Upcoming Events

Join us for The Japan Society Annual Dinner 2025 at Members' Dining Room in the House of Commons. It is our pleasure to reconnect with our esteemed members for an evening of great food and conversation. 

In this lecture Hugo Dobson (U. Sheffield), Karin Narita (U. Sheffield) and Caroline Rose (U. Leeds) will explore what Japanese prime ministers have done after stepping down and what influence they have continued to exert.

The Japan Society is delighted to present MIC! PROJECTOR! ACTION!, a special evening of katsuben – the captivating Japanese art of live silent film narration – at the historic Regent Street Cinema, the birthplace of British cinema in the heart of London.

The Japan Society is delighted to announce our second annual Cortazzi Lecture, which will be held in collaboration with Chatham House, with Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans and formerly British Ambassador to the USA and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.

As the year winds down, why not welcome the new year with a personal touch? Join us for a unique opportunity to design your own New Year’s greeting card using the traditional art of Japanese woodblock printing.

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.

Join us this December for a lively discussion of Fish Story (Yoshihiro Nakamura, 2009), a quirky and contemporary comedy that shows how a forgotten punk song might just save the world. 

Mild Vertigo is a quietly disorienting novel that captures the inner life of a Tokyo housewife caught in the stifling routines of domesticity.

We are delighted to invite members of The Japan Society and their guests to this year’s Christmas Party held once again in the Ballroom of the Japanese Embassy, thanks to the kind support of our President, Ambassador Suzuki. We hope that many members will join us for this festive occasion to catch up with old friends and make new ones.

In this lecture, author Dr Becca Voelcker will discuss Japan's centrality in a genre she calls 'land cinema', offering examples ranging from downtown Tokyo to rural rice paddies in Yamagata which resonate with our own era of social and environmental crises.