14/05/2020ARCHIVED What We Know Now: Medical Science and the Response to COVID-19 with Kiyoshi Kurokawa and Peter Piot
We are delighted to welcome two eminent scientists, Professors Kiyoshi Kurokawa and Peter Piot, to discuss the many challenges of advising governments on scientific issues, effective public messaging and the search for effective vaccines and cures for disease.
07/05/2020ARCHIVED WEBINAR - International Responsibilities and the Pandemic with Mark Malloch-Brown and Mami Mizutori
Given that the pandemic is a truly global crisis, what has been notably missing so far has been concerted international co-operation to deal with its consequences whether for health or economies.
30/04/2020ARCHIVED WEBINAR - COVID-19: The Political Repercussions of the Pandemic with Tsutomu Ishiai and John Peet
At the end of April, four months since reports began to reach us of a new coronavirus emerging in Wuhan, and with ‘normal’ life beginning to feel like a distant memory, commentators are focussing increasingly on the differing responses by national governments in handling the crisis.
29/04/2020ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Bilingual Public Speaking Club
The club is open to anyone who would like to improve their skills at speaking in Japanese or English and to learn techniques and tricks to expand their communication and presentation abilities.
23/04/2020ARCHIVED WEBINAR - COVID-19: The Political Economy of the Pandemic with Robert Feldman and Robert Ward
As the UK seems set to enter an extension to the period of ‘lockdown’ and Japan has declared a state of emergency, we reflect on how the COVID-19 panic might lead to change in global economic systems and what recovery might look like.
16/04/2020ARCHIVED WEBINAR – COVID-19: Policy, Financial Markets and Business with Yuko Kawai and Leo Lewis
Members are invited to join the second in our webinar series, when Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, will be joined in discussion by Yuko Kawai, General Manager for Europe for Bank of Japan and Leo Lewis, Tokyo Correspondent of the Financial Times.
08/04/2020ARCHIVED WEBINAR – Governments, COVID-19 and the Public Response in the UK and Japan
Japan Society members are invited to join us for a special online event in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, is joined in discussion by two former Ambassadors to the UK and Japan, Koji Tsuruoka and David Warren.
25/03/2020ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Bilingual Public Speaking Club
The club is open to anyone who would like to improve their skills at speaking in Japanese or English and to learn techniques and tricks to expand their communication and presentation abilities.
26/02/2020ARCHIVED 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.
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.