Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2010 + Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) held (Mar. 1 – 4, 2010)   2010.2.23 + Yukio Shiba’s Wagahoshi (Our Planet) wins 54th Kishida Drama Award   2010.2.23 + Annual dance community forum “We dance” held   2010.2.23 + “Postmainstream Performing Arts Festival” opens (Jan. 16 – Mar. 28, 2010)   2010.1.18 + Yokohama Dance Collection R 2010 opens (Feb. 4 – 11, 2010)   2010.1.15 + The Asia Playwrights Conference 09 held (Dec. 16 – 19, 2009)   2009.12.4 + Documents of the Kanze school of Noh including a handwritten book by Zeami now on the Web   2009.12.5 + Tadashi Uchino publishes Crucible Bodies: Postwar Japanese Performance from Brecht to the New Millennium, a book in English on contemporary Japanese theater   2009.12.5 + Festival/Tokyo 09 (F/T 09) Autumn lineup   2009.12.5 + Hideki Noda named Artistic Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space; inaugural program starts   2009.9.11 + Amon Miyamoto named first artistic director of Kanagawa Arts Theatre   2009.9.9 + Theater Olympics Toga/SCOT Summer Season 2009 opens (Aug. 15 – 30, 2009)   2009.8.13 + Dance Triennale Tokyo 2009 Program Announced (Sept. 18 – Oct. 8, 2009)   2009.7.31 + Festival/Tokyo 09 (F/T 09) Autumn lineup announced   2009.6.24 + Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) 2010 plans announced   2009.6.24 + The Asahi Performing Arts Awards operations suspended   2009.6.24 + “Japanese Traditional Music Collection” of representative music from the prewar era reissued on CD with Japanese and English commentary   2009.6.24 Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2009 + Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) participants signing up (Mar. 4-7, 2009)   2009.2.3 + 8th Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix won by Chong Wishing’s Yakiniku Dragon (Korean Barbeque Dragon)   2009.2.3 + 53rd Kishida Kunio Drama Award goes to Ryuta Horai and Yukiko Motoya in a double awarding   2009.2.3 + 14th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Kazuko Nakayama for Shibire Monogatari   2009.2.3 + Yokohama Dance Collection R held (Feb. 5-12, 2009)   2009.2.3 + New National Theatre, Tokyo announces 2009/2010 season lineup   2009.2.3 + Beppu Contemporary Art Festival 2009 “Mixed Bathing World” offers experience of art and hot springs in Beppu (Apr. 11 to June 14, 2009)   2009.2.3 + Jack Lang visits Japan for the Festival/Tokyo 09 Spring International Symposium (Feb. 4, 2009)   2009.2.3 + New international performing arts festival is born in Tokyo: Festival/Tokyo (Feb. 26 – Mar. 29, 2009)   2008.12.24 + Chelfitsch productions Five Days in March and Cooler tour seven N. American cities (from Jan. 9, 2009)   2008.12.25 + DVD box “Shogo Ota Selected Theatre Works” released; plays of the late master of silent theater   2008.12.25 + Waseda University Theatre Museum Global COE Program holds international conference “Reconsidering the Underground Theatre of the 1960s” (Oct. 17 – 19, 2008)   2008.11.11 + Now accepting applications for participation in the Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2009 (TPAM2009) (Dates: Mar. 4–7, 2009 / Venues: Yebisu The Garden Hall, etc., Tokyo)   2008.11.4 + In 2008, the 1000th anniversary of the Tales of Genji, Yokohama Noh Theater presents “Tales of Genji – The Different Faces of Love” (Aug. 9 – Dec. 21)   2008.8.29 + Performances celebrating the 25th anniversary of the opening of the National Noh Theater begin (from Sept. 2008)   2008.9.8 + Yuichiro Kanai wins 35th Itoh Kisaku Theater Designer Award   2008.8.29 + Toyota Choreography Awards 2008 “Choreographer of the Next Generation” prize goes to Yukio Suzuki   2008.7.22 + 10th edition of “Half a Century of Japanese Theater” published   2008.7.22 + New National Theatre, Tokyo, 2008/2009 Season Lineup announced   2008.4.28 Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2008 + English version of THEATER IN JAPAN: An Overview of Performing Arts and Artists published   2008.3.31 + 007 Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix goes to THE BEE by Hideki Noda in collaboration with an Irish playwright Colin Teevan   2008.2.29 + 52nd Kishida Kunio Drama Award given to Shiro Maeda’s Ikiterumono ha Inainoka   2008.2.29 + Soliciting applicants for the 6th Toyota Choreography Awards 2008 contest   2007.12.17 + Artist interview collection from this website, Energizing Japanese Culture: The Performing Arts in Japan, released!   2007.9.28 + The master of “silent theater,” Shogo Ohta passes away at 67 (July, 13, 2007)   2007.7.30 + Restaging of the Yukio Ninagawa directed Kabuki theater NINAGAWA Twelfth Night (July 7-29, 2007)   2007.6.30 + “PRIMAVERA ITALIANA 2007” contemporary dance festival “CORPI ALTRI [BODY OTHER]” opens June 23   2007.5.24 + Toyota Choreography Awards – Gala Performances begin July 7   2007.5.24 + 9th Edition of the contemporary Japanese plays in English translation series “Half a Century of Japanese Theater”   2007.5.24 Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2007 + Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2007 comes to a close   2007.3.23 + 2006 Yoshiko Yuasa Awards for drama in translation announced   2007.3.23 + Setagaya Public Theater announces 10th Anniversary Program   2007.3.23 + JCDN Membership Dance File vol.6 released   2007.3.23 + 2007/2008 season lineup celebrating the 10th anniversary of the New National Theatre, Tokyo announced   2007.2.16 + Yukiko Motoya’s Sounan wins the 10th Tsuruya Nanboku Memorial Award   2007.2.16 + Winners of the 14th Yomiuri Theater Awards announced   2007.2.16 + Major Theater Awards for Japan’s 2006 Season Decided   2007.1.22 + 13th OMS Drama Prize goes to Yu Takeuchi (Desu Densho) for Onsoku Hyoryu Kagekidan and the 12th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize to Ayumi Takemoto for Dam   2007.1.22 + Lineup for the Tokyo International Arts Festival (TIF) 2007 (Feb. 1-Mar. 30, 2007)   2006.12.25 + Registration of participants for Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2007 begins (Mar. 5-8, 2007)   2006.12.25 + National Noh Theatre adopts audience subtitle displays   2006.11.24 + Events celebrate Kazuo Ohno at age 100   2006.10.20 + Dance Triennale Tokyo 2006 opens   2006.9.14 + Theater, Dance Performance Information — introduces events from Aug. 2006 to the end of the 2006   2006.8.17 + Tsuyoshi Shirai wins “Choreographer of the Next Generation” prize in Toyota Choreography Awards 2006   2006.8.17 + Australia-Japan Year of Exchange Official Website for Performing Arts Programs   2006.8.17 + Australia-Japan Dance Exchange (AJdX) 2006 residence performances held from August   2006.7.6 + “Russian Culture Festival 2006 in Japan” in progress   2006.7.6 + “Suginami Arts Hall” to open in 2009 as theater run by Japanese playwrights   2006.7.6 + Finalists decided for 5th “Toyota Choreography Award 2006 – finding leaders of the next generation in choreography”   2006.6.6 + Shochiku begins full-scale program of “Cinema Kabuki”   2006.6.6 + Release of the 8th volume of “Half a Century of Japanese Theater” series contemporary Japanese plays in English translation   2006.6.6 + Shakuhachi flutist Akikazu Nakamura publishes Missoku de Karada ga Kawaru, a book on breathing method   2006.6.6 + New site launched as video library of the Japanese traditional arts   2006.5.8 + Soliciting participants for the ITI Traditional Theatre Workshop Vol.18 “Nihon Buyo” (Classical dance of Kabuki)   2006.5.8 + Nakamura Kanzaburo to give small-theater performance tour   2006.5.8 Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2006 + New National Theatre Tokyo 2006/2007 season program announced   2006.3.29 + JCDN’s new DVD introduces Japanese contemporary dance artists   2006.3.29 + Yukio Ninagawa to form a theater company for senior citizens   2006.3.29 + JADE 2006 International Dance Festival opens Mar. 11   2006.2.28 + The 2005 Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix has been presented for Utawasetai Otokotachi, a comedy about people caught up on the controversy about mandatory singing of the national anthem   2006.1.31 + Yokohama Dance Collection R (Dec. 16, 2005-Feb. 19, 2006) Competition Winners Chosen   2006.1.31 + Winners announced for the 50th Kishida Kunio Drama Award, the renowned award for emerging contemporary playwrights   2006.1.31 + Tokyo International Arts Festival 2006 opens on Feb. 10   2006.1.31 + Shochiku announces rebuilding of the Kabuki-za theater   2005.12.28 + “Theater, Dance Performance Information” — introduces events from Dec. 2005 to Mar. 2006   2005.11.28 + The National Theatre of Japan 40th Anniversary Contest for new Kabuki plays   2005.11.28 + International Triennale of Contemporary Arts Yokohama 2005 opens   2005.10.22 + Tokyo Performing Arts Market Opens on Sept. 12   2005.8.18 + The Toyota Choreography Award 2005 Decided   2005.7.20 + Seventh volume of contemporary Japanese plays in English translation, HALF A CENTURY OF JAPANESE THEATER, published   2005.7.20 + Yukio Mishima’s “Kinjiki” novels that inspired the origins of butoh are brought to contemporary dance   2005.6.17 + The 21st Tokyo Summer Festival opens on June 23   2005.6.17 + Japan’s first public contemporary dance company, Noism05 led by Jo Kanamori schedules new production   2005.6.17 + Finalists announced for 4th Toyota Choreography Award 2005   2005.6.1 + Large-scale dance festival "Korea-Japan Friendship in Dance 2005" to be held in Seoul   2005.6.1 Dec. 2004 – Mar. 2005 + Winners of the 2004 Yuasa Yoshiko Awards for outstanding foreign drama announced. Martin McDonagh work wins two categories.   2005.3.16 + Award recipient’s decided for the 49th Kishida Kunio Drama Awards, the prestigious prize for emerging contemporary playwrights.   2005.2.16 + Four recording companies jointly release new CD collection of famous performers of traditional Japanese music (hogaku) with English commentary titled “Masters of Japan.”   2005.2.16 + JCDN releases Odori ni Iku-ze! 2001, the first edition of Japan’s first collection of contemporary dance performances on DVD   2005.2.16 + Release of A guide to the Japanese Stage, an excellent English-language guide to the Japanese performing arts   2005.1.19 + A sixteen-disk DVD series, The Best Selection of Kabuki offering a full lineup of popular Kabuki plays with English commentary, now being released   2005.1.19 + 4th Asahi Performing Arts Awards announced. Grand Prix goes to Tamiya Kuriyama’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra   2005.1.19 + Program announced for Tokyo International Arts Festival 2005 (Feb. 2-Mar. 28, 2005)   2005.1.19 + 4th Toyota Choreography Award 2005 is now open for the competition entry.   2004.12.6 + ’05 Yokohama Dance Collection R undergoes renewal aimed at creating an Asian dance market. (Jan. 17-Feb. 20, 2005)   2004.12.6 + Kabuki actor Kankuro Nakamura to take name of the 18th Kanzaburo. Plans announced for the name succession event schedule to begin in March, 2005.   2004.12.6 Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2011 + This year’s lineup for Brussels’ Kunstenfestivaldesarts (May 7 – 29, 2010)   May 31, 2010 + This year’s lineup for Festival Transamériques (May 27 – June 12, 2010)   June 9, 2010 + This year’s lineup for Sibiu International Theater Festival (May 28 – June 6, 2010)   June 9, 2010 + Theater der Welt opens (June 30 – 17, 2010)   June 9, 2010 Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2010 + IETM Spring Plenary Meeting to be held in Berlin (April 15 – 18, 2010)   2010.2.23 + Korea Arts Management Service launches new website   2010.2.17 + The world’s largest scale arts market, APAP and related festival held in New York (Jan. 8 – 12, 2010)   2010.1.15 + Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival opens (Jan. 20 – Feb. 6, 2010)   2010.1.15 + “2010 Seoul Arts Support Fair” held for first time   2010.1.15 + Sadler’s Wells Theatre Spring 2010 program announced   2009.12.7 + Seoul Performing Arts Season Begins   2009.10.28 + Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin program includes Chelfitsch, Faifai and Niwa Gekidan Penino (Oct. 7 – 18, 2009)   2009.10.28 + IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting held at European Capital of Culture, Vilnius (Oct. 8 – 11, 2009)   2009.10.28 + London’s Sadler’s Well 2009 Autumn Program Announced   2009.9.11 + Festival d’Automne opens (Sept. 15 – Dec. 19, 2009)   2009.9.9 + BAM Next Wave Festival Opens (Sept. 15 – Dec. 19, 2009)   2009.9.9 + Austria’s avant-garde Steirischer Herbst (Autumn in Steiermark) festival opens (Sept. 24 – Oct. 18, 2009)   2009.9.11 + Dance Umbrella Festival opens (Sept. 30 – Nov. 8, 2009)   2009.9.9 + Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Opens (June 24 – Aug. 30, 2009)   2009.7.31 + Théâtre de la Ville program for 2009/2010 season   2009.7.31 + Program for Berlin’s international dance festival Tanz im August (Aug. 14 – 30, 2009)   2009.8.4 + Program for the Time-Based Art Festival Announced (Sept. 3 – 13, 2009)   2009.7.31 + Edinburgh Showcase 2009 program announced (Aug. 22 – 29, 2009)   2009.8.13 + Edinburgh Festival program announced (Aug. 14 – Sept. 6, 2009)   2009.6.24 + ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival opens (June 16 – Aug. 16, 2009)   2009.6.24 + Festival de Marseille opens (June 17 – July 11, 2009)   2009.6.24 + Amsterdam’s Julidans festival opens on July 1 (until July 11, 2009)   2009.6.24 + Festival d'Avignon opens on July 7 (until July 29, 2009)   2009.6.24 + Lincoln Center Festival opens on July 7 (until July 26, 2009)   2009.6.24 + Finland’s Full Moon Dance Festival opens on July 21 (until July 25, 2009)   2009.6.24 + Bunraku performances scheduled for Anton Chekhov International Theatre Festival 2009 (June 30 to July 8)   2009.4.27 Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2009 + Kunsten Festival des Arts 2009 program announced (Apr. 30 – May 23, 2009)   2009.3.31 + Romania’s Sibiu International Theater Festival 2009 schedule announced (May 28 – June 7, 2009)   2009.3.31 + Festival of Japanese alternative art in Nimes, France (Mar. 24-28, 2009)   2009.3.4 + Venice Biennale Dance section launches workshop project (from Mar. 30, 2009)   2009.3.6 + German-language introduction to Japanese theater, Theater in Japan published (Feb. 2009)   2009.3.4 + 37th Hong Kong Arts Festival held (Feb. 6 to Mar. 8, 2009)   2009.2.3 + US tour of Dogugaeshi, Basil Twist’s avant-garde puppet play using traditional Japanese methods (Apr. 24 to June 7, 2009)   2009.2.3 + Annual APAP (Association for Performing Arts Presenters) Conference scheduled for Jan. 9-13   2008.12.24 + Two Japanese Productions in Barbican Theater’s BITE09 International Program (From Jan. 2009)   2008.12.24 + Canada’s market CINARS (International Exchange for the Performing Arts) Opens (Nov. 17-23, 2008)   2008.11.4 + Performing Arts Market Seoul 2008 (PAMS) held (Oct. 7-10, 2008)   2008.9.30 + Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) held (Sept. 18-Oct. 19, 2008)   2008.9.30 + Edinburgh International Festival 2008 Program (Aug. 8-31, 2008)   2008.7.22 + “Japanese Festival” at the 75th American Dance Festival (ADF) (June 5 to July 20, 2008)   2008.6.21 + Lincoln Center Festival opens (July 2 – 27, 2008)   2008.6.21 + Associate Artists for the 62nd Avignon Theater Festival are Valérie Dréville and Roméo Castellucci (July 4 – 26, 2008)   2008.6.21 + Kazuyoshi Kushida and Kanzaburo Nakamura Contemporary Edo Kabuki “Heisei Nakamura-za” performs in Germany and Romania (from May 2008)   2008.4.28 Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2008 + Drama reading of Hisashi Inoue’s Chichi to Kuraseba (The Face of Jizo) at the Japanese-German Center Berlin, Germany (Apr. 10, 2008)   2008.2.29 + Minoru Betsuyaku’s play “The Elephant” to be playread in New York (Feb. 11, 2008)   2008.1.28 + Now accepting applications for participation in the 2008 Tokyo Performing Arts Market   2007.12.17 + Japan Society 100th Anniversary 2007-2008 program “Turning Japanese” starts   2007.9.28 + Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) Opens (Sept. 20 to Oct. 14, 2007)   2007.8.28 + Participant applications now being accepted for 2007 Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) (Oct. 9-12, 2007)   2007.8.28 + First Asian tour for the JCDN dance tour series “Odori ni Ikuze!!” (We’re Gonna Go Dancing!!) (Aug. 10-Sep. 5, 2007)   2007.7.30 + London performances of The Face of Jizo, the English adaptation of Hisashi Inoue’s Chichi to Kuraseba (Living with Father) (Oct. 23 – Nov. 10, 2007)   2007.7.30 + Heisei Nakamura-za performance scheduled for Lincoln Center Festival 2007 (July 10-29, 2007)   2007.6.30 + Kennedy Center Japan festival “Japan! Culture + Hyper-culture” lineup announced (Feb. 5-17, 2008)   2007.6.30 + Avignon Festival 2007 lineup (July 6-27, 2007)   2007.6.30 + 30th anniversary of the Singapore Arts Festival Opens (May 25-June 24)   2007.5.24 + London’s West End run scheduled for The Last Laugh based on a Koki Mitani play   2007.5.24 + South Korea’s performing arts festival season begins   2007.5.24 Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2007 + British theatre’s 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards announced   2007.3.23 + Productions of Trance, written and directed by Shoji Kokami with a British cast will be held at London’s Bush Theatre (June 6-30, 2007)   2007.3.23 + Hideo Tsuchida’s “it is said the men are over in The Steel Tower” opens in New York on March 2nd   2007.2.16 + Program lineup for the 35th Hong Kong Arts Festival (Feb. 27 – Mar. 25)   2007.1.22 + Koki Mitani’s The Last Laugh (Warai no Daigaku) to play in London’s West End   2007.1.22 + The Southern Hemisphere Performing Arts Fair of Santiago, Chile begins (Jan. 17-20, 2007)   2006.12.25 + 50th holding of Association for Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), one of the world’s largest arts markets (Jan. 19-23, 2007)   2006.12.25 + Barbican Theatre’s 25th anniversary BITE series 2007 features Ninagawa’s Coriolanus   2006.11.24 + The 7th Women Playwrights International Conference to convene in Jakarta   2006.11.24 + France’s National Centre for Dance announces two residency openings   2006.11.24 + Japan Society’s 2007 spring program lineup for their 100th Anniversary year   2006.11.24 + 2nd Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) Held   2006.10.20 + Montreal’s arts market CINARS opens soon with focus this time on Asia (Nov. 14-18)   2006.10.20 + Portugal’s contemporary dance festival “a sul” X International Festival features Japanese contemporary dance   2006.9.14 + Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) Opens October 7   2006.9.14 + 8th China Shanghai International Arts Festival opens month-long schedule on October 18   2006.9.14 + Next IETM Satellite Meeting to be held in China (Oct. 12-18)   2006.9.14 + Finland’s dance festival for emerging artists, “Moving in November” to run from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5   2006.9.14 + Lyon Dance Biennale opens Sept. 9. From Japan, Kim Ito performs Kin-Jiki   2006.8.17 + London’s contemporary dance festival “Dance Umbrella” opens on September 21   2006.8.17 + Program for October’s 2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival   2006.8.17 + The 60th Avignon Festival begins July 6   2006.7.6 + Shiki Theater Company to present the musical Lion King in S. Korea (Oct. 2006–)   2006.7.6 + 2006 Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) now soliciting participants   2006.7.6 + 20th International Society for Performing Arts (ISPA) conference concludes in Hong Kong   2006.7.6 + Readings of Japanese plays at Traverse Theatre in Scotland   2006.6.6 + THE BEE, a play written and directed by Hideki Noda premieres in London   2006.6.6 + Lincoln Center Festival begins July 10th   2006.6.6 + Two weeks of workshops scheduled at 2006 Korea Dance Festival   2006.6.6 + 2006 Seoul Theater Festival opens May 2   2006.5.8 + Korea-Japan Dance Festival starts May 24   2006.5.8 + International dance festival MODAFE 2006 opens May 24   2006.5.8 + 20th International Society for Performing Arts (ISPA) conference concludes in Hong Kong   2006.5.8 + 2006 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL in New York, soliciting Japanese choreographers, dancers   2006.5.8 + Showcase performers solicited for Singapore’s Asian Arts Mart 2007   2006.5.8 Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2006 + Accepting applications for “World Summit on Arts and Culture” participation   2006.2.28 + The 2006 Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts opens Mar. 3   2006.2.28 + The complete works of Shakespeare to be performed at his birthplace — Initial schedule announced for the RSC “Complete Works Festival”   2006.1.31 + Hong Kong Arts Festival opens on Feb. 9 (until Mar. 12)   2006.1.31 + South Korea’s Arts Awards of The Year 2005 announced   2005.12.28 + Finland’s largest scale contemporary dance festival “Moving in November” held   2005.11.28 + Start of the 27th edition of the London contemporary dance festival “Dance Umbrella”   2005.9.23 + Scandinavia’s largest contemporary music festival Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival opens on Sept. 30   2005.9.23 + 33rd Mexico Cervantino International Arts Festival opens October 5   2005.9.23 + South Korea’s first performing arts market “2005 Performing Arts Market in Seoul”(PAMS) held   2005.9.23 + 2005 Japanese Contemporary Drama Reading held in Seoul   2005.8.18 + Seoul’s autumn arts event, Seoul International Performing Arts Festival opens Sept. 23   2005.8.18 + 59th Avignon Festival to comprise “blood” and “tears”   2005.6.17 + 20th Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival features Japan, opening on July 9 (Germany)   2005.6.17 + 2005 Lincoln Center Festival opens on July 12th   2005.6.17 + 33rd Hong Kong Arts Festival closed: Feb. 17-Mar. 20, 2005   2005.4.17 + International Fair CUBADISCO 2005 to be held: May 21-29   2005.4.17 + The Asian Arts Mart to be held in Singapore: June 3-5, 2005   2005.4.17 Dec. 2004 – Mar. 2005 + The production of Masataka Matsuda's Umi to Higasa (Sea and Parasol) by the South Korean company Labo C.J.K. announced winner of the 41st "Donga Drama Award."   2005.3.16 + APAP arts presenters conference held in New York (Jan. 8-11, 2005) on world’s largest scale for US and international presenters   2005.1.19 + Japanese-German bilingual Web magazine introducing the latest German trends in the arts launched as part of the Year of ‘Deutschland in Japan 2005/2006’   2005.1.19 + 2005 editions of "PAYE" and "MOD" performing arts directories published   2005.1.19 + The Southern Hemisphere’s annual summer arts event, the Sydney Festival, will open early in the New Year. (Jan. 8 - 30, 2005, Sydney, Australia)   2004.12.6 + Curtain closes on 26th Dance Umbrella festival. From Japan, Ikuyo Kuroda’s BATIK company participated for the first time. (Oct. 5 - Nov. 27, 2004 in London, UK)   2004.12.6 + CINARS 2004 comes to a close. The story of an encounter with circus art. (Nov. 16 - 20, 2004 in Montreal, Canada)   2004.12.6 + 32nd International Festival Cervantino ends. The Japanese drum group Yamato performs before an audience of 6,000. (Oct. 6 ~ 24, 2004 in Guanajuato, Mexico)   2004.12.6 Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2010 + Return concert produced by the Japan Foundation “Central Asia and Caucasus Hogaku Performance Tour” to be held in Japan as “A Thrilling Night with Four Japanese Musicians and A Makom Singer from Uzbekistan” (Mar. 31, 2010)   2010.3.26 + Performing Arts Japan for North America (PAJ North America) 2010 – 2011 grant program is open to call for applications (until Nov. 2, 2009)   2009.9.11 + Performing Arts Japan for Europe (PAJ Europe) 2010 – 2011 grant program is open to call for applications (until October 16, 2009)   2009.9.11 + 2009 schedule of Japan Foundation supported programs (for overseas performances) finalized   2009.4.30 (Updated on Jul. 9) + 2009 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs finalized   2009.4.30 (Updated on Jul. 9) + 2009 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs finalized   2009.4.30 (Updated on Jul. 9) Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2009 + Tsuyoshi Shirai’s “THECO” tour in Luxembourg (March 26 – 31, 2009)   2009.3.31 + Japan Foundation sponsoring the international symposium “Vers la pluralité Mondialisation, identités, et cultures traditionelles“ held in Kyoto (Feb. 6, 2009)   2009.2.5 + Booth at New York’s APAP Arts Market and performances, lectures on Hogaku (traditional Japanese music) (from Jan. 10, 2009)   2008.12.24 + Performing Arts Professionals Invited to Japan in 2008 (as of December 2008)   2008.12.24 + Performing Arts Professionals Invited to Japan in 2008   2008.8.29 + Dancers wanted for the Yokohama Triennale 2008 exhibition, Tino Sehgal’s “Kiss”   2008.7.2 + Performing Arts Network Japan Update Information   2008.6.21 + 2008 schedule of Japan Foundation supported programs finalized   2008.4.28 (updated on 12.25) + 2008 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs finalized   2008.4.28 (updated on 12.24) + 2008 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs finalized   2008.4.28 Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2008 + Performing Arts Professionals Invited to Japan in the latter half of 2007 (Feb. 2008–)   2008.1.22 + Television broadcast of the production Performing Women – 3 Reinterpretations from Greek Tragedy resulting from a collaborative effort by theater people from India, Iran, Uzbekistan and Japan (Jan. 11, 2008)   2007.12.19 + Part three of Performing Women – 3 Reinterpretations from Greek Tragedy, “Helene” to be performed in New Delhi   2007.12.19 + Performing Arts Professionals Invited to Japan in the latter half of 2007 (Nov. 2007–)   2007.11.7 + About the death of Mark Weil, Artistic Director of Ilkhom Theatre, Uzbekistan (Sep 7, 2007)   2007.9.28 + “J-Dance Special Solos” event celebrates 10th anniversary of Maison de la Culture du Japan a Paris   2007.8.28 + Applications being accepted for 2008 Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) grant programs for Europe (Sept. 1 to Oct. 12)   2007.8.28 + Performing Arts Professional Invitations (through Aug. 2007)   2007.7.30 + Applications being accepted for 2008 Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) grant programs for North America (until Oct. 29)   2007.7.30 + Tokyo and Seoul performances (from Oct. 2007) of Performing Women –Reinterpreted from Greek Tragedy, a collaborative production between India, Iran, Uzbekistan and Japan produced as a project of the “Japan-India Exchange Year.”   2007.6.30 + Japan Foundation Sponsored Programs (2007-08)   2007.6.30 + Renewal for “AIR Japan,” the Japanese artist-in-residence program information website   2007.6.30 + 2007 schedule of Japan Foundation supported programs finalized   2007.5.24 Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2007 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (from March 2007)   2007.3.23 + 2007 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs finalized   2007.3.23 + 2007 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs finalized   2007.3.23 + “Asia Contemporary Theater Project / The Future of Collaboration and Networks” performances and symposium (Mar. 16-21)   2007.2.16 + First performance of Central Asian theater in Japan - The Ilkhom Theatre (Uzbekistan)   2007.1.22 + Cultural Exchange Information Website Launched   2006.12.25 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs around the World (from Nov. 2006)   2006.11.24 + Invited performing arts representatives from Nov. 2006   2006.11.24 + Figures from the performing arts world visiting Japan from October-December, 2006   2006.10.20 + September Visitor — Mr. Mohamed Abdel Monem El Sawy, Director of Cairo’s El-Sawy Culture Centre   2006.9.14 + Touring Grants "Performing Arts JAPAN" program for 2007-2008 is now accepting   2006.9.14 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (from July 2006)   2006.7.6 + July Visitor — Ms. Myra Victoria C Bertran, choreographer and director of the Dance Forum   2006.7.6 + Scripts of six contemporary Japanese plays available in English translations   2006.6.6 + Japan-Germany joint production of Yotsuya Ghost Story starts European tour   2006.6.6 + Southeast Asian tour starts for Seinendan’s production of Tokyo Notes   2006.6.6 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (from June 2006)   2006.6.6 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (from April 2006)   2006.5.8 + Programs to receive Japan Foundation support in 2006 decided   2006.5.8 + 2006 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs finalized   2006.5.8 Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2006 + March Visitor — Ms. Nora Joumblatt, Director of Beiteddine Festival   2006.2.28 + 2006 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs finalized   2006.2.28 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (Feb.-Mar. 2006)   2006.1.31 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (Jan.-Mar. 2006)   2005.12.28 + The Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (Nov. 2005-Jan. 2006)   2005.11.28 + Database for the English version of the Japanese traditional musician guide book Performing Arts in Japan: Traditional Music Today uploaded onto this website   2005.10.22 + English-edition guidebook Performing Arts in Japan – Traditional Music Today has published to introduce Japanese traditional music artists   2005.9.23 + Japan Foundation Overseas Programs Around the World (Sep - Nov)   2005.9.23 + Program announcement of the Japan Foundation’s new support program, Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) for Europe 2006   2005.9.23 + Third Asia-Europe Dance Forum - pointe to point   2005.8.18 + Japan Foundation Programs Around the World (Aug - Oct)   2005.7.20 + Program announcement of the Performing Arts JAPAN (PAJ) for the fiscal year 2006-2007   2005.7.20 + Programs supported by Japan Foundation in 2005 (additional program support decided)   2005.7.20 + The Japanese taiko and drum collaboration unit "Hida Jimbo" performs in Eastern Europe   2005.6.17 + Noh theater invited for Edinburgh Festival opening   2005.6.17 + The Japan Foundation's Activities (May-July)   2005.5.17 + Japan Foundation’s Play Translation Project: English translation of Suzuki Matsuo play completed   2005.5.17 + April Visitor: Ratna Sarumpaet, Representative of the Jakarta Arts Council   2005.4.17 + Programs to receive Japan Foundation support in 2005 decided   2005.4.17 Dec. 2004 – Mar. 2005 + March 2005 Visitor — Marion D'Cruz, representative of Malaysia's Five Arts Centre.   2005.3.16 + Commemorative Japan-Korea Friendship Year event 2005 Korea-Japan Roadclub Festival (J-Style in Seoul Street) to be held as all-night event featuring music, art, video, etc., by Japanese and Korean artists   2005.2.24 + Performance of Hotel Grand Asia, a workshop production by 16 theater artists that was three years in the making under the Asian Contemporary Theater Collaboration Project   2005.2.24 + The Japan Foundation London Office sponsors seminar series on Japanese performing arts from February to November 2005.   2005.2.24 + January 2005 marks the start of 2005 the "EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges"   2005.1.19 + Drama Reading Project, readings of Hisashi Inoue's The Face of Jizo planned in Canada, combined with a translation project introducing our outstanding modern Japanese plays   2005.1.19 + December Visitor – Dominique Roland, Director of France's Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains seeks a Japanese company to participate in the "Art and Technology" international forum   2005.1.19 + Curtain closes on the Tokyo performances of the Southeast Asian five-country collaboration “Memories of a Legend”   2004.12.6 + Director Amon Miyamoto’s production of “Pacific Overtures” opened in New York.   2004.12.6 + Strengthening the program of presentations of Middle East culture   2004.12.6 + Avignon Festival Director Vincent Baudriller visits Japan   2004.12.6