by minon_admin | Sep 19, 2018 | ChinaRA, Features, News, Outreach
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship and the 50th anniversary of a proposal calling for normalization of relations between China and Japan, delivered by Min-On founder Daisaku Ikeda—then president of Soka Gakkai—on...
by minon_admin | Sep 12, 2018 | Headline, Lectures, News, Outreach, UruguayRA
A concert celebrating the Oriental Republic of Uruguay’s Independence Day, co-sponsored by the Min-On Concert Association and the Uruguay Ambassador to Japan, His Excellency César Ferrer, was held at the Min-On Culture Center on September 4. Ambassador Ferrer opened...
by minon_admin | Sep 10, 2018 | Headline, IndonesiaRA, Min-On Global Music Network, News, Outreach
This event was held as a fifth major turning point for the Min-On Global Music Network, and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Indonesia. Events were held twice in the capital of Jakarta and once in...
by minon_admin | Sep 5, 2018 | JapanRA, News, Outreach
Profile: The name Trio Minpia means “Made in Nagoya Piano Trio,” with each member hailing from Nagoya. The trio includes Shoko Mizuno, who completed her postgraduate at Tokyo University of the Arts and also works as a pianist at the New National Theatre Tokyo;...
by minon_admin | Aug 13, 2018 | News, Outreach, Tohoku Hope Concert
The 69th Tohoku Hope Concert was held at Iwate Prefecture’s Kamaishi Shiritsu Toni Elementary and Junior High School on the July 13, 2018. Toni-cho is an outlying city about seven kilometers from Kamishi Station on the Sanriku Railway Minami-Rias Line. Nestled along...
by Peter | Mar 19, 2018 | Cultural Exchange, IndiaRA, News, Outreach, Overseas Dispatch Series
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed that 2017—the 60th anniversary of the Indo-Japan Cultural Agreement—be designated as a year of Japan-India friendly exchange. In response to the proposal, Min-On dispatched a special troupe of Japanese traditional...
