Date:1-30 June Venue: BFI Southbank, South Bank, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT Tickets: please visit www.bfi.org.uk/go/japansocietykurosawa In June, the BFI celebrates Akira Kurosawa’s centenary with a season of the great Japanese director’s finest films at BFI Southbank and the nationwide release of a new restoration of Oscar winner Rashomon. This hugely influential and visually stunning masterpiece, [...]

Third Window Films has kindly given the Japan Society 3 pairs of tickets  to attend their opening screening of Fish Story on Friday 28th May at the ICA. In this smart, wild anime/action/horror/comedy/drama hybrid, a mysterious punk song performed in the 70s has a profound effect on the future. Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Fish Story [...]

The Japan Society’ Annual Golf Tournament, for the Asprey and Garrard Plate, was held this year at The Donnington Grove Country Club, Newbury , West Berkshire. The Winner of The Asprey and Garrard Plate  was Ms Anne Antonnen Second was Mr Michael Sheridan Third equal were Minister Ken Okaniwa and Mr Andrew Fraser Nearest the [...]

The Conversation Group celebrated the coming of spring with its much celebrated Hanami or cherry blossom viewing picnic.

For the first time, a Japan Society XV took on London Japanese in a rugby match at Regent’s Park on Saturday.

Victors in the 2009 Collar Cup were the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK.