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Date		Event Description
Future Events:
09/01/2010 ~ 10/29/2010		2nd International Furoshiki Design Contest The Japan Foundation is pleased to announce its second International Furoshiki Design Contest for students—specifically, university and vocational school students around the world who are the designers of the future. One entry will be awarded the grand prize of 100,000 yen and three others will be awarded prizes for excellence. These four designs will be used to produce and market JF Original Furoshiki. Application
06/25/2010 ~ 10/11/2010		Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860 Museum of the City of New York Samurai in New York invites visitors to return to the New York of 150 years ago and to share the city’s excitement over the visit of a delegation of more than 70 samurai from Japan—the first Japanese to leave the closed island nation in over 200 years. The brash young city seized the opportunity to promote itself as the “Edo (modern day Tokyo) of the West” with a two-week whirlwind of parades and balls and moment-to-moment newspaper coverage of the delegation’s visit.
09/07/2010 ~ 09/17/2010		Hogaku: Traditional Japanese Music Concert Tour Ms. Yumi Kurosawa (21-string koto) and Mr. Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flute and taiko drum) will visit four countries: Costa Rica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama. Ms. Kurosawa and Mr. Watanabe will be giving performances and workshops to local music students and general public audiences.
09/09/2010 ~ 09/11/2011		¡ÈJapan House/Philadelphia¡É at Philly Fringe Festival Shofuso Japanese House & Garden in Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, PA) A site-specific dance work at Shofuso, in collaboration with Toshi Makihara (percussionist), Roko Kawai (dancer/choreographer), Hideo Arai (dancer), Mika Kimula (singer) and Leah Stein Dance Company.
09/09/2010 ~ 01/02/2011		Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool Asia Society (NY, NY) Asia Society, New York devotes its entire exhibition space to a major retrospective of Japanese artist, Yoshitomo Nara, one of the most influential Neo-Pop artists working today. The exhibition comprises 20 years' worth of paintings, sculpture, drawings, and large-scale installations.
09/11/2010 ~ 09/12/2010		University of California, San Diego, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies: ¡ÈIs Immigration Necessary? Work, Growth and the Future in the US and Japan¡É Weaver Center, University of California, San Diego An international conference of experts from academia, politics, and non-governmental organization to discuss "Is Immigration Necessary? Work, Growth and the Future in the US and Japan."
09/11/2010		Dai Fujikura & ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) The acclaimed Japanese composer Dai Fujikura will be featured in a concert by the new music group ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
09/19/2010		Japan Festival of Saginaw Japanese Cultural Center (Saginaw, MI) Bring your family and your guests to the Japan Festival, September 19, Sunday, 1:30 – 4:30 pm.
09/19/2010 ~ 10/19/2010		Middleton Public Library: Origami Workshops (Middleton, WI) The unique art of paper folding comes alive when acclaimed origami artist Ruthanne Bessman offers a series of 20 free origami workshops at the Middleton Public Library starting September 19. All ages are invited to attend and learn the traditional Japanese art of folding paper. Be among the hundreds of participants who will create a sample origami model to take home and a second piece that will be incorporated into a community origami mural to be permanently installed at the Middleton Public Library.
09/20/2010		US-Japan Council's Inaugural Annual Conference 2010 Grand Hyatt Hotel (Washington, DC) The US-Japan Council was established last year, and we are pleased to celebrate the official inauguration of the Council at our first annual conference. The conference’s theme is Shaping the Future of US-Japan Relations, and we will be bringing together a diverse group of Japanese American, Japanese and US leaders, who will help shape new opportunities for the future of US-Japan relations.