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2022
2022.11.10
The full program of Yokohama Dance Collection 2022 (Dec. 1 – 17, 2022) has been an-nounced along with Competition finalists
2022.6.22
“Creative Well-being Tokyo” International Conference on Open Access to Culture is held in Tokyo (June 28 – July 7, 2022)
2022.3.15
Winners announced for the 66th (2022) Kishida Drama Award
2021
2022.1.7
Yokohama Dance Collection 2021 competition winners decided
2021.10.8
YPAM – Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting to be held (Dec. 1 – 19, 2021)
2021.10.8
Kyoto Experiment: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2021 Autumn Opens (Oct. 1 – 24, 2021)
2021.7.16
Tokyo Festival 2021 schedule announced (Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2021), and start of Tokyo Festival Farm
2021.5.29
Japan Digital Theatre Archives (JTDA) and Playtext Digital Archives go online
2021.5.29
The 65th Kishida Drama Award Announces No Winner
2021.3.9
Broadcasting Platform “THEATRE for ALL” Begins Broadcasts
2021.3.9
“Yokohama Dance Collection 2021” Competition Winners Decided
2021.3.9
27th OMS Drama Award Grand Prize goes to Masanori Yamamoto for Semi no Sora no Sora
2021.3.9
20th AAF Drama Award Grand Prize goes to Yoshiro Yoda Hatori for Lynch (Drama)
2021.2.16
Lineup announced for Kyoto Experiment international performing arts festival (Feb. 6 – Mar. 28, 2021)
2020
2020.9.29
“TPAM-Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2021” schedule announced (Feb. 6 – 14, 2021)
2020.3.25
The 64th (2020) Kishida Drama Award goes to two finalists, Satoko Ichihara and Kenichi Tani
2020.3.25
Kenichi Tani’s 1986: Moebius strip wins the 23rd Tsuruya Namboku Memorial Drama Award
2020.3.25
The 19th (2020) AAF Drama Award winner is Kotaro Ono’s Ne-
2020.2.13
Yokohama Dance Collection 2020 competition choreography award winners chosen
2020.2.8
Yokohama Dance Collection 2020 (Jan. 31 – Feb. 16, 2020)
2020.2.8
TPAM in Yokohama 2020 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2020) opens (Feb. 8 – 16, 2020)
2019
2019.8.1
Aichi Triennale opens (Aug. 1 – Oct. 14, 2019)
2019.3.26
Yokohama Dance Collection 2019 competition choreography award winners chosen
2019.3.26
Oriza Hirata’s Nihon Bungaku Seisui-shi (The Rise and Fall of Japanese Literature) wins the 22nd Tsuruya Namboku Memorial Drama Award
2019.3.26
The 63rd (2018) Kishida Drama Award winner is Shuntaro Matsubara
2019.2.6
18th AAF Drama Award’s Grand Prize winner is Kuchita habikoru
2019.2.6
24th Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize Goes to Sakotsu ni Tenshi ga Nemutteiru
2019.2.6
TPAM in Yokohama 2019 opens (Feb. 9 – 17, 2019)
2019.2.6
Yokohama Dance Collection 2019 held (Jan. 31 – Feb. 17, 2019)
2018
2018.10.9
Kyoto Experiment: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2018 Opens (Oct. 6 – 28, 2018)
2018.10.9
ANTIBODIES Collective holds “Entoropical Paradise” event at the Seto Inland Sea island of Inujima (Oct. 5 – 8, 2018)
2018.7.17
d-soko Theater “Dance ga Mitai!” 20 “With Yameru Maihime Performance” to be held (July 24 – Aug. 5, 2018)
2018.7.17
Tomoko Mukaiyama and Un Yamada collaboration GAKA performed in the Netherlands and Japan (June 15 – July 22)
2018.8.6
Dance Dance Dance@YOKOHAMA 2018 (Aug. 4 – Sept 30, 2018)
2018.5.14
Japonismes 2018: les âmes en resonance: Stage performance lineup announced
2018.5.8
Ko Murobushi’s anthology “Ko Murobushi Shusei” released (Jan. 23, 2018)
2018.5.22
New National Theatre, Tokyo 2018/2019 Season Lineup Announced
2018.6.4
World Theatre Festival Shizuoka 2018 held (Apr. 28 – May. 6)
2018.3.22
24th OMS Prize awarded to Akira Yamazaki for Melo-Melo Tachi
2018.3.12
The 62nd (2018) Kishida Drama Award winners are Yudai Kamisato and Mitsunori Fukuhara
2018.2.27
Ryo Iwamatsu’s Usui Momoiro no Katamari wins the 21st Tsuruya Namboku Memorial Drama Award
2018.2.21
Yokohama Dance Collection 2018 competition choreography award winners chosen
2018.2.13
TPAM in Yokohama 2018 to be held (Feb. 10 – 18, 2018)
2018.2.13
Yokohama Dance Collection 2018 held (Feb. 2 – 18, 2018)
2017
2017.10.10
KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2017 opens (Oct. 14 – Nov. 5, 2017)
2017.10.10
10th Festival/Tokyo 17 Opens (Sept. 30 – Nov. 12, 2017)
2017.4.25
World Theatre Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji 2017 (Apr. 28 – May 7, 2017)
2017.4.25
The New National Theatre, Tokyo Announces 2017/2018 Season Schedule
2017.3.4
The 61st (2017) Kishida Drama Award winner is Makoto Ueda’s Kiteketsukarubeki Shin Sekai
2017.2.10
TPAM in Yokohama 2017 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2017) opens (Feb. 11 – 19, 2017)
2017.2.7
22nd Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Kengo Minamide
2017.2.7
Agency for Cultural Affairs announces “2016 Japan Cultural Envoys”
2017.2.10
23rd OMS Drama Prize is awarded to Keisuke Fukuyama for Warui Kuse
2017.2.10
Yokohama Dance Collection 2017 held (Jan. 26 – Feb. 19, 2017)
2016
2016.10.31
Lineup Announced for the 9th “Festival Tokyo 16” (Oct. 15 – Dec. 11, 2016)
2016.11.4
“Roppongi Art Night 2016,” held in autumn (Oct. 21 – 23, 2016)
2016.11.4
“World Culture and Sports Forum” held for the first time in Kyoto and Tokyo (Oct. 19 – 22, 2016)
2016.11.4
Premier of 15th AAF Drama Award’s Grand Prize winning Michiyuki with Motoi Miura as Director (Sept. 9 – 12, 2016)
2016.11.4
“Sound Live Tokyo 2016” held (Sept. 11 – Oct. 1, 2016)
2016.10.3
KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2016 AUTUMN program announced (Oct. 22 – Nov. 13, 2016)
2016.9.5
2nd Dance New Air —Dance no Asa program announced (Oct. 1 – 10, 2016)
2016.10.4
23rd BeSeTo Theater Festival held in Tottori and Niigata (Sept. 14 – 0ct. 15, 2016)
2016.10.3
10th Toyota Choreography Awards, 2016 Next Age Choreographer Award goes to Shintaro Hirahara
2016.10.3
Aichi Triennale 2016 held (Aug. 11 – Oct. 23)
2016.9.5
SCOT Summer Season 2016 to be held (Aug. 26 – Sep. 4, 2016)
2016.6.30
Asia Producers Platform (APP) Camp opens (Jun. 26 – Jul. 2, 2016)
2016.5.16
Director Yukio Ninagawa Passes Away
2016.5.26
The World Theatre Festival Shizuoka under Mt. Fuji 2016 held (April 29 – May 8, 2016)
2016.4.25
Kuro Tanino’s play Jigokudani Onsen Mumyo no Shuku (Jigokudani Hot Springs Ignorance Inn) winner of the 60th (2016) Kishida Drama Award
2016.3.8
Presentations held by nine European Capital of Culture cities (Feb. 26, 2016)
2016.3.8
Yokohama Dance Collection 2016 competition choreography award winners chosen
2016.2.5
TPAM in Yokohama 2016 Follow-up Report: Japan Foundation and Asia Center invited foreign presenters announced
2016.2.9
TPAM in Yokohama 2016 (International Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2016) opens (Feb. 6 – 14, 2016)
2016.2.10
New National Theatre, Tokyo, has announced 2016/2017 season lineup
2015
2016.2.10
Setouchi Triennale 2016 program announced
2016.2.9
KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2016 Spring Program Lineup Announced (Mar. 5 – 27, 2016)
2016.1.19
21st Japan Playwrights Association New Playwright Prize goes to Chisei Zo for Tatami to Junrei (Tatami mats and pilgrimage)
2016.1.19
22nd OMS Drama Prize awarded to Megumi Takahashi for Tareyueso
2016.2.10
Applications now being accepted or the “10th Toyota Choreography Awards 2016 – Seeking out and nurturing the next generation of choreographers” Final holding also announced
2015.10.10
8th Festival/Tokyo opens (Oct. 31 – Dec. 6, 2015)
2015.5.7
The 59th (2015) Kishida Drama Award winner is Kenji Yamauchi’s Torowaguro
2015.2.10
TPAM in Yokohama 2015 (follow-up report): Foreign presenters for Japan Foundation and Asia Center invitation decided
2015.2.10
TPAM in Yokohama opens Feb. 7, 2015
2015.1.29
Lineup announced for Yokohama Dance Collection EX2015 in the event”s 20th holding (Jan. 31 – Feb. 15, 2015)