Ⅲ. Activities to enrich people's lives by offering information on jewellery design and holding exhibitions of high level jewellery design from home and abroad.
JJDA’s goal is to enrich people's lives by exhibiting cutting edge jewellery all over the country. JJDA collects information from overseas and is always trying to improve dispatching information to the world from JJDA in order to increase knowledge of Japanese jewellery design. JJDA is always striving to promote mutual understanding with foreign countries.
JJDA offers information regarding jewellery design to a wide range of people through our original journals and website.
Exhibition
*JJDA holds exhibitions that always offer new ideas within the jewellery design field, all over the nation.
Public relations and publishing
Publication of organization bulletin "JJDA" (annual), newsletter for all JJDA members (monthly) and Exhibition’s book
International Exchange
*JJDA promotes Japanese jewellery design to the world by holding exhibitions overseas and also participate in jewellery shows in various countries.
*JJDA introduces foreign jewellery design to a wide range of people by holding exhibitions and lectures of foreign jewellery designers in Japan.
History of the international exchange program
| 1964 | Establishment of the JJDA |
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| 1970 | “International Jewellery Art Exhibition” was held, featuring guest artists’ works from thirteen countries. |
| 1974 | Two Japan-Italy exchange exhibition programs, “Japan Jewellery Art” in Arezzo and “Italian Modern Jewellery Exhibition” in Tokyo were held. |
| 1983 and 1986 | “International Jewellery Art Competition” was held, marking our first competition with submissions from both Japan and overseas. |
| 1983 | “Japanese Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition” was held and toured five cities in Europe: Pforzheim, Hanau, Munich, Lausanne, and Vienna. This event continued until 1984. |
| 1996 | Participated in an international exchange exhibition “Contemporary Japanese Crafts and Jewelry Design” at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles. |
| 1998 | A travelling exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery was held, featuring guest Australian artists, in two cities: Tokyo, and Itami. |
| 2000 | A travelling exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery was held, featuring guest Austrian artists, in three cities: Tokyo, Itami, and Nagoya. |
| 2002 | A travelling exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery was held, in featuring guest Swedish artists, in three cities: Tokyo, Itami, and Nagoya. |
| 2002 | Participated in the “Jewellery Mission Round Table Conference” in Tokyo, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. |
| 2004 | “Jewellery – the Next Value” exhibition was held in Tokyo, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the JJDA. |
| 2004 and 2005 | Participated in the “Orogemma” September exhibitions inVicenza, Italy. The 2005 exhibition was co-organized with JETRO. |
| 2004 to 2008 | Participated in the “September Hong Kong Jewellery & Watch Fair”. From 2005 to 2007, our participation was co-organized with JETRO. The 2007 fair was designated as one of the official events of “Japan China Culture Sport 2007”, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. |
| 2005 | A travelling exhibition, “The 23rd Japan Jewellery Design Competition” was held in Sydney, marking our first overseas tour. |
| 2005 to 2009 | Participated in the “Hong Kong International Jewellery Show”.JJDA put up its promotive booth. |
| 2008 | A travelling exhibition “The Pioneers of Art Jewellery from America” was held, featuring works from guest American artists, in five cities: Tokyo, Itami, Sendai, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. |
| 2008 | A commemorative exhibition and workshop “Jewellery – Expressions of a New Sensibility” was held at the Mikimoto hall in Tokyo, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the JJDA. |
| 2009 | JJDA members’ exhibition was held at the Armony Art Center in Florida. |
| 2010 | Participated in the “Eclat de Mode” exhibition in January, in Paris, with support from JETRO. |
| 2012 | Transformed JJDA’s corporate form to “Public Interest Incorporated Association” certified by the prime minister of Japan.Participated in the “China (Dalian) International Garment&Textile Fair”. |
| 2013 | Established the “JJDA 50th Anniversary Celebrations Committee” |
| 2015 | Founding implementation 50th Anniversary |
Regional projects
JJDA carries out regional projects including jewellery design promotion, exchange activities, and workshops.
