BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Japan Society BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japanese Conversation Group Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13247/japanese-conversation-gr oup-meeting-4/ SEQUENCE: UID:935-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13247/japanese-conversation-group-me eting-4/ DESCRIPTION:The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informa l atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together an d speak Japanese. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100706T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100706T213000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Medium term future of the Euro and of Sterling and the impact o n Asia and Japan\, Dr. Gerard Lyons Chief Economist and Group Head of Globa l Research\, The Standard Chartered Bank URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13288/the-medium-term-future-o f-the-euro-and-of-sterling-and-the-impact-on-asia-and-japan-dr-gerard-lyons -chief-economist-and-group-head-of-global-research-the-standard-chartered-b ank/ SEQUENCE: UID:945-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13288/the-medium-term-future-of-the- euro-and-of-sterling-and-the-impact-on-asia-and-japan-dr-gerard-lyons-chief -economist-and-group-head-of-global-research-the-standard-chartered-bank/ DESCRIPTION:Dr. Gerard Lyons\, an economics expert who is well known to man y members\, will talk about this topic which has relevance for all companie s of both nationalities. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100707T113000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100707T113000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DOING BUSINESS IN ASIA: MEET THE EXPERTS URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13300/doing-business-in-asia-m eet-the-experts/ SEQUENCE: UID:948-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13300/doing-business-in-asia-meet-th e-experts/ DESCRIPTION:UKTI invite Japan Society members to attend and learn from high ly experienced business leaders and overseas trade experts from both the pr ivate and public sector\, and benefit from their ‘on the ground’ first hand experience and knowledge. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T140000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japan Society Book Club: ‘One’ by Natsuo Kirino URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/12789/japan-society-book-club- %e2%80%98one%e2%80%99-by-natsuo-kirino/ SEQUENCE: UID:903-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/12789/japan-society-book-club-%e2%80 %98one%e2%80%99-by-natsuo-kirino/ DESCRIPTION:The book for discussion at this meeting is Out by Natsuo Kirino . The book club itself is conducted in English but members can choose the l anguage in which they read the book.\n\n [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DOING BUSINESS IN ASIA: MEET THE EXPERTS URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13300/doing-business-in-asia-m eet-the-experts/ SEQUENCE: UID:949-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13300/doing-business-in-asia-meet-th e-experts/ DESCRIPTION:UKTI invite Japan Society members to attend and learn from high ly experienced business leaders and overseas trade experts from both the pr ivate and public sector\, and benefit from their ‘on the ground’ first hand experience and knowledge. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100709T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100709T140000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Visit to Loseley Park with Ms Rosemary Alexander URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/12298/visit-to-loseley-park-wi th-ms-rosemary-alexander/ SEQUENCE: UID:873-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/12298/visit-to-loseley-park-with-ms- rosemary-alexander/ DESCRIPTION:Rosemary Alexander\, founder and principal of the English Garde ning School\, will guide members of the Japan and Hong Kong Societies aroun d the gardens and Manor at Loseley Park. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100714T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100714T090000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library: private view URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13382/treasures-of-lambeth-pal ace-library-private-view/ SEQUENCE: UID:957-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13382/treasures-of-lambeth-palace-li brary-private-view/ DESCRIPTION:A special visit for Japan Society members and their guests to t his extraordinary exhibition of treasures of the library at Lambeth Palace. See ancient illuminated manuscripts\, as well as books owned and used by K ing Henry VII\, Queen Elizabeth I and others. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100714T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100714T173000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Carmen Blacker and Japan : Professor Donald Keene URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13135/with-the-sainsbury-insti tute-for-the-study-of-japanese-arts-cultures-the-inaugural-carmen-blacker-l ecture-carmen-blacker-and-japan-professor-donald-keene-professor-emeritus-a nd-shincho-professor-e/ SEQUENCE: UID:922-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13135/with-the-sainsbury-institute-f or-the-study-of-japanese-arts-cultures-the-inaugural-carmen-blacker-lecture -carmen-blacker-and-japan-professor-donald-keene-professor-emeritus-and-shi ncho-professor-e/ DESCRIPTION:The Carmen Blacker Lecture honours the memory and scholarship o f Carmen Blacker (1924–2009). [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100715T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100715T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Carmen Blacker and Japan : Professor Donald Keene URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13135/with-the-sainsbury-insti tute-for-the-study-of-japanese-arts-cultures-the-inaugural-carmen-blacker-l ecture-carmen-blacker-and-japan-professor-donald-keene-professor-emeritus-a nd-shincho-professor-e/ SEQUENCE: UID:923-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13135/with-the-sainsbury-institute-f or-the-study-of-japanese-arts-cultures-the-inaugural-carmen-blacker-lecture -carmen-blacker-and-japan-professor-donald-keene-professor-emeritus-and-shi ncho-professor-e/ DESCRIPTION:The Carmen Blacker Lecture honours the memory and scholarship o f Carmen Blacker (1924–2009). [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100722T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100722T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japanese Conversation Group Summer Day Trip URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/10532/japanese-conversation-gr oup-summer-day-trip/ SEQUENCE: UID:797-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/10532/japanese-conversation-group-su mmer-day-trip/ DESCRIPTION:Further information to follow shortly [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100724T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100724T090000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japanese Conversation Group Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13251/japanese-conversation-gr oup-meeting-5/ SEQUENCE: UID:937-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13251/japanese-conversation-group-me eting-5/ DESCRIPTION:The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informa l atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together an d speak Japanese. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100803T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100803T213000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japan Society Book Club: Kokoro by Natsume Soseki URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13564/japan-society-book-club- kokoro-by-natsume-soseki/ SEQUENCE: UID:973-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13564/japan-society-book-club-kokoro -by-natsume-soseki/ DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, 12th August 2010\, 7.00pm \nChutney & Lager\n43-51 G reat Titchfield Street\nLondon W1W 7PQ \nFree for Japan Society members \nP lease email the office if you plan to attend [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100812T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100812T200000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japanese Conversation Group End of Summer BBQ URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/10535/japanese-conversation-gr oup-end-of-summer-bbq/ SEQUENCE: UID:799-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/10535/japanese-conversation-group-en d-of-summer-bbq/ DESCRIPTION:Further information to follow shortly [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100820T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100820T173000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Exhibition: Lost Villages –\; Private view and talk with Sam S eager URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13458/exhibition-lost-villages -private-view-and-talk/ SEQUENCE: UID:963-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13458/exhibition-lost-villages-priva te-view-and-talk/ DESCRIPTION:Japan Society members are invited to this private view and talk with photographer Sam Seager who has just returned from a three-month\, 65 00km journey through rural Japan on a search exposing both the beauty and d evastation in the lives of the people in those communities on the brink of extinction. \n [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100831T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100831T173000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japanese Conversation Group Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13256/japanese-conversation-gr oup-meeting-6/ SEQUENCE: UID:939-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13256/japanese-conversation-group-me eting-6/ DESCRIPTION:The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informa l atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together an d speak Japanese. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100907T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100907T213000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Joint Lunch with JCCI: ‘\;Shifting economic power –\; a v iew from Tokyo’\;\, Mr David Cairns URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13355/joint-lunch-with-jcci-sh ifting-economic-power-a-view-from-tokyo-mr-david-cairns/ SEQUENCE: UID:955-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13355/joint-lunch-with-jcci-shifting -economic-power-a-view-from-tokyo-mr-david-cairns/ DESCRIPTION:David Cairns\, been Director of UK Trade & Investment in Japan since 2006 and studied Japanese art and language at Oxford University. Dav id entered the Foreign Office in 1993\, after an early career in banking ( Nomura and Barclays\, Tokyo). [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T113000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T113000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japan Matsuri 2010 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13420/japan-matsuri-2010/ SEQUENCE: UID:959-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13420/japan-matsuri-2010/ DESCRIPTION:Japan Matsuri 2010 at Spitalfields is confirmed for Saturday\, 18th September. There have been some exciting developments\, so please watc h this space for details and updates between now and September. [by: japan society] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T090000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Personalities: Britain and Japan URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13496/personalities-britain-an d-japan/ SEQUENCE: UID:971-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13496/personalities-britain-and-japa n/ DESCRIPTION:To mark the publication of Biographical Portraits Vol. VII the Japan Society Autumn lecture series starts with presentations on some of th e personalities within this publication. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100920T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100920T193000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Collar Cup Golf Tournament URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13342/the-collar-cup-golf-matc h-the-japan-society-versus-japanese-chamber-commerce-and-industry-in-the-uk / SEQUENCE: UID:953-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/13342/the-collar-cup-golf-match-the- japan-society-versus-japanese-chamber-commerce-and-industry-in-the-uk/ DESCRIPTION:The Annual golf match between the Japan Society and the Japanes e Chamber of Commerce and Industry is being held this year at The Buckingha mshire Golf Club\, Denham. 12 players from the JCCI and 12 players from the Japan Society will compete for the Collar Cup\, which is currently held by the JCCI. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T073000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T073000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japan Society –\; Springtime in Kyoto April 2011 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.japansociety.org.uk/11827/japan-society-springtime -in-kyoto-april-2011/ SEQUENCE: UID:837-http://www.japansociety.org.uk/11827/japan-society-springtime-in-ky oto-april-2011/ DESCRIPTION:The Japan Society is proposing to form a party of around a doze n members who will travel to Kyoto in early April 2011 at cherry blossom se ason. [by: japansociety] TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110401T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110401T160000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR