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Past Lectures The Japan Society retain in hard copy in the library, scripts of all relevant and available lectures and speeches. Copies are available to members in hard copy or by email as a pdf. document on application. Transcripts are available for Members Only of the following past lectures: 2005 Thursday 6th January LECTURE BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO - His Excellency The British Ambassador in Tokyo, Mr. Graham Fry Tuesday 18th January Book Launch - Biographical Portraits Volume V & Lecture: "The Japan Society`s Contribution to Studies on Japan" by Sir Hugh Cortazzi Tuesday 6th February The Cortazzi Lecture, at Chatham House, and in partnership with The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Mr William Horsley: "Japan and Europe, Parallel Lives". Wednesday 6th April Dr. Catharina Blomberg "The Botanist in the Police State - Carl Peter Thurnberg in Tokugawa Japan 1775-1776" Tuesday 12th April JAPAN SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER Guest of Honour: The Lord Hannay of Chiswick, former UK Representative at the U.N. Speeches 2005 Tuesday 7th June Maureen Busby, of the Japanese Garden Society, "Using Nature as Inspiration for Designing Japanese Gardens". At The English Gardening School (Chelsea). Wednesday 8th June Lecture at JETRO, Holborn Professor Takashi Omori, Vice President, Economic and Social Research Institute, and Director General for Quantitative Analysis in the Cabinet Office "Japanese Economy - Present and Future." Lectures 2004 22nd January David Pybus: "Kodo: The Ways of Incense" 17th February The Cortazzi Lecture: Mr Norman Rosenthal "Japan & The Royal Academy" 7th April "Two Old Soldiers Remember". Two veterans remembered what life was like in the two armies. Masao Hirakubo and Philip Malins spoke informally. 4th May 2004 Dr Ivan Hall "BAMBOOZLED: How America loses the intellectual game with Japan and its implications for our future in Asia 29 September 2004 Japan Society Lecture in association with the Royal Society of Arts "Reputation, Branding and Design: fresh perspectives from the UK and Japan" David Godber, General Manager, Nissan Design Europe, talked on industrial design at Nissan. Professor Toshio Watanabe, Head of Research, Chelsea College of Art and Design provided an historical perspective. Mike Crump, Head of Design Management at British Airways talked on the challenges of Branding and Reputation. Chairman: Andrew Summers, Chair of Design Partners, managed by UK Trade & Investment and the DMCS 5th October 2004 Eiji Seki, Senior Adviser, Suzuki Motor Corporation "A View of The Anglo-Japanese Relations in Historical Perspective" 30th November 2004 Sir Hugh Cortazzi "Britain and Japan: A Changing Relationship - A Personal Perspective Over 60 Years" ANNUAL DINNER 2004 Monday 20th September 2004 Mrs Sadako Ogata, President of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) 2003 16th September Terry Bennett: Japan and The Illustrated London News: 1851 - 1905 17th October Mr Ian de Stains, Director Of The British Chamber Of Commerce In Japan: Japan as we see it; a British Business View 12th November Mr Tetsuro Sugiura, Chief Economist, Mizuho Research Institute: 10 Questions on the Japanese Economy Speeches 2005: 12th January MR YUTAKA GOTO, Director General of Shiseido Communications Centre for Europe, "How Shiseido succeeded in Europe: History and International Strategy" Speeches 2004: February 5, JAPAN SOCIETY CHAIRMAN'S LUNCH Yasuhisa Shiozaki Member of the House of Representatives: Future Role of Japan in Asia and the World 15th March BUSINESS GROUP LUNCHTIME LECTURE Mr BILL EMMOTT, Editor of the Economist: "JAPAN'S TENTATIVE REVIVAL, SEEN IN ITS ASIAN CONTEXT" 20th April Joint Lunch with the JCCI His Excellency The Ambassador of Japan., "Japan's Role in the International Community" 28th July Joint Lunch with the JCCI Sir David Gore-Booth, INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST If you would like a copy of any of the above, please contact the Secretariat. E-mail: info@japansociety.org.uk. Telephone: 020 7828 6330 |
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