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01/02/2022ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group

01/02/2022

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.

26/01/2022ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Bilingual Public Speaking ClubARCHIVED オンライン版 バイリンガル・パブリックスピーキングクラブ

26/01/2022

The club is open to anyone who would like to improve their skills at speaking in Japanese or English and to learn techniques and tricks to expand their communication and presentation abilities.

日本語もしくは英語でのパブリックスピーキングのスキルを伸ばしたい方であればどなたでも対象となり、コミュニケーションやプレゼンスキルを改善するための方法やコツを学ぶことができるイベントです。

26/01/2022ARCHIVED Prospects for Japan and Asia in 2022 and Beyond, with Jesper Koll and Jim McCafferty

26/01/2022

As the Tiger year begins in Japan and nears its start in China, Japan Society chair Bill Emmott is joined by two expert analysts, Jesper Koll in Japan and Jim McCafferty in Hong Kong, to discuss whether we can expect it to bring ‘strength, vitality and growth’ to the region.

11/01/2022ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group

11/01/2022

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.

10/01/2022ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki

10/01/2022

This is the diary of a middle-aged man who is deeply in love with his younger wife, Ikuko. In spite of that love, the pair have grown physically apart.

05/01/2022ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: Drive My Car directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

05/01/2022

For our first Film Club of 2022 we invite you to watch a contemporary classic, the touching film 'Drive My Car' directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi in 2021.

15/12/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH - Murakami Haruki and Our Years of Pilgrimage

15/12/2021

To mark the publication of a new volume on Murakami Haruki, arguably Japan's most high-profile contemporary writer, we welcome the editors Gitte Marianne Hansen and Michael Tsang, together with contributors Annette Thorsen Vilslev and Patricia Welch, to discuss Murakami, his work and its reception.

13/12/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

13/12/2021

Told through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying, this is a haunting novel of the threat of violence that can stalk our teenage years.

10/12/2021ARCHIVED Tokyo: Art & Photography - Private View with Curators

10/12/2021

The Ashmolean Museum’s exhibition, Tokyo: Art & Photography, explores a wide variety of artworks created in Tokyo, a metropolis that has constantly reinvented itself. The Japan Society is delighted to invite a small group of members to explore Japan’s capital city through the vibrant arts it has generated over 400 years in a private view guided by curators Dr Lena Fritsch and Clare Pollard.

07/12/2021ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group

07/12/2021

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.