental video featuring unique footage from a Halle library with rhythmic sound editing. The video will be shown at international film festivals, […]

Happy birthday, Seiji Ozawa!

September 1, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

In the chronicles of the Berliner Philharmoniker, 1966 was a remarkable year: In quick succession, two young conductors made their debuts with the orchestra who soon afterwards joined the elite of the music world: Claudio Abbado and Seiji Ozawa. Both were discoveries of Herbert von Karajan and the press outdid each other in their praise […]

Japan win the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship!!

August 29, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

CHAMPIONS: Japan win the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship!! Beat DPR Korea 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

Shota Nakamura – Solo exhibition “Play Of Sunlight”

August 21, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

AGORA is pleased to present Shota Nakamura and his first solo exhibition in Europe. Shota (1987) was born in Yamanashi, Japan. In 2011 he graduated from Musashino Art University in Japan (BFA). He is currently living and working in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions (2015) were held in Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Utrecht/NOW IDeA, Tokyo. He collaborated […]

The Buddy Bear at the Japanese Embassy in Berlin gets a facelift

July 31, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The buddy bear in the entrance area of the Japanese Embassy’s cultural department gets a facelift: after he has been thoroughly cleaned and scratches and scrapes fixed. Copyright: Botschaft von Japan in Deutschland / 在ドイツ日本国大使館

Danish girl creates Post A Letter event in Tokyo

July 30, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Join us @ Greed on Thursday the 30st of July. —- Pop-up post office & letter-writing station at café Greed in Shibuya. Donations appreciated 🙂 —- PAL SAC stands for Post A Letter Social Activity Club; We set up a ‘stationary bar’ where we encourage you to forget your smartphones and screens for an hour […]

Noh x Opera – Noh meets Contemporary Music

July 28, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“NOH X Opera-noh meets contemporary music” yesterday evening in the arena of the message-presentation and performance with the actress Ryoko Aoki and the artistic director of the Mahogany Opera Group, Frederic Wake-Walker. Copyright: Botschaft von Japan in Deutschland / 在ドイツ日本国大使館

Nightscape 2050: A Dialogue between Cities.Light.People in the Future

July 27, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

The subject of light and lighting is more relevant than ever, as evidenced by the UNESCO global celebration of 2015 as the International Year of Light. The exhibition “Nightscape 2050” by Lighting Planners Associates (LPA) explores the interactions between people, light, and cities in the year 2050. For LPA the word “nightscape” does not only […]

70 Jahre Atombomben auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki

July 14, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

This year will mark 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 25th July the memorial ceremony will be held at Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Platz, in front of Truman’s residence where the then U.S. president Harry Truman made the final decision to drop the atomic bombs in Japan. Programs on 25th July 2015: 15:00 – […]