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13/11/2024ARCHIVED IEEJ Outlook 2025 - How to Address the Uncertainties Surrounding the Energy Transition
Dr Ken Koyama, Chief Economist and Managing Director of Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), will present an outline of the IEEJ’s flagship project on global energy demand and supply outlook until 2050. Professor Jonathan Stern of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies will join the discussion as a commentator.
12/11/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto
In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young couple surface, seemingly victims of a lover's cyanide pact. To the police, it's an open-and-shut case, but...
11/11/2024ARCHIVED The Japan Society Annual Dinner 2024
Please join us at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for The Japan Society Annual Dinner 2024. We are pleased to be able to get together once more and look forward to catching up with members and their guests.
10/11/2024ARCHIVED Woodblock Printing Workshop with Hiroko Imada (10 November)
The Japan Society is pleased to present a Japanese woodblock printing workshop led by London-based artist, Hiroko Imada.
09/11/2024ARCHIVED Woodblock Printing Workshop with Hiroko Imada (9 November)
The Japan Society is pleased to present a Japanese woodblock printing workshop led by London-based artist, Hiroko Imada.
08/11/2024ARCHIVED 400 Year Tradition of Takaoka Lacquerware in Toyama
The Japan Society is delighted to welcome Takeshi Musashigawa, fourth-generation head of Musashigawa Kobo, Toyama, to discuss his artisanal practice with Masami Yamada, a Curator in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Asia Department. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about Takaoka lacquerware and watch a demonstration of the mother-of-pearl inlay technique (raden).
06/11/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: A Fugitive from the Past directed by Tomu Uchida
Join us in November for our film club discussion of the masteful crime drama 'A Fugitive from the Past' (1965) directed by Tomu Uchida.
05/11/2024ARCHIVED 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.
05/11/2024ARCHIVED Sixth Form Japan Day 2024: Explore Japan at University and Beyond
New programme! Our Sixth Form Japan Day is back with a focus on Japanese Studies at university and opportunities after.
21/10/2024ARCHIVED Court Ladies, Women Warriors and Courtesans. A Hidden History of Japan
In this lecture, author Lesley Downer will explore key female figures in Japanese History, starting with Himiko the shaman queen and the powerful empresses of early Japanese history.