The Japan Society

Upcoming Events

01/04/2025Japanese Conversation Group

01/04/2025

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.

02/04/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun directed by Shinji Somai

02/04/2025

In Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981), a teenage girl inherits a yakuza clan in a surprising blend of crime, satire, and coming-of-age drama. Be part of our film club discussion on this unique film by Shinji Somai.

14/04/2025IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Butter by Asako Yuzuki

14/04/2025

"Butter" explores gender roles, societal expectations, and power dynamics through Rika, a reporter investigating a woman accused of manipulating men with her culinary skills.

28/04/2025Fashion and the Floating World in Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

28/04/2025

In this lecture Victoria and Albert Museum's curators Anna Jackson and Masami Yamada will explore how these ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world", served as compelling advertisements for kimono merchants, textile workshops, cosmetics brands, theatre promoters, and brothel operators.

06/05/2025Japanese Conversation Group

06/05/2025

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.

12/05/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Quicksand by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

12/05/2025

Quicksand is a psychological novel set in 1920s Osaka, exploring themes of love, obsession, and manipulation.

03/06/2025Japanese Conversation Group

03/06/2025

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.

09/06/2025IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Story of a Single Woman by Chiyo Uno

09/06/2025

This novel follows Yukiko, a woman in her thirties, grappling with societal pressures, personal desires, and the tension between independence and traditional expectations in early 20th-century Japan.

01/07/2025Japanese Conversation Group

01/07/2025

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.

14/07/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Voices of the Fallen Heroes by Yukio Mishima

14/07/2025

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