08/10/2020ARCHIVED Developing Professional Women’s Football in Japan & the UK with Kikko Okajima Murray & Kelly Simmons
In this webinar, Japan Society board member Yuuichiro Nakajima is joined by two pioneers of women’s football, Kikko Okajima Murray and Kelly Simmons, to discuss the professionalization of the game, the impacts of the pandemic and the role of football as a force for social change.
07/10/2020ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs directed by Mikio Naruse
For our first Film Club of the autumn we will return to the classical Japanese cinema to discuss When a Woman Ascends the Stairs directed by Mikio Naruse in 1960. A film which offers a subtle, devastating study of the life of a woman in postwar Japan played by film star Hideko Takamine.
03/10/2020ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Katazome (Stencil Dyeing) Workshop
In this workshop, participants will make a katazome-printed silk square suitable for a head or neck scarf. The workshop is suitable for any level of design or textile printing experience.
30/09/2020ARCHIVED 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
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。
29/09/2020ARCHIVED Reporting the World in Japan and the UK, with Aiko Doden and John Simpson
In this webinar, we are delighted to welcome NHK’s Aiko Doden and John Simpson of the BBC, who join Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, to discuss how our countries’ media’s approaches to foreign news and foreign correspondents is evolving.
26/09/2020ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Matsuri Presents
Japan Matsuri Presents is a two day live streaming event bringing a huge array of Japanese culture to your home! Food demos, headline musical acts, dance, martial arts and talks will stream live and on demand over two days on the Japan Matsuri Presents website.
23/09/2020ARCHIVED The Politics of Governmental Reform in Japan and the UK, with Bronwen Maddox and Koji Tsuruoka
In this webinar, to consider the course of governmental reform and the politics around it, Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, will be joined in the UK by Bronwen Maddox, director of the Institute for Government, and by our old friend Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka in Japan.
16/09/2020ARCHIVED The State of the Economy in Japan and the UK, with Noriko Hama and Gerard Lyons
As we begin our autumn series of webinars, we are delighted to welcome two economists, Noriko Hama in Japan and Gerard Lyons in the UK, to join Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, to take stock of the economic positions of our two countries, and consider the future.
14/09/2020ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: The Frolic of the Beast by Yukio Mishima
Inspired from the classic Noh play ‘Motomezuka’, The Frolic of the Beast follows the university student Koji after having been discharged from prison. The plot gradually develops into a strange love story.
08/09/2020ARCHIVED Online Talk - Katagami Stencils: Historical Influence and Contemporary Practice
The Japan Society is pleased to announce a special online talk on Katagami with researcher Mamiko Markham, Head of Collections at the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) Zoë Hendon, and practitioner Sarah Desmerais.