17/08/2026ARCHIVED Keirin: Japan's Warriors on Bicycles - with Justin McCurry and Jim McCafferty
For this event, Justin McCurry, Japan and Korea correspondent for The Guardian, in conversation with Jim McCafferty, Director of bicycle manufacturer Reynolds Technology, will explore the fascinating history of keirin track cycling, from elite racing to its unique place in Japanese society.
05/08/2026ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Fires on the Plain directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
For our Film Club in August, we invite you to explore Shinya Tsukamoto’s brutal and devastating war film, Fires on the Plain (2015), a haunting portrayal of Japanese soldiers wandering through the Philippines during the final days of WW2.
04/08/2026ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group
The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month.
13/07/2026ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki
Through stark, fragmented narratives, Set My Heart on Fire portrays women navigating unstable relationships and emotional isolation in postwar Japan.
07/07/2026ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group
The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month.
01/07/2026ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Summer Wars directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Join us for our July Film Club to dive into the imaginative animated movie, Summer Wars, directed by Mamoru Hosoda in 2009, which explores friendship, family and the digital world, set against the backdrop of a virtual crisis that blurs the line between reality and cyberspace.
15/06/2026ARCHIVED Exploring Visual Counterculture in Japan - with Marco Bohr
Join us for a lecture on the role that visual art played in relation to countercultural movements in Japan from the turbulent 1960s to the present day.
08/06/2026ARCHIVED IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami
In Sisters in Yellow, Hana, now in her forties, reflects on her youth in Tokyo’s “Yellow House” during the 1990s.
03/06/2026ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Tokyo Drifter directed by Seijun Suzuki
For our Film Club in June, we invite you to explore Seijun Suzuki’s stylish and subversive yakuza film, Tokyo Drifter (1966), a vibrant tale of loyalty, identity, and life on the run during post-war Japan.
02/06/2026ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group
The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month.