Here are selections of already finished UK in JAPAN 2019-20 events.
The first external exhibition anywhere in the world of works from the collection of London’s National Gallery is to be held in Tokyo and Osaka.
The National Portrait Gallery is coming to Japan with approximately 90 portrait paintings and portrait photography of the five British dynasties.
This is a new opera by prolific composer and music pioneer Fujikura Dai, who lives in London and is sought out by opera houses and orchestras around the world.
Megumi Nakamura and Yasuyuki Shuto have been highly acclaimed for their work portraying a world of light and dark on the Playhouse stage of the New National Theatre Tokyo.
This is the conclusion of the New National Theatre Tokyo’s Shakespeare History Plays Series, begun in 2009.
This new production, based on the production by David McVicar, is adapted to the “New Normal”, respecting social distancing and other COVID-19 prevention measures.
William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure will be presented by students who entered NNT Drama studio in 2017.
A novel and contemporary reworking of the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” by Matthew Bourne, the British director and choreographer, has been made into a film which will open in Japan.
Around 60 paintings and sculptures from the the Courtauld Gallery, known as the UK’s treasure house of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, will come to Japan.
Britain’s Philharmonia Orchestra is coming to Japan with a concert which forms the culmination of its 12-year collaboration with the conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen.
BBC Proms JAPAN 2019 brings a leading music festival to Japan. Top musicians play a rich selection of fine music, including classical and jazz, for a wide audience.
The UK’s Royal Opera, one of the world’s five leading opera houses, is visiting Japan from London for the first time in four years under the musical direction of Antonio Pappano.
73 works are coming to Japan from the Burrell Collection, bringing together artworks from all eras and regions of the world acquired by the collector William Burrell.
DGV Danse à Grande Vitesse, a ballet by British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, will receive its Japan premiere.
Incognito, the popular British acid jazz/ jazz funk group, will give a fortieth anniversary concert including songs from their latest album.
Musicians from the UK’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra will hold joint workshops to create an original opera.
Wayne James (Brothers in Jazz), one of the founders of Bebop, a type of dance performed to jazz music which appeared in the UK, will visit Japan for the first time in 20 years.
The Events, a play by Scottish playwright David Greig, will make its Japan debut as the second performance in the New National Theatre Tokyo’s “Kotozen” series.
UK live music accessibility charity Attitude is Everything will share their work supporting the UK's live music industry to improve accessibility for disabled fans and artists.
Three simultaneous international print exhibitions across Tokyo featuring 12 artists from the UK and 13 from Japan, amongst artists from 12 countries, explore what defines a modern print.
British glass sculptor Nina Casson McGarva will undertake a residency in Kobe’s Nagata Ward, carrying out cultural exchange based on craftsmanship.
This is a Curated Exhibition called "SEER- European Painting and Drawing" .
Two specialists from the UK, a leader in healthcare art, will visit Japan and give talks at international symposia which aim to improve the medical and social welfare environment using art.
Yamaguchi University’s Akiyoshidai Academic Centre will invite Ilana Halperin, a contemporary artist living in Scotland, and hold exhibitions on art and science.
The Big Draw Festival, founded in the UK, takes place every year and, since its launch in 2000.
Sky Mirror by Anish Kapoor, one of the UK’s leading contemporary artists who was born in India and lives in London, will be exhibited once more in Beppu Park, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture.
An exhibition of works by the British potter Jill Fanshawe Kato, who works in London and Devon.
New outdoor performance by National Dance Company of Wales, celebrating rugby and the hopes, glory and passion.
An exhibition of 13 leading acrylic, glass and ceramic artists from Wales to celebrate the growing friendship between Oita and Wales.
Anna Meredith, one of the UK’s leading contemporary composers, has transformed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons into an original new piece, “Anno”.
In the Meiji Period, outstanding British artists visited Japan, painting its nature and way of life and influencing Japanese painters. This exhibition shows what Meiji was really like.
Ruth Waters, a young British artist, has been selected as an artist in residence for a residential creative programme in Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
The UK’s Music Hackspace, which explores the relationships between music and technology, is collaborating with Nozomu Matsumoto and Nile Koetting on their “Immunotherapy exhibition”.
Neon Dance return to Japan to present an outdoor version of Puzzle Creature titled ‘Puzzle Creature Island Encounter’.
Julian Opie’s first large-scale solo Japanese exhibition in 11 years, featuring new paintings, sculptures, and videos chosen by the artist and showing his characteristic, minimalist style.
Based on Raymond Briggs' award-winning graphic novel 'Ethel & Ernest', this animated feature film is a funny and touching tribute to his parents.
Edie, a film which portrays an 83 year-old woman taking on the challenge of mountain climbing against the backdrop of Scotland’s majestic natural scenery, will be shown in Japan.
Fisherman’s Friends, the UK blockbuster based on a true story which drew an audience of more than a million, will be released in Japan.
The British Council flagship conference for language assessment will be visiting Japan.