Newspark - The Japan Newspaper Museum - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Newspark - The Japan Newspaper Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

  • poster for "News Photos from 2011" Exhibition

    "News Photos from 2011" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2012-01-14 - 2012-04-15

    2011 was an eventful, newsworthy year that saw the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, democratic movements in the Middle East, and the Nadeshiko Japan women's World Cup soccer victory. This exhibition...More »

  • poster for "70 Years Since Pearl Habor: Shigeru Mizuki's War and Newspaper Reportage" Exhibition

    "70 Years Since Pearl Habor: Shigeru Mizuki's War and Newspaper Reportage" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration - Photography - Prints
    • 2011-11-05 - 2011-12-25

    The Japanese-American War erupted with the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese troops on December 8, 1941. Held to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the war, this exhibition showcases war-themed...More »

  • poster for "Children's Newspaper Museum" Exhibition

    "Children's Newspaper Museum" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration - Other
    • 2011-08-13 - 2011-10-23

    This exhibition introduces visitors to newspapers, free pamphlets and other publications targeting kids published by The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association. On display are a wide variety...More »

  • Tomoko Daiji Talk

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    • Media: Art Talk
    • 2011-06-25 - 2011-06-25

    While stationed in Washington, journalist Tomoko Daiji completed a long term project that uncovered previously unknown aspects of the American "war on terror" conducted by US troops in Afghanistan. At...More »

  • poster for "Spin The History Into The Future - Kyodo News Enterprise & Deutsche Presse Agentur (dpa) Photo Exhibition"

    "Spin The History Into The Future - Kyodo News Enterprise & Deutsche Presse Agentur (dpa) Photo Exhibition"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2011-05-21 - 2011-07-31

    Held to mark the 150th anniversary of a friendship treaty between Germany and Japan, this collaborative photo exhibition jointly held by Kyodo News and Deutsche Presse Agentur showcases some 120 works...More »

  • poster for "Great East Japan Earthquake News Photography" Exhibition

    "Great East Japan Earthquake News Photography" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2011-04-23 - 2011-06-22

    This exhibition features 90 photographs covering up-close the destruction and suffering caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as well as the search and rescue operation, and the lives of the people...More »

  • poster for "Okinawa's Eternal Postwar" Exhibition

    "Okinawa's Eternal Postwar" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2011-03-12 - 2011-05-15

    This exhibition explores Okinawa's "eternal postwar" period through the eyes of photojournalists born and raised in the villages on the southern tip of Okinawa's main island. Gallery talk by Hiroaki...More »

  • poster for "2010 Press Photography Exhibition"

    "2010 Press Photography Exhibition"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2011-01-08 - 2011-03-06

    This exhibition showcases around 280 press photos by photojournalists from 34 newspapers, news agencies and broadcasting stations.More »

  • poster for "Women" Exhibition

    "Women" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2010-12-11 - 2010-12-26

    This exhibition commemorates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Professional Photographers Society, showcasing a visual history of photography that focuses on Japanese women since the end...More »

  • poster for "Kanagawa's Memory: Postwar History through Press Photography" Exhibition

    "Kanagawa's Memory: Postwar History through Press Photography" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2010-09-04 - 2010-11-03

    Kanagawa prefecture is home to several large cities and a total population of over 9 million people. Through a showcase of around 250 photos and articles from Kanagawa Shimbun, this exhibition introduces...More »

  • poster for "Living Things on Earth" Exhibition

    "Living Things on Earth" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2010-07-07 - 2010-08-29

    On display are 64 works by 32 top manga artists and illustrators who produce work for newspapers.More »

  • poster for "Why? Illustrations from Children's Newspapers" Exhibition

    "Why? Illustrations from Children's Newspapers" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2010-03-30 - 2010-06-20

    This exhibition introduces visitors to a variety of illustrations and explanatory diagrams that appear in children's newspapers. [Image: Mainichi Elementary School Kids Newspaper "Kyo no Naze?" 2008...More »

  • poster for 2009 Press Photo Exhibition

    2009 Press Photo Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2010-01-09 - 2010-03-22

    This exhibition features around 280 press photos taken in 2009 by photojournalists from the 34 newspaper, news and broadcasting companies affiliated with the Tokyo Press Photographers Association.More »

  • poster for Newspaper Association Prize "Tokyo Oh!" Exhibition

    Newspaper Association Prize "Tokyo Oh!" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2009-12-05 - 2009-12-27

    On display are 50 photographs that present a striking view of the city of Tokyo. These images were featured in a long-running series in the evening paper of the Tokyo Shimbun.More »

  • poster for "Let's Make Crafts out of Old Newspapers" Contest Works Exhibition

    "Let's Make Crafts out of Old Newspapers" Contest Works Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2009-12-01 - 2009-12-20

    On display are selected works that were submitted to the "Let's Make Crafts out of Old Newspapers" contest held by the Asahi Shimbun's Nagoya head office this summer. 120 works in the elementary school...More »

  • poster for "Reconstruction: 5 Years after the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake" Exhibition

    "Reconstruction: 5 Years after the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2009-10-03 - 2009-11-29

    The 7.0 magnitude Chuetsu earthquake struck Niigata prefecture at 5:56pm on October 23, 2004, centered on Ojiya City, bringing catastrophic change to the quiet lives of mountain villages in the area. 3...More »

  • poster for "Welcome to Hiroshima Country: Our Peaceful World" Exhibition

    "Welcome to Hiroshima Country: Our Peaceful World" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Other - Art Talk
    • 2009-08-01 - 2009-09-23

    "Hiroshima Country" is a newspaper about peace run entirely by teenagers. It was launched as part of Chugoku Shimbun in January 2007, and celebrates its 50th issue this May. This exhibition looks back...More »

  • poster for "The Opening of Five Ports and the News" Exhibition

    "The Opening of Five Ports and the News" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Other - Art Talk
    • 2009-05-16 - 2009-07-20

    Yokohama celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening of its port to foreign trade this June. In 1858, with the normalization of Japan-American relations and the signing of a commercial treaty between...More »

  • poster for "Anyatan" Exhibition

    "Anyatan" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2009-03-07 - 2009-05-10

    "Anyatan" is Okinawan for "it was that sort of thing." This exhibition looks back on the post-WWII history of Okinawa through photo footage since the Okinawan Times was founded on July 1st 1948, drawing...More »

  • poster for 2008 News Photography Exhibition

    2008 News Photography Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2009-01-10 - 2009-02-28

    This exhibition takes a retrospective look back on 2008 through the eyes of photojournalists from the Tokyo Association of Photojournalists (made up of 35 newspaper, media and broadcasting companies). This...More »

  • poster for "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: Japan through Newspaper Supplements" Exhibition

    "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: Japan through Newspaper Supplements" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration - Painting
    • 2008-12-06 - 2008-12-28

    From the Meiji to the Showa period, newspapers created supplements and annexes in an effort to compete for readership. These supplements included pictorial diagrams of big news stories, portraits of famous...More »

  • poster for "Shozo Tanaka and the Ashio Mine Pollution Incident" Exhibition

    "Shozo Tanaka and the Ashio Mine Pollution Incident" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Other - Art Talk
    • 2008-09-20 - 2008-11-30

    Shozo Tanaka, a populist statesman active during the Meiji period, first became known as a newspaper man. Tanaka became editor of the Tochigi Shinbun (the former incarnation of the Shimotsuke Shinbun)...More »

  • poster for "Turning Point: Earth, Environment, People" Exhibition

    "Turning Point: Earth, Environment, People" Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration - Drawing
    • 2008-06-28 - 2008-09-13

    Exhibition of about 80 single-frame manga by 32 prominent manga artists and illustrators on the theme of "turning points" in relation to people, the environment and the Earth. In the face of worsening...More »

  • poster for "TICAD IV Yokohama Opening Commemorative Exhibition"

    "TICAD IV Yokohama Opening Commemorative Exhibition"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2008-04-26 - 2008-06-22

    Held in conjunction with the 4th African Development Conference taking place in Yokohama in late May, this exhibition showcases more than 230 works capturing the real face of Africa today, taken by around...More »

  • "The World of Caricature Artist Hidezo Kondo"Exhibition

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    • Media: Illustration
    • 2008-02-16 - 2008-04-20
  • poster for "2007 Press Photography Exhibition"

    "2007 Press Photography Exhibition"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2008-01-05 - 2008-02-11

    This press photography exhibition has been held since 1960 and introduces the previous year's major events in such fields as domestic and international politics, economic and social news and sports through...More »

  • poster for "Wow! Newspapers!" Exhibition

    "Wow! Newspapers!" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2007-11-23 - 2007-12-24

    Newspapers are often tossed out after they're read. This exhibition introduces a portion of award-winning works from the "Making Crafts out of Newspapers" contest held by the Asahi Shinbun Nagoya office...More »

  • poster for "Summer - Asahi Shinbun and High School Baseball" Exhibition

    "Summer - Asahi Shinbun and High School Baseball" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Other - Art Talk
    • 2007-07-07 - 2007-09-24

    Calls from Asahi Shinbun resulted in the first Japanese National Junior High and High School Baseball Tournament held in 1915 at Toyonaka Field in Osaka. The tournament was held in the hopes of promoting...More »

  • "Kids Photographers - Children are Geniuses!" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2007-07-03 - 2007-08-26

    This is an exhibition by 23 visually impaired students of varying ages, from elementary school to high school. Most of these students had never taken a photograph before but have portrayed the world around...More »

  • poster for Mainichi Newspaper 135th Anniversary Exhibition: "Towards Mottainai - The Power of Campaign Press"

    Mainichi Newspaper 135th Anniversary Exhibition: "Towards Mottainai - The Power of Campaign Press"

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    • Media: Illustration - Film - Art Talk
    • 2007-04-29 - 2007-06-24

    Newspaper companies provide "campaign reporting" besides news reporting. Mainichi Newspaper has been the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and has sponsored many environmental campaigns leading to global...More »

  • poster for "Iraq War 2003 - Korean War 1950 War Correspondence" Exhibition

    "Iraq War 2003 - Korean War 1950 War Correspondence" Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Other
    • 2007-02-20 - 2007-05-06

    The United States government's attitude on media coverage for the Iraq War took a complete turn from that of the Gulf War and invasion of Afghanistan. 600 American and foreign embedded journalists were...More »

  • poster for "Ruikou and Teisuke, Warriors of Words" Exhibition

    "Ruikou and Teisuke, Warriors of Words" Exhibition

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    • Media: Other - Art Talk
    • 2007-02-17 - 2007-04-22

    Two adventurers caused an uproar in the newspaper world during the third decade of the Meiji era. Their names were Ruika Kuroiwa of "Yorozuchouhou" newspaper and Teisuke Akiyama of "Nirokushinpou" newspaper....More »

  • poster for 2006 Press Photography Exhibition

    2006 Press Photography Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2007-01-05 - 2007-02-07

    Domestic and international events of 2006 have been shown to the masses through news photos. This exhibition features 230 news photos taken in a year by newspapers, news services, and television stations...More »

  • poster for "The Allure of Newspapers - Analog and Digital" Exhibition

    "The Allure of Newspapers - Analog and Digital" Exhibition

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    • Media: Other
    • 2006-10-07 - 2006-12-24

    Celebrating the 130th anniversary of Nikkei Shimbun, this exhibition follows post-war Japanese economics and predicts the future of newspapers. More »

  • poster for Press Photography of the Indian Ocean Tsunami

    Press Photography of the Indian Ocean Tsunami

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2006-06-20 - 2006-10-01

    On December 26th 2004, more than 300,000 people fell victim to the giant tsunami that came with the Sumatra Earthquake. 186 photographs from 7 newspaper companies will be exhibiting their work to convey...More »

  • poster for Sports Newspaper Exhibition "The Source of our Power!"

    Sports Newspaper Exhibition "The Source of our Power!"

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    • Media: Graphics - Art Talk
    • 2006-03-28 - 2006-07-17

    A look at the past and present sports scene through newspapers. This exhibition is about the appeal of sports, and reading about sports. There will be special corners for: baseball, soccer, Olympics, sumo,...More »

  • poster for Japanese Children in the Past 60 Years - 21,900 Days of Drama

    Japanese Children in the Past 60 Years - 21,900 Days of Drama

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2006-02-16 - 2006-03-19

    This exhibition, organised by the Japan Professional Photographers Society, will tell the story of sixty years, or 21900 days, of Japanese children. The story begins in Hiroshima on August 6th 1945, going...More »

  • poster for Flashing the Generation - Kyodo News 60th Anniversary Exhibition

    Flashing the Generation - Kyodo News 60th Anniversary Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2005-10-07 - 2005-12-23

    This exhibition makes a point to explain easily, even for children, how the Kyodo News journalists and photographers do their coverage and how the publishing and broadcasting systems serve news items to...More »

  • poster for Asahi Newspaper - 80 years of Aviation History

    Asahi Newspaper - 80 years of Aviation History

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2005-07-09 - 2005-09-25

    80 years ago, the first Asahi Shinbun Airplanes started flying to Europe. This exhibition celebrates the important event by putting on display many artifacts such as those airplanes' engines, maps that...More »

  • poster for WWII Through Pictures - Photographs from the New York Daily News archives

    WWII Through Pictures - Photographs from the New York Daily News archives

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2005-03-25 - 2005-06-26

    60 years have passed since the end of the Second World War, but the world hasn't come to peace yet - several countries are still marred by complex conflicts. The countless photographs shot during these...More »

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