Press Releases

2022/8/4

4 August 2022 [22-01] Ms Karen Ruddock Awarded with Commendation of Foreign Minister of Japan

20 August 2021 [21-01] Ms Agnes Aylward Awarded with Commendation of Foreign Minister of Japan

1 December 2020 [20-01] Dr Declan Downey Awarded with Commendation of Foreign Minister of Japan

24 July 2019 [19-02] Mark Egan Awarded with Commendation of Foreign Minister of Japan

25 June 2019 [19-01] Fr. Jude McKenna awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays

17 August 2018 [18-05] 24 August Concert by Hiro Hayashida world-renowned Taiko performer

24 July 2018 [18-04] Experience Japan Taiko (Japanese Drum) Team Honoured by Japanese Foreign Minister

19 January 2018 [18-03] Meeting between Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Kazuyuki Nakane and Mr. Ciaran Cannon, T.D., Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development

12 January 2018 [18-02] Visit to Ireland by Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Kazuyuki Nakane

8 January 2018 [18-01] Statement to the People of Ireland on Behalf of the Family of Mr. Yosuke Sasaki

20 November 2017 [17-11] 2017 Embassy of Japan Business Seminar: Brexit and the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement

31 July 2017 [17-10] Writer Lafcadio Hearn’s Great-Grandson Honoured by Japanese Foreign Minister

10 July 2017 [17-09] Ireland Meets Japan - W.B. Yeats, Lafcadio Hearn and Kyogen

30 June 2017 [17-08] The Dolls of Japan: Shapes of Prayer, Embodiments of Love

31 March 2017 [17-07] Talks with Ireland on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

27 March 2017 [17-06] Shadow of Sodeisha - Japanese and Irish Art in Clay

22 March 2017 [17-05] Japanese Film Festival Returns to Venues Across Ireland, 1-13 April 2017

9 March 2017 [17-04] “Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics”

24 February 2017 [17-03] H.E. Mr. Charles Flanagan, T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland to visit Japan

22 February 2017 [17-02] - The 15th Japanese Speech Contest in Ireland

26 January 2017 [17-01] - Japan Booth at Holiday World Show Dublin 2017

22 December 2016 [16-10] - Mr Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister of Japan to visit Ireland

30 September 2016 [16-09] - Public Lecture entitled “Current Developments in the East Asian and Chinese Economies” by Professor Kai Kajitani from Kobe University, Japan

1 September 2016 [16-08] - Announcement of official logo for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland in 2017

2016年9月1日 [16-08] - 2017年日・アイルランド外交関係樹立60周年記念ロゴマークの発表

10 June 2016 [16-07] - “Difference – Own your Difference” -Moving Bodies Butoh and Live Art Festival-

31 May 2016 [16-06] - Irish National Kendo Championship and Japanese Ambassador’s Cup 2016 -The Way of the Sword and Samurai Spirit-

13 April 2016 [16-05] - 7th Year of “Experience Japan” - Ireland celebrates Japan and Japanese Culture!

13 April 2016 [16-04] - 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland in 2017 Logo Contest

29 March 2016 [16-03] - Japanese Film Festival Returns to Venues Across Ireland, 3-21 April 2016 (New Venues Added To Expanded Programme)

1 March 2016 [16-02] - The 14th Japanese Speech Contest in Ireland

2 February 2016 [16-01] - Irish participation in Japanese Space Mission ASTRO-H

14 December 2015 [15-12] - Students take part in MIRAI Program

2 November 2015 [15-11] - Japan for Sligo via W.B. Yeats and Ernest Fenollosa

28 September 2015 [15-10] - The Open Mind of Patrick Lafcadio Hearn - Coming Home (Lafcadio Hearn Gathering in Ireland | October 2015)

15 June 2015 [15-09] - Age limit for the Working Holiday scheme between Japan and Ireland to be raised from 25 to 30 as of 1 July 2015

15 June 2015 [15-08] - "Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) Memorial Gardens” to open in Tramore, Waterford

10 June 2015 [15-07] - Irish National Kendo Championship and Japanese Ambassador’s Cup 2015 -The Way of the Sword and Samurai Spirit-

19 May 2015 [15-06] - Moving Bodies Butoh and Live Art Festival

1 May 2015 [15-05] - Ms Ryoko AOKI, Noh performer, to visit Ireland as a Japan Cultural Envoy

7 April 2015 [15-04] - The sixth “Experience Japan” celebrates the arrival of spring with festival events!

23 March 2015 [15-03] - Japanese Film Festival Returns To Venues Across Ireland, 8-23 April 2015 - New Locations Added To Expanded Regional Touring Programme-

3 March 2015 [15-02] - The 13th Japanese Speech Contest in Ireland

16 February 2015 [15-01] - Japanese Ambassador’s Commendation presented to IJA

10 October 2014 [14-14] - Japanese Ambassador’s Commendation presented to Ms Karen Ruddock, Post-Primary Languages Initiative, Department of Education and Skills

1 September 2014 [14-13] - IRELAND-JAPAN SOCIAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIA - “Sharing knowledge, shaping the future of the welfare society in Europe and Japan”

11 July 2014 [14-12] - Pianist SATOKO INOUE to visit Ireland - Concerts in Donegal, Dublin and Roscommon, 23-26 July

10 July 2014 [14-11] - Japanese Ambassador's Commendation presented to access>CINEMA -

26 May 2014 [14-10] - The Way of the Sword and Samurai Spirit - Japanese Ambassador's Cup Kendo Championship -

8 May 2014 [14-09] - Japan to donate translated Japanese books to Central Library in Dublin

2 April 2014 [14-08] - “Experience Japan”- ‘Hanami’ Day and other Festival Events!

1 April 2014 [14-07] - "Imagining Japan, 1570-1750" An exhibition in Marsh's Library, Dublin from 14 April to 14 June 2014

24 March 2014 [14-06] - The 12th Japanese Speech Contest in Ireland

19 March 2014 [14-05] - Japanese Film Festival returns to venues across Ireland, 3-17 April 2014

10 March 2014 [14-04] - "Koizumi Yakumo Memorial Garden" in Tramore, Waterford receives fund from Japan

7 February 2014 [14-03] - Kumamoto Artpolis: Architecture Through Communications

22 January 2014 [14-02] - Godot Has Come

15 January 2014 [14-01] - Advanced Researches of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Based on Lessons Learnedfrom the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011

19 November 2013 [13-01] - Japanese Ambassador’s Commendation presented to Ms. Barbara Geraghty at the University of Limerick