30/03/2023ARCHIVED Akatoki Supper Club
We are delighted to be partnering with The Prince Akatori London, a Japanese-inspired hotel, to host a special Supper Club on Thursday 30th March. Guests will be able to enjoy an exclusive Omakase menu for an unmissable and authentic journey on.
29/03/2023ARCHIVED BPSC: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of HumanityARCHIVED BPSC: 人工知能と人類の未来
Join us on Wednesday 29 March (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 March is “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity”. Technology, of course, has many innumerable benefits and we are increasingly dependent on it. Is AI a bright future or a menace to our society?
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。次回は3月29日の開催です。お誘い合わせの上、ご参加ください。3月のトピックは「人工知能と人類の未来」。人工知能のような最先端技術は数えられないほどの恩恵をもたらしますが、それは急速に技術に依存していることも意味しています。人工知能は私たちに明るい未来をもたらすでしょうか、それとも悪い影響を与えるでしょうか？
27/03/2023ARCHIVED HYBRID EVENT - Lecture by Julia Longbottom CMG, British Ambassador to Japan
We are delighted to welcome the British Ambassador to Japan, Julia Longbottom CMG, to address the Japan Society after two years in post.
13/03/2023ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda
Set in Tokyo over the course of one night, Aki and Hiro have decided to be together one last time in their shared flat before parting. Their relationship has broken down after a mountain trek during which their guide died inexplicably. Now each believes the other to be a murderer and is determined to extract a confession before the night is over. Who is the murderer and what really happened on the mountain?
07/03/2023ARCHIVED 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.
03/03/2023ARCHIVED Enso: Coming Full Circle - Private View with Elena Gileva
We are delighted to invite members and friends to a special private view of Elena Gileva’s exhibition Enso: Coming Full Circle at White Conduit Project.
01/03/2023ARCHIVED Japan Society Activities with Express Yourself 2023
We are pleased to be taking part in Express Yourself 2023 - an online event celebrating languages and cultures in North East England and its connections with the world.
01/03/2023ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: Tony Takitani directed by Jun Ichikawa
Join us on 1 March when we will discuss Tony Takitani, a film about solitude and obsession directed by Jun Ichikawa.
22/02/2023ARCHIVED Bilingual Public Speaking ClubARCHIVED バイリンガル・パブリックスピーキングクラブ
The club is open to anyone who would like to improve their skills at speaking in public in Japanese or English and to learn techniques and tricks to expand their communication and presentation abilities.
13/02/2023ARCHIVED IN-PERSON EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: Ten Nights’ Dreams by Soseki Natsume
Ten Nights' Dreams is a series of short pieces by Sōseki Natsume. It was serialized in the Asahi Shimbun from July 25 to August 5, 1908. Sōseki writes of ten dreams set in various time periods, including his own time (the Meiji period) and as far back as the "age of the gods," and the Kamakura period.