Past Events

We are delighted to inaugurate a new regular quarterly webinar in our series on business and current affairs, Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill. Each quarter, our chairman Bill Emmott will team 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.

What is the role of touching in modern Japanese literature? How have Japanese writers expressed the act of touching mediated through skin, objects, and memories? In this talk, Fusako Innami will explore the work of Japanese writers to analyse the desire for touch in modern Japanese fiction.

A soul is given a second chance at life when it is passed on to the body of Makoto Kobayashi, a fourteen-year-old who had just committed suicide.

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.

Join us for our Film Club in June where we will discuss the refreshing and entertaining film '37 Seconds' directed by Hikari in 2019.

The Japan Society is delighted to invite guests to a special day at Dojima Sake Brewery in the stunning setting of Fordham Abbey estate. Guests will learn about the process of sake making whilst enjoying the historic atmosphere of Fordham Abbey and its beautiful Japanese garden.

In this lecture, visual artist and researcher Eleanor Burkett will pay tribute to this area’s traditional craft practice offering a rare glimpse into a textile collection, archive photographs and handmade paper from Fukushima.

This lecture will explore the interactions of British Royal Family with Japanese art during the early twentieth century, placing them within the long history of the British Royal Family’s courtly and diplomatic engagement with Japan.

How do you live? was first published in 1937. It follows the story of Copper, a fifteen-year-old boy struggling to deal with the inevitable change that came with his father’s death, and his uncle, who writes to him sharing knowledge and offering advice.

For our Film Club in May, we invite you to watch the post-war satire 'Giants and Toys' directed by Yasuzo Masumura in 1958.