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JAPAN / History

Mar 22, 2022

Japan was irked by Prince Philip's intervention on runway plan, archives show

The prince asked former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone to rethink a new airstrip on Miyake Island, south of Tokyo.

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JAPAN

Aug 23, 2006

U.K. biopic on 'Peter Rabbit' author set to lure Japanese to Lake District

Tourism officials are preparing for an increase in Japanese visitors to England's Lake District next year with the release of a movie on the life of children's author Beatrix Potter.

JAPAN

Aug 5, 2006

U.K. curators fret that Japan artifacts are gathering dust

British museums and galleries are looking for ways to revitalize their collections of Japanese artifacts and increase the public's interest in them. Britain has one of the largest and most diverse collections of Japanese items outside Japan. There are an estimated half a million objects in 150 galleries across the country. Many of those items were brought to Britain during the 19th century when Japanese articles were fashionable among the upper classes.

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JAPAN

Jun 16, 2006

British publishers soar in face of 'manga' boom

Slow to take off, "manga" comics have finally hit it big in Britain and are now the fastest-growing sector in the publishing industry here.

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JAPAN

Apr 4, 2006

'Koban' bobbies aid lost in Piccadilly

Japanese tourists visiting London may feel like they are back at home with the recent introduction of a police box in the center of the capital, similar to the "koban" found throughout Japan.

JAPAN / History

Mar 31, 2006

Debate rages on World Heritage status for wartime Burma railway

LONDON (Kyodo) Former Far East prisoners-of-war in Britain have given a mixed reaction to a proposal by an Imperial Japanese Army veteran to have the ruins of the infamous Thailand-Burma railway designated a World Heritage site.

JAPAN

Mar 14, 2006

Japan urged to champion curbs on firearms trade

LONDON (Kyodo) Campaigners on Monday called on Japan to lead efforts to strengthen the international code on the export of small arms.

JAPAN

Jan 24, 2006

Queen nixed mum's surrender sword slight: book

LONDON (Kyodo) Despite her rather formal appearance, Queen Elizabeth is known to enjoy the occasional joke and can take pleasure when formal proceedings don't go exactly as planned.

BUSINESS

Apr 28, 2005

BBC Japan off to a solid start, despite distribution gripes

LONDON (Kyodo) BBC Japan, the British Broadcasting Corp.'s channel dedicated to Japanese viewers, has had an encouraging start since its December launch, but senior managers acknowledge that the choice of a digital platform has caused criticism.

JAPAN

Jan 5, 2002

British lord was spy for Japan

A pillar of the British establishment was passing secret information about aviation design to Japan during the 1920s, according to secret government files declassified Thursday. The British Foreign Office files from 1926 show that Lord Sempill, reputedly one of the founders of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, passed details of British "aeronautical construction" to the Japanese naval attache in London, Capt. Teijiro Toyoda.

JAPAN

May 5, 2001

1850's photo of Japanese discovered in London

Historians have expressed their delight at the discovery in London of one of the earliest photographs of a Japanese. The photograph, taken either in 1851 or 1852 in San Francisco, is a portrait of Sentaro -- a Japanese sailor who was shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean in 1850 and taken to the United States.

JAPAN

Mar 2, 2001

British firm mulls introduction of pachinko parlors in Europe

-- People across Britain and continental Europe could soon be hooked on one of Japan's most popular pastimes -- the arcade game pachinko -- following a deal between a British and a Japanese company. The prospect of seeing a colorful, buzzing pachinko parlor in central Paris, London or Frankfurt has become more realistic since an acquisition deal was approved between British firm BS Group PLC and the Japanese company Tokyo Plaza Co. on Feb. 12.

JAPAN

Dec 19, 2000

POWs don't hold breath in redress quest

Japanese diplomats had probably hoped that Britain's decision last month to offer a government gratuity to former British servicemen imprisoned by Japan during World War II would heal a long festering sore in bilateral ties. Some diplomats even spoke hopefully of a "circle of reconciliation" between the people of Britain and Japan and yearned that the "small bone in the throat" would soon dissolve.

JAPAN

Sep 8, 2000

1903 photo of Soseki's friends and mentors in London found

An expert has unearthed a turn-of-the-century photograph that shows for the first time the two London sisters who influenced famous Japanese writer Natsume Soseki. The picture, taken in 1903, shows sisters Priscilla and Eliza Leale, who looked after Soseki while he lived in the British capital, as well as the famous painter Kanzen Shimomura.

JAPAN

Aug 8, 2000

Haiku to get 'health check' at British festival

Fierce debate is expected to take place later this month when poets from all over the world converge on Britain to examine the merits of the various styles of haiku. Organizers say haiku will be put under a kind of "health check" at the six-day conference of the World Haiku Festival 2000.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.

For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on

By Lance Henderstein

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