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On Monday 18 November we are delighted to welcome Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times, to discuss the story behind the founder and CEO of SoftBank Masayoshi Son, with The Japan Society Chair, Bill Emmott.

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.

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...

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.

The Japan Society is pleased to present a Japanese woodblock printing workshop led by London-based artist, Hiroko Imada.

The Japan Society is pleased to present a Japanese woodblock printing workshop led by London-based artist, Hiroko Imada.

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).

Join us in November for our film club discussion of the masteful crime drama 'A Fugitive from the Past' (1965) directed by Tomu Uchida.

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.

New programme! Our Sixth Form Japan Day is back with a focus on Japanese Studies at university and opportunities after.