05/10/2022ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: The Human Condition trilogy by Masaki Kobayashi
Join us for our October Film Club to discuss Masaki Kobayashi's epic masterpiece The Human Condition.
04/10/2022ARCHIVED Japanese 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.
28/09/2022ARCHIVED Bilingual Public Speaking ClubARCHIVED バイリンガル・パブリックスピーキングクラブ
The club is open to anyone who would like to improve their skills at speaking in public in Japanese or English and to learn techniques and tricks to expand their communication and presentation abilities.
日本語もしくは英語でのパブリックスピーキングのスキルを伸ばしたい方であればどなたでも対象となり、コミュニケーションやプレゼンスキルを改善するための方法やコツを学ぶことができるイベントです。
27/09/2022ARCHIVED Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill
Join us for the second in our new regular quarterly webinar on business and current affairs, Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill in which our chairman Bill Emmott teams up with Jesper Koll, longtime Tokyo resident and one of the most keenly watched economists and investment strategists in that town, to discuss what's new in the Japanese economy, business, financial markets and more.
26/09/2022ARCHIVED ‘Abandon all hope, you who enter’ - Sir Rutherford Alcock and Japan (1859 – 1865)
Very few scaled the heights to reach the level of Minister to Japan or especially Minister to China – the most important British official east of India. This means that Alcock’s story would inevitably have been out-of-the-ordinary, but there were things about him that made it more than that.
20/09/2022ARCHIVED The Japan Society Annual General Meeting 2022ARCHIVED ジャパンソサエティ年次総会 2022
The Board values the opportunity to engage with members at the AGM, which is a key event for the Society and its members. We are delighted to be able to hold this year's AGM in person once again.
12/09/2022ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: At the End of the Matinee by Keiichiro Hirano
At the End of the Matinee tells the story of Satoshi Makino, a classical guitarist who has traveled the world and whose career is at its peak, and Yoko Komine, an intelligent and refined journalist. After meeting for the first time, they form a long-lasting and intense connection.
12/09/2022ARCHIVED Taiwan tensions – implications for China, the US, Japan and Europe
As tensions increase around the island of Taiwan, Japan Society chair Bill Emmott is joined by two experts who have long watched the ebb and flow of politics and diplomatic relations in the region: Yasuhiro Matsuda, professor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia and Meia Nouwens, Senior Fellow for Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
07/09/2022ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: Still Walking by Hirokazu Koreeda
Join us on 7 September for our Film Club to discuss about Still Walking written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda.
06/09/2022ARCHIVED Japanese 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.