The Japan Society

Upcoming Events

08/11/2024400 Year Tradition of Takaoka Lacquerware in Toyama

08/11/2024

The Japan Society is delighted to welcome Takeshi Musashigawa, fourth-generation head of Musashigawa Kobo, Toyama, to discuss his artisanal practice with Masami Yamada, a Curator in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Asia Department. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about Takaoka lacquerware and watch a demonstration of the mother-of-pearl inlay technique (raden).

13/11/2024IEEJ Outlook 2025 - How to Address the Uncertainties Surrounding the Energy Transition

13/11/2024

Dr Ken Koyama, Chief Economist and Managing Director of Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), will present an outline of the IEEJ’s flagship project on global energy demand and supply outlook until 2050. Professor Jonathan Stern of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies will join the discussion as a commentator.

25/11/2024The LGBT Boom: Queerness in the Japanese Media since 2010

25/11/2024

Since the early 2010s, Japan has been amidst a growth in media, scholarly, political and societal discourse surrounding sexual and gender minorities known as the LGBT Boom. This talk will examine the issues surrounding queerness that are discussed in contemporary Japan and how these are then represented in media texts.

16/12/2024An Unsettled Future: Life after prison in Japan’s ageing society

16/12/2024

In this talk, social anthropologist, Dr. Jason Danely, will discuss the factors leading to the criminalization of older people in Japan, and what must be done to bring about alternatives to incarceration.