The Japan Society

Upcoming Events

18/05/2026Lost Mothers: Pregnancy and Motherhood in Prison - Comparative Insights from the UK and Japan

18/05/2026

In this lecture, Laura Abbott will compare the lived realities of pregnancy, birth and maternal-newborn separation in UK and Japanese prisons.

02/06/2026Japanese Conversation Group

02/06/2026

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.

03/06/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Tokyo Drifter directed by Seijun Suzuki

03/06/2026

For our Film Club in June, we invite you to explore Seijun Suzuki’s stylish and subversive yakuza film, Tokyo Drifter (1966), a vibrant tale of loyalty, identity, and life on the run during post-war Japan.

08/06/2026IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami

08/06/2026

In Sisters in Yellow, Hana, now in her forties, reflects on her youth in Tokyo’s “Yellow House” during the 1990s.

15/06/2026Exploring Visual Counterculture in Japan - with Marco Bohr

15/06/2026

Join us for a lecture on the role that visual art played in relation to countercultural movements in Japan from the turbulent 1960s to the present day.

07/07/2026Japanese Conversation Group

07/07/2026

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.

13/07/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki

13/07/2026

Through stark, fragmented narratives, Set My Heart on Fire portrays women navigating unstable relationships and emotional isolation in postwar Japan.

04/08/2026Japanese Conversation Group

04/08/2026

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.

01/09/2026Japanese Conversation Group

01/09/2026

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.

14/09/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata

14/09/2026

Vanishing World imagines a near‑future society in which artificial reproduction replaces sexual relationships, reshaping ideas of love, family, and identity.