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Sir Hugh Cortazzi GCMG (1924-2018)

Sir Hugh was the most distinguished Japanese specialist of his generation in the Foreign Office and made immeasurable contributions to the advancement of the UK-Japan relationship.

17th August 2018

British Academy honours Timon Screech for outstanding research

24th July 2018

Sir Graham Fry awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

1st May 2018

SOAS students win top prizes at Japanese Speech Contest

SOAS University of London students once again took the top prizes at this year’s Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, securing first prize in the Individual Presentation Category and second prize in the Speech Category.

20th March 2018

Nostalgia, Soft Power and JET Seminar in the News

25th January 2018

JRC Research Associate, Dr David Hughes awarded The Order of the Rising Sun

8th January 2018

Abenomics Revisited

23rd October 2017

Sport and Diplomacy event to be held at SOAS

9th May 2017

JRC Senior Fellow, Stephen McEnally awarded The Order of the Rising Sun

10th March 2017

W. G. Beasley Memorial Lecture 2017 - video available

15th December 2016

SOAS scholar helps to secure AHRC grant worth nearly £1 million to study Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai

Together with colleagues at the British Museum, Dr Angus Lockyer, Lecturer in the Department of History at SOAS University of London, has been awarded a major research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The grant, worth nearly £930,000 in total, is for a project on the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai entitled ‘Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society’ (1760-1849).

9th February 2016

SOAS to celebrate impact of 100 years of Japanese Studies with alumni

Wartime language students, diplomats, business leaders and entrepreneurs from SOAS University of London’s alumni community will come together at the School to celebrate the impact of 100 years of learning Japanese at SOAS University of London.

15th January 2016

Koichi Hamada to speak on ‘Abenomics’ and the threat of a currency war at SOAS

Professor Hamada will lead the discussion on the governments’ strategy to improve Japan’s inert economy

12th January 2016

Four internationally renowned scholars join SOAS in Centenary year

Four scholars across the fields of Anthropology, History, Ethnomusicology and Law will be joining SOAS University of London as Centenary Fellows in 2016.  

17th December 2015

Sino-Japanese relations

Yuka Kobayashi was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 regarding Sino-Japanese relations.

14th August 2015