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Lectures 2007

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December 12 2007
Japan - UK Relations: Past, Present and Future
His Excellency, the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Yoshiji Nogami.
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NEW
27 November 2007
Preparing for the multipolarworld: European foreign and security policy 2020
Charles Grant, Director, Centre for European Reform spoke to the Society on 'The European Union in 2025'. A related paper is available for download from the CER website


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September 7 2007
Challenges Facing Japan's Economy: A Case for Structural Reform
Speech by Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor of The Bank of Japan, to The Japan Society, at the premises of Denton Wilde Sapte,
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17th January
Annual Talk by Mr. Graham Fry, His Excellency The British Ambassador in Tokyo.
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September 7 2007
Challenges Facing Japan's Economy: A Case for Structural Reform
Speech by Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor of The Bank of Japan, to The Japan Society, at the premises of Denton Wilde Sapte,
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17th January
Annual Talk by Mr. Graham Fry, His Excellency The British Ambassador in Tokyo.
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23rd January
Dr Meri Arichi, "Myoken Bosatsu: The Adoption and Adaptation of the Polar Star Deity by Samurai and Townspeople in pre-modern Japan" at The Oriental Club
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22nd February
Mr. Hiro Koike of Nikkei "East Asian Community: its dream and reality". Business Group Lunchtime Lecture at JETRO
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8th May
Mrs Momoko Williams and Mr Peter Pagnamenta. TENDER ALLIANCE: Talk about the background to their book "Falling Blossom", the story of a British officer's love affair with a Japanese woman. At the Oriental Club
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Lectures 2006



Tuesday 7th November, 2006
Dr Shane McCausland (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin)
Kano Sansetsu (1590-1651) and the Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Chogonka) - Sources and Resources, from Tang China to Edo Japan A lecture given to the Japan Society and Japan Research Centre at SOAS, University of London for Asian Art in London Week

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Past Lectures
Tuesday 24th January 2006
LECTURE BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO - Sir Graham Fry
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February Wednesday 22nd
THE CORTAZZI LECTURE 2006
Trafalgar and Tsushima: Two defining battles
Professor Geoffrey Till

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Tuesday 4th April
Mr Hideki Takada
Working for finance ministries in Japan and the UK

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Tuesday 6th June
Dr Richard J. Twitchett
Ocean islands and mass extinctions: the fossil record of Japan

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13TH JULY 2006
Lecture by Sir Digby Jones
Protectionism in the Developed World

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Lectures 2005

Monday 12th September
Mr Hans Brinckmann
"From shibumi to super brands - the lost values of Showa"

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Tuesday 20th September
Dr Elizabeth Horner
"Frank Brangwyn"

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Tuesday 11th October
Dr Sharon Kinsella
"The Nationalization of Manga"

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Wednesday 14th December
Mr Toshiyuki Iwama
"The History of Japan's Official Development Assistance"

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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).
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