Upcoming Events

Join us for our Film Club in July when we will discuss Yasuzo Masumura's tale of feminine revenge, Irezumi (1966).

For the July edition of Macro Salon, Jesper and Bill will be joined by Kaori Iida, Deputy Chief Commentator at NHK. They will discuss issues in international commercial diplomacy including the economic and political implications of the ongoing US-China trade war.

The Japan Society is pleased to invite a small group of members to an exclusive tour of the exhibition Hiroshige: artist of the open road with Lead Curator Dr Alfred Haft. This is the first exhibition on the celebrated Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) to be held at the British Museum, and  in London for more than a quarter of a century.

Voices of the Fallen Heroes and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Yukio Mishima, first published in Japanese in the 1960s and available in English for the first time in 2025

With summer approaching, why not join our calligraphy workshop to make your own folding fan (sensu - 扇子) led by London-based calligrapher Yoko Takenami? 

Drawing on ethnographic research with a network of contemporary art practitioners in the Kansai region of Japan, in this lecture anthropologist Iza Kavedžija explores how artists describe their creative work as shaped by encounters—with people, materials, objects, artworks, and elements of popular culture.

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.

To mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, our August film club will focus on Hiroshima (1953), Hideo Sekigawa’s powerful anti-war docudrama.

Set during the final stages of World War II, "Finger Bone" is a haunting portrayal of the psychological and physical toll of war.