22/07/2023ARCHIVED Calligraphy Workshop: Summer Greetings
Following our popular kakizome workshop in January, Japan Society is pleased to host a shochu mimai (summer greeting cards) workshop with calligrapher Yoko Takenami.
10/07/2023ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima
Set in 1970s Japan, this tender and poetic novel about a young, single mother struggling to find her place in the world is an early triumph by a modern Japanese master. First published in Japan in 1980, Woman Running in the Mountains is as urgent and necessary account today of the experience of the female body and of a woman's right to self-determination.
05/07/2023ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: A Page of Madness directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Join us on 5 July to explore one of the masterpieces of silent cinema, A Page of Madness directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa in 1926.
05/07/2023ARCHIVED Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill
Join us for our next Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill, our quarterly webinar in which our chairman Bill Emmott teams up with Jesper Koll, longtime Tokyo resident and one of the most keenly watched economists and investment strategists in that town, to discuss what's new in the Japanese economy, business, financial markets and more.
04/07/2023ARCHIVED 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.
29/06/2023ARCHIVED Addressing the Challenges for the Japanese Economy: Hiromi Yamaji in conversation with Bill Emmott
We are delighted to welcome Mr Hiromi Yamaji, Group CEO of Japan Exchange Group, to share with members of the Japan Society his assessment of the state of the Japanese economy and the challenges it faces.
28/06/2023ARCHIVED BPSC: The Role of Sports in SocietyARCHIVED BPSC: 社会におけるスポーツの役割
Join us on Wednesday 28 June (held regularly on the last Wednesday of the month) for the next session in our long-running Bilingual Public Speaking Club (BPSC). The topic for the June session is “The Role of Sports in Society”. Like other forms of entertainment, sports are linked to social and political issues – can we really separate them, and if so, how?
バイリンガル・パブリックスピーキングクラブ（ＢＰＳＣ）は、最終水曜日に定期的に開催しているイベントです。６月のトピックは「社会におけるスポーツの役割」です。他のエンターテイメントのように、スポーツも社会や政治的問題と切り離すことは困難です。スポーツと政治は切り離して成立するのでしょうか、もしそうであれば、どのように実現可能になるでしょうか？
21/06/2023ARCHIVED Japan Society Golf Tournament 2023ARCHIVED ジャパンソサエティ年次ゴルフトーナメント2023
This year, the Japan Society Annual Golf Tournament, for the Asprey and Garrard Plate, will be held at Maidenhead Golf Course. The format will be Stableford.
12/06/2023ARCHIVED IN-PERSON EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu
After dropping anchor for the night near a small island to the south of Japan, a crew of fishermen awaken to find that the island has vanished without a trace. Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Seiun Award, this prescient 1973 science-fiction novel foreshadowed the consequences of the 1995 Osaka-Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
07/06/2023ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: Sweet Bean directed by Naomi Kawase
Join us on 7 June when we will discuss Naomi Kawase's heartwarming drama Sweet Bean.