Upcoming Events - Japan Society of the UK

With our extensive programme of events, the Japan Society provides many opportunities for Japanese and non-Japanese to meet and share ideas and new experiences. Naturally, there is plenty on offer for those wanting to extend their understanding of contemporary and traditional Japan, its culture, language and people. However, with a membership that is approximately 50% Japanese, we also have events which focus on aspects of British life and provide opportunities to get to know the UK better. The format of events is as varied as the content: lectures and seminars sit alongside gallery visits, film screenings, pub nights and formal dinners.

Please select a category on the left to find upcoming events matching your interests.

(This page lists events organized solely or jointly by the Japan Society as well as events in receipt of a Japan Society Small Grant. For other events, please see the ‘external events’ pages or the Japan UK Events Calendar.)

1 June:

June 1, 2013

Trooping the Colour – Special seats at the Major General’s Review

One of the great annual sights in London is the Queen's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall on Her Majesty's Official Birthday. The Society has arranged tickets for 30 good seats for the dress rehearsal, held two weeks before the real parade.

4 June:

June 4, 2013

Japanese Conversation Group

The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month at The Old Explorer, a central London pub.

5 June:

June 5, 2013

A pre-G8 overview – Dr Gerard Lyons, Economic Advisor to the Mayor of London

A short time before the G8 summit in the UK, an overview of the global economy by a highly respected economist will be useful to all members. Dr Gerard Lyons will focus on the UK and Europe and also on Japan and its regions.

10 June:

June 10, 2013

Japan Society Book Club – The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami

Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei' in a local bar. Their relationship, traced by Kawakami's gentle hints at the changing seasons, is a subtle portrait of two insular characters.

11 June:

June 11, 2013

The Road to Recovery: lunchtime lecture by Lori Henderson, Executive Director BCCJ

Lori Henderson will give a first-hand account of how, following the triple disasters in March 2011, companies began navigating a 'new normal' in Japan, becoming actively engaged in a variety of activities to support socio-economic recovery.

June 11, 2013

A Voyage Through Words and Music

Join us in celebrating the arrival, 400 years ago to the day, of the first British ship to Japan with an evening of music and words drawn from the traditions of the two countries.

12 June:

June 12, 2013

The Japan Society Golf Tournament 2013

The Japan Society’s Annual Golf Tournament, for the Asprey and Garrard Plate, is due to take place at Essendon Country Club on Wednesday 12 June, with a shotgun start at 9.45 am.

17 June:

June 17, 2013

400 years ago: The English mission to Japan and its legacy – Timon Screech

This illustrated lecture will outline the historical facts, but also the bring to life the gripping story of human interaction, bravery and mutual attempts at comprehension, that surround the first trade contact between Britain and Japan in 1613, 400 years ago this September.

27 June:

June 27, 2013