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12/10/2026IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Traitor by Kobo Abe

12/10/2026

The Traitor offers a bleak meditation on betrayal, power, and moral uncertainty, revealing how individuals are compromised by political control and pervasive fear.

03/11/2026Japanese Conversation Group

03/11/2026

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.

09/11/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami

09/11/2026

The Third Love follows a married woman who escapes into dreamlike lives set across different historical periods, experiencing love in new forms.

01/12/2026Japanese Conversation Group

01/12/2026

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.

14/12/2026IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Troubled Waters by Ichiyo Higuchi

14/12/2026

Troubled Waters is a collection of five stories depicting everyday lives on the margins of Meiji‑era Tokyo with lyrical restraint.

15/06/2026ARCHIVED Exploring Visual Counterculture in Japan - with Marco Bohr

15/06/2026

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

08/06/2026

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

03/06/2026

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

02/06/2026

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.

29/05/2026ARCHIVED Japanese Treasures at the Bodleian: A Private View

29/05/2026

The Japan Society is delighted to invite members and friends to an exclusive private tour of the Japanese collection at the Bodleian Libraries, followed by a guided visit to the historic Old Bodleian.