Happy Birthday Singapore for your Golden Jubilee celebration!

I recently visited Padang where the National Day Parade will be held during this Jubilee Weekend and was deeply impressed how meticulously Singaporeans have been preparing for this. I sensed the profound national identity and pride during all the preparation, including the repeated exercises of the “Five Stars” and "50" Tribute Aerial Flypast, as well as the display of the national flag at every corners of HDBs all over the island. Click to Read More

JCC Events

The annual Japanese Film Festival was held from 9 July to 8th August this year at the National Museum of Singapore (NMS). Organised in collaboration with the Japan Creative Center Embassy of Japan in Singapore, Japan Foundation, Singapore Film Society, National Museum of Singapore and Luna Films, the festival will run till 8 August with a total of 38 screenings. Being the 22nd edition of the festival in Singapore, the selection of films has hinged on one criterion through the years, which is these films move audiences as they have moved its programmer. Click to Read More

The Japanese Speech Contest were held on the 12nd of July at the Japanese Association, Singapore. The contest was organized by Embassy of Japan in Singapore, The Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore, The Japanese Association Singapore, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Singapore and The Japanese University Graduates Association of Singapore.
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Japan Creative Centre (JCC), Embassy of Japan in Singapore participated in the Annual Global Community Day 2015 held at Temasek Polytechnic (TP) on Thursday, 23 July 2015. The event, which has been on-going for 15 years, is part of TP’s internationalisation thrust to promote global awareness that seeks to build new bridges of global connections and enhance cross-cultural knowledge and understanding in a fun, enjoyable yet meaningful way. Click to Read More

A first ever for JCC, a community reach-out programme was organized together with Tampines West Community Club (TWCC) on Saturday, 25th July. Chibi Maruko Chan – a Japanese children’s classic was screened at TWCC and was well received by the audience of over 200 people. Click to Read More

JCC Cinema 35: WA-SHOKU ~Beyond Sushi~ was held on Sunday, 26 July 2015 at the National Museum of Singapore with whelming response. This off premise screening was in conjunction with the Japanese Film Festival Singapore 2015, which runs from 9 July to 8 August. This is also the first time the film is screened in Singapore.
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.As one of celebration events of   45th anniversary of JUGAS (Japanese University Graduates Association of Singapore), Public Lecture “Strengthening the ASEAN-Japan Partnership in Building the ASEAN Community”  by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Former Secretary General of ASEAN Secretariat, was held on 23 July, 2015 at Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium, co-organized by Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan in Singapore.Click to Read More

Japanese Cultural Fact For August

There is a unique type of dancing that's performed in the area around Tokushima City on the island of Shikoku in Japan. It's called Awa odori (dance), and people gather from across the nation from August 12 to 15 both to dance and watch. Awa is the old name for Tokushima Prefecture. Click to Read More

Science & Technology Information In Japan

Soyuz launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome The Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut Kimiya Yui onboard lifted off  at 6:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu., Japan Standard Time) from  Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.) The Soyuz was  docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:45 a.m.(JST.)

Astronaut Kimiya Yui has begun his long-duration stay as the 44th and 45th expedition crew member. During his stay on the ISS, he will take part in many experiments and research, such as life science,  physical science, and space medicine. He is also assigned as the flight engineer, and will play an important role in operating the ISS, such as manipulating the robotic arm. He will remain onboard the ISS  for about five months until returning to the ground in December 2015. Click to Read More.

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JAXA achieved various meaningful results that contribute to society through aerospace research, development and application in JFY 2014, including the beginning of the development of the New Generation Launch Vehicle in April 2014, Astronaut Wakata’s active role as the first Japanese ISS commander between March and May 2014, the regular provision of “DAICHI2” observation data from November 2014, the successful “Hayabusa2” launch in December and a successful full-scale manned flight by an electric aircraft.

In this video, we introduce JAXA’s activities between April 2014 and March 2015 by dividing them into five fields namely Space Utilization with Satellites, Research on Space Science, Human Space Activity/Utilization of the Space Environment, Development of Transport Systems Linking Ground and Space, and, Research on Aeronautical Technology.
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On 3rd August 2015, RIKEN held a joint symposium with The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to commemorate 10 years’ anniversary of science and technology partnership between RIKEN and A*STAR. Click this Link. RIKEN is Japan's largest research institute for basic and applied research. A*STAR is Singapore's lead public sector agency that spearheads economic oriented research to advance scientific discovery and develop innovative technology.

In this opening ceremony His Excellency Ambassador Haruhisa Takeuchi made the speech and celebrated the 10th Anniversary between RIKEN and A*STAR. Concerning the Press release of “A*STAR AND RIKEN CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF RESEARCH COLLABORATION”. Click this Link.

Asia is undergoing a period of dramatic progress. Promoting science and technology is a key engine to materialize a bright future of Asia and it is vitally important to enhance the exchange of Japanese and Asian youths who will play a crucial role in the field of science and technology.

 Based on this concept, “Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science” (SAKURA Exchange Program in Science) is the program for enhancing exchanges between Asia and Japan of the youths who will play a crucial role in the future field of science and technology through the close collaboration of industry-academia-government by facilitating short-term visits of competent Asian youths to Japan. This program aims at raising the interest of Asian youths toward the leading Japanese science and technologies at Japanese universities, research institutions and private companies.

The following 15 countries and regions are expected to be eligible for invitation for the SAKURA Exchange Program in Science for the year of 2015. They are: Brunei Darussalam, Kingdom of Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Republic of India, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Singapore, Taiwan, Kingdom of Thailand, and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (alphabetical order).

In 2002, Earth Simulator(Original) was introduced into a purpose of solving global scale environmental phenomena and predicting future environment, and accurately numerical simulation in hard analysis, and significantly contributed to the development of numerical simulation in the area of earth science and related technical fields.

In March 2015, Earth Simulator was replaced to new system as the third generation.

The system enables the highest performance and conducts more elaborate calculations and larger scale simulations. The system is also expected to contribute to solving mechanisms of global environmental problems, crustal changes, and seismogenic process, and predicting the damage caused by the tsunami.Click to Read More

Japan commenced its scientific activities in Antarctica in 1956, which was marked by the voyage of “Soya” with the 1st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) on board. This project was a part of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), and Japanese Syowa Station was established on Ongul Island in Antarctica in 1957.

Since then, Japan has performed various observations at Syowa Station and the surrounding areas, and resulted in outstanding scientific outcome such as findings of ozone hole and Antarctic meteorites, recovery of climate change in the past through analyses of ice core, understanding of aurora generation mechanism, unexpected finding of puzzling ecosystems in Antarctic lakes, and findings of evidence of Gondwana, etc.