Upcoming Events
16/02/2026Human Rights in Japan: Why Does Change Lag Behind? - with Sanae Fujita
In this lecture, Sanae Fujita will examine the factors that have shaped Japan’s contemporary human rights landscape and the absence of effective institutional and educational frameworks to promote human rights awareness in Japanese society.
13/04/2026IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Kobe Hotel - Memoirs by Sanki Saito
The Kobe Hotel: Memoirs recounts poet Sanki Saitō’s wartime exile in Kobe after he was censored by Japan’s Special Higher Police and lived in a run-down hotel alongside bar hostesses, drifters, and foreign residents.
11/05/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto
Point Zero centres on a woman searching for her husband after his sudden disappearance. As she uncovers hidden pasts and shifting identities, the novel exposes deception, social pressure, and the precarious position of women in postwar Japan.







