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Grant Denyer challenges samurai and sumo wrestlers〜CH7 Sunrise brings Japan to you〜

Posted: 19 August, 2011 at 7:46 am

Japan National Tourism Organization Sydney Office (JNTO Sydney) proudly sponsors Channel 7 “Sunrise”, and in cooperation with the Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney, Jetstar and the City of Kyoto, welcomes weather presenter Mr. Grant Denyer and crew to Japan. Mr. Denyer will visit Japan and will report LIVE on Japan’s popular destinations and its attractions [...]

MasterChef’s Adam Liaw steps up to the hotplate

Posted: 7 February, 2011 at 1:09 am

Australian lawyer and MasterChef winner Adam Liaw has traded in his pen for a sword, and will soon be treating Sydneysiders to Japanese delicacies at his very own izakaya-style bar. The serendipity of being offered a job in Tokyo instead of Beijing, and following his life’s passion of cooking reshaped his career, but it was never obvious from the start…

Yoshimoto Kogyo announces 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival

Posted: 9 December, 2010 at 3:55 am

Leading Japanese entertainment group Yoshimoto Kogyo officially announced the 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival at their Tokyo headquarters yesterday, which will be held in Japan’s sunny south from March 18 to 27, 2011.

Final curtain for Australian shakuhachi master

Posted: 1 December, 2010 at 7:44 am

Eminent Australian shakuhachi player Andrew MacGregor will farewell audiences next week in a performance concert for the Shakuhachi Chamber Music Competition 2010, at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Melba Hall.

Five minutes with Production I.G’s Naoyoshi Shiotani

Posted: 25 November, 2010 at 7:39 am

G’Day Japan! caught up with animator Naoyoshi Shiotani of Production I.G, on his way down to Sydney for the Japan Film Festival’s Anime Matsuri, where his impressive works Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror will be screening…

November anime releases from Madman

Posted: 25 November, 2010 at 1:24 am

Been holding back before Christmas? Stop reading now then, because Madman’s new stack of releases for November may be just the excuse you needed to push the button.

14th Japanese Film Festival opens to packed house in Sydney

Posted: 23 November, 2010 at 1:26 am

‘Overseas film festivals are extremely tense occasions for us…’

Kirin Big In Japan 2010

Posted: 18 November, 2010 at 7:52 am

Instant noodles are music to the ears of sound artist Mamoru Okuno…

Rei Ayanami + Kaworu Nagisa (Evangelion) USB memory sticks from Buffalo

Posted: 26 October, 2010 at 7:09 am

Rei Ayanami has returned to Buffalo’s cute family of Swattars USB memory sticks, re-released in a 4GB model along with already available Evangelion counterpart Kaworu Nagisa.

Boxtober at Madman

Posted: 19 October, 2010 at 6:21 am

Madman has released new, limited edition box sets of popular anime titles including Black Lagoon, Ouran High and Afro Samurai, as part of its Boxtober promotion.