08/09/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Wildcat Dome by Yuko Tsushima
Wildcat Dome is a novel that examines postwar Japan through the intertwined lives of Mitch and Kazuo, mixed-race orphans born to Japanese mothers and American soldiers.
21/09/2025Japan Matsuri 2025
JAPAN MATSURI, the UK’s much-loved and biggest annual festival of Japanese culture and food, will return to Trafalgar Square on Sunday 21 September 2025.
05/10/2025Collar Cup Golf Match 2025
The annual golf match between The Japan Society and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry is being held this year on Sunday 5 October at Winter Hill Golf Club. Twelve players from each organisation will compete for the Collar Cup, which was won in 2024 by The Japan Society.
07/10/2025Japanese Conversation Group
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.
13/10/2025IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Portraits of a Mother by Shusaku Endo
Portraits of a Mother: A Novella and Stories explores themes of faith, family, and human frailty through a collection of interconnected narratives.
04/11/2025Japanese Conversation Group
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.
10/11/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa
Mina's Matchbox is a coming-of-age novel set in 1972 Japan. After her father's death, 12-year-old Tomoko moves from Tokyo to Ashiya to live with her aunt's affluent family.
02/12/2025Japanese Conversation Group
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.
08/12/2025IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami
In "Sisters in Yellow", Hana, now in her forties, reflects on her youth in Tokyo’s “Yellow House” during the 1990s.
11/07/2025ARCHIVED Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road – Private View with Curator Dr Alfred Haft (Non-members)
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.