Sydney foodie scene heavyweights Peter Evans and Raita Noda are preparing a degustation fundraiser at the Ocean Room on Thursday June 2, for the Australian Red Cross Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal 2011…

Armageddon and Animania will be hitting cities in Australia from February 2011, with plenty in store for anime fans!

Speaking to a well-attended press seminar at InterContinental Sydney on December 1, Shiseido Australia Managing Director Tatsuya Nagai joined with Dr Shinichi Inomata, Senior Manager of the Functional Cosmetic Development Group, Shiseido Research and Development Center, to announce the release of Benefiance WrinkleResist24, a groundbreaking new age-targeting formula, on March 6 2011.

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.

A packed house of travel industry professionals were introduced to a selection of Japan’s highlights at a Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) networking seminar on December 7, held at Sydney’s Shangri-La Hotel.

Dr Masahiro Kohara, Consul-General of Japan in Sydney gave 44 Australian undergraduate students a warm farewell at Sydney’s Grace Hotel last night, on the eve of their departure for a two week study tour of Japan as part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Programme.

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.

Kanagawa Prefectural Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa introduced Invest Kanagawa, his government’s new initiative in Sydney this week at Innovation in Japan, a Business Seminar presented by JETRO.

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

Innovative Australian companies and R&D institutes have a special opportunity to familiarise themselves firsthand with the benefits of doing business in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan this month at Innovation in Japan, a Kanagawa Business Seminar.