03/12/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Fish Story directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
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.
08/12/2025IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai
Mild Vertigo is a quietly disorienting novel that captures the inner life of a Tokyo housewife caught in the stifling routines of domesticity.
11/12/2025The Japan Society Christmas Party 2025
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.
15/12/2025Eco-Political Film Histories: Land Cinema in Japan and beyond - with Becca Voelcker
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.