2 Mar 11
On Tuesday 25th January 2011, The British Ambassador in Tokyo, Mr David Warren gave a speech to Japan Society members at the Cavalry and Guards Club, Piccadilly, London. Please follow this link to download the full text of the speech (Word Document). Please click here for details of the event.
17 Feb 11
Japan is moving at a dizzying pace. Keeping up with events and trends is important: Japan Close-Up brings you right to the heart of Japan. Each month it highlights issues that move Japan and make this dynamic country what it is today, and what it will be in the future. It provides analysis of major trends, insights on Japan’s movers and shakers and articles on aspects of Japanese culture.
1 Feb 11
Creative music workshops in classical Japanese musical performances in the week 26th February – 4th March.
24 Jan 11
The Japan Foundation have kindly offered Japan Society members the chance to win on of 3 pairs of tickets to a screening of one of the films in this year’s programme at your local venue.
11 Jan 11
Win free tickets to see ‘Confessions’ (Kokuhaku) by Tetsuya Nakashima (‘Kamikaze Girls’, ‘Memories of Matsuko’) at the ICA! Following the critical acclaim of his previous features, ‘Kamikaze Girls’ and ‘Memories Of Matsuko’, genre-busting auteur Tetsuya Nakashima returns with Confessions, a notably darker but equally absorbing and typically idiosyncratic work, this time adapted from the award [...]
3 Dec 10
The Commons & Lords, sponsored again by Fujitsu, kicked off the 2010/11 season with a match against one of our oldest Parliamentary rugby playing friends, an invitation XV from the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Society.
8 Oct 10
Congratulations to the Japan Society team for their victory in the Collar Cup on Saturday. After being defeated by a strong Japanese Chamber of Commerce team in 2009, The Japan Society regained the trophy with great match play at Buckinghamshire golf course. Michael Conaghan for the Japan Society was the top scorer for the day! [...]
20 Sep 10
To celebrate the publication of Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits Vol. VII, the Japan Society with the Japan Research Centre, is holding a lecture this evening at the Khalili Theatre, SOAS. more>>
10 Sep 10
As recently featured in the Economist’s article entitled ‘The professor to the rescue‘, the first two episodes of “Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure”, in Japanese, are on display at the British Museum until October 23rd. The complete series will be published in English by the British Museum Press in March 2011. © The Economist Newspaper [...]
8 Sep 10
Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, the Tokyo String Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall on Sunday 12th September 2010, boasting its remarkable complement of all-Stradivari instruments.
