Manami Yuasa

Manami Yuasa

Head of Arts, The British Council Tokyo Office
The British Council’s Tokyo Office has played a pivotal role in contemporary arts and cultural exchange between Japan and the United Kingdom ever since its establishment in 1953. With offices in over 100 countries and regions around the world, the British Council* (BC) offers programs that seek to share British culture in the three areas of the Arts, English, Education and ways of living and organizing society. In Japan, the British Council played a major role in introducing British contemporary art in the 1980s and later increased its presence as an “international cultural relationship organization” with initiatives like its Study Tour Partnership program that invites people like professionals in the fine arts and dance to the U.K.