24/02/2020ARCHIVED FinTech and Beyond – How to Use Financial Technologies in Global Business
Join the Japan Society for this special seminar to explore the ways in which Technology brings Finance beyond the finance industry.
17/02/2020ARCHIVED The Siberian Captivity of Japanese Soldiers and the Transnational History of War and Empire
In this talk Sherzod Muminov will analyse the Siberian Internment as a transnational event, and a unique lens to reconsider the making of postwar Japan.
11/02/2020ARCHIVED UK-Japan Cybersecurity Collaboration – Shinichi Yokohama, CISO, NTT
Shinichi Yokohama will highlight UK-Japan collaboration opportunities in cybersecurity space by addressing the “Myths & Realities” about cybersecurity of Japanese industry.
10/02/2020ARCHIVED Japan Society Book Club: The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
In an unnamed Japanese city, three seemingly normal and unrelated characters find work at a sprawling industrial factory. They each focus intently on their specific jobs but life in the factory has its own logic.
06/02/2020ARCHIVED Buddhism and Japan – Private View
The Japan Society is delighted to invite members and friends to a private view of the 'Buddhism' exhibition at the British Library with Hamish Todd, Head of East Asian Collections .
04/02/2020ARCHIVED 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.
04/02/2020ARCHIVED Global Sanctions – Meeting the Challenge
This timely seminar brings together an expert panel, who will discuss the proliferation of global sanctions regimes and strategies for minimising risk.
29/01/2020ARCHIVED Bilingual Public Speaking Club
The Japan Society and the Association of Speakers Clubs (ASC) are delighted to invite you to another session of the first bilingual Japanese-English public speaking club in the UK.
26/01/2020ARCHIVED Tsunagu/Connect Launch EventARCHIVED 『つなぐ/Connect』立ち上げイベント
Join us at our launch event for Tsunagu/Connect, a new oral history project recording the lives of Japanese women in the UK since 1945!
このプロジェクトでは、世代を超えたインタビューの蓄積を通じて彼女たちの生の声を共有するとともに、2021年には最後の締めくくりとして、そこから触発されたパフォーマンスの上演を行います。
24/01/2020ARCHIVED The University as a Platform for Social Change – Makoto Gonokami, President, U. of Tokyo
President Gonokami will set out his vision for universities in the 21st century as a platform for social change, involving all generations and collaborating with all sectors to create new socio-economic systems.