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Australia Japan Society - Qld Inc
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Enewsletter- May 2025
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AJS-Q Members Networking Evening
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Come and join the Australia Japan Society Queensland for a networking event to meet other members with interests in business, government, education, language, and culture.
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This is an excellent opportunity to expand your Japanese connections and learn about new opportunities in your areas of interest. Sushi platters will be provided. Please buy your own drinks from the …
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Walking through Time: Australia Japan Symposium and History Trail
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30th June 2025 | JCU Townsville
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Uncover the fascinating story of Australia and Japan in northern Queensland, centred around Townsville, home to Australia's first Japanese Consulate.
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Join us in the morning for a symposium hosted both in person on the JCU campus and streamed online, with leading scholars and artists from both Australia and Japan. Food and tea/coffee will be …
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE COURSE - Kanazawa
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28 Sept to 10 Oct 2025 | Australia-Japan Society (ACT)
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The Australia-Japan Society of the ACT (AJS ACT), in conjunction with the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange (IFIE), is again calling for applications for the two-week in-country course in Japanese language/culture in Kanazawa.
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Applications close on 8 July 2025.
NOTE: there are only 15 places available for this course so it has to be “first in, first served”.
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Adventure Day Trips
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Do you have Japanese friends or business colleagues wanting a personalised tour around South East Queensland?
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Adventure Day Trips started in 2017 when owner, Gary Carson, found he was regularly taking Japanese friends on tours around Brisbane and decided to make a difference to how Japanese travelers can experience S.E. Queensland.
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Most of their tours are private group tours tailored to each …
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Sakura Fest Brisbane
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A New Japanese Market Coming to Brisbane...
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A vibrant new market experience in Brisbane, where you’ll find a perfect mix of delicious food, unique art, handmade treasures, and amazing stage performances...
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2PM - 8PM | Wellers Hill Bowls Club
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Japan’s World Expo: a positive vision of the future for our divided world?
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Fifty-five years since Osaka last hosted, rocks from Mars, domestic androids and artificial hearts are part of showcase on ‘unloved’ island.
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As clunky as it sounds, “designing a future society for our lives” isn’t a bad ambition for the world in these troubled times.
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Organisers of the 2025 Exposition in Osaka will be hoping that …
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Brisbane’s Sister City – Kobe
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2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Brisbane Kobe Sister City relationship, Brisbane’s oldest Sister City relationship
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Each month throughout 2025, the AJS-Q has been celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Brisbane Kobe Sister City Relationship by highlighting aspects of Kobe.
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This month we are featuring Kobe's famous November Marathon.
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Kobe Marathon 2025
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Held over a weekend in the sunny but cool month of November, the Kobe Marathon is one of the city's most popular sporting events.
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The marathon starts at Kobe City Hall, a two-minute walk from Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station.
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Open to anyone willing to join, the marathon is built on the concept of gratitude and friendship, while expressing …
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JFF Theater
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he Japan Foundation has newly launched the JFF Theater online streaming platform to further popularize Japanese films and videos around the world.
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JFF Theater is an online streaming service that distributes Japanese films and videos worldwide, with multilingual subtitles, all free of charge.
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Through this website, the Japan Foundation aims to create a platform where Japanese films …
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Do you have something you'd like to share with AJS members?
Perhaps a travel story, article, Japan-related book or movie review, recipe or photograph. We always welcome any suggestions from members. Please send your contributions to Go-Nichi to the following email address: newsletter@austjpnsoc.asn.au
The AJS e-newsletter is sent to members at the end of the first week in every month.
GPO Box 2036 | Brisbane | Qld | 4001
execsec@austjpnsoc.asn.au
Chancellor: Her Excellency, The Governor of Queensland
Patron: The Consul-General of Japan, Queensland
Committee
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Immediate Past President - Margaret Rackemann
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Vice President- Sara Jane Seery
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Honorary Secretary - Leonie Kawamoto
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Treasurer - Stephen Abbott
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Andrew Hay (Past President)
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Ross McConachie (Past President)
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Ross Humphreys (Past President)
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Shannon Whiley
Lawson Dibb
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