29/09/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Annual General Meeting 2021ARCHIVED オンラインイベント ジャパンソサエティ年次総会 2021
The Board values the opportunity to engage with members at the AGM, which is a key event for the Society and its members. Please note, however, that arrangements for this year's AGM differ from the usual in-person format. This year's AGM will be a virtual meeting only, held on Zoom.
ジャパンソサエティ年次総会は、理事が会員の皆様と交わることができる機会であり、当協会や会員の皆様にとって重要なイベントです。例年は会場に集まっていただいていますが、今回に関しましては特例として、通常のようにお集まりいただいての開催ができないことをご承知おきください。昨年初めて実施したオンライン年次総会の成功を受け、本年もZoomにてヴァーチャルでの総会を開催いたします。
25/09/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - One Step at a Time: Exploring the Shikoku Pilgrimage with John Lander
In this special talk, author and photographer John Lander will take us on a journey along the Shikoku Pilgrimage guiding us through the evocative images and stories he has been documenting for his latest publication The Shikoku Pilgrimage: Japan’s Sacred Trail. He will share fascinating details on the origin of the trail and what the pilgrimage means to the thousands who undertake it every year.
16/09/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE LECTURE - Postwar Japanese Calligraphy and the Challenge of Abstract Painting
This talk will introduce the connection between Japanese avant-garde calligraphers and abstract painters from Europe and the United States as one of the most fascinating examples of the early postwar global art exchanges, drawing attention to calligraphy as a phenomenon of the global postwar avant-garde.
13/09/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: A Man by Keiichiro Hirano
Keiichiro Hirano’s A Man has all the trappings of a gripping detective story: a bereaved wife, a dead man whose name belongs to someone else, mysterious coded letters, a lawyer intent on uncovering the truth.
09/09/2021ARCHIVED After Tokyo 2020: Discussing Post-Games Japan with Author Robert Whiting
For the next Japan Society webinar, we are delighted to welcome Robert Whiting, author of the recent book 'Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys... and Baseball', who joins Japan Society Chairman Bill Emmott for a conversation following the end of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
01/09/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa
For our Film Club in September, we invite you to watch one of the most stunning adaptations of Shakespeare's King Lear, the monumental period drama Ran directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1985.
25/08/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Bilingual Public Speaking ClubARCHIVED オンライン版 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 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。
16/08/2021ARCHIVED In Search of Herbert Ponting in Japan, with author Anne Strathie
Using Ponting’s own books, records of those he met in Japan such as Basil Hall Chamberlain, and meticulous research in local archives, Anne Strathie has retraced Ponting’s footsteps to piece together his time in Japan and understand its impact on his work and career.
09/08/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Published in 2017, Pachinko, the second novel by Korean-American author Min Jin Lee, is an epic historical novel following a Korean family who eventually immigrates to Japan.
04/08/2021ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: Grave of the Fireflies directed by Isao Takahata
Join us on 4 August for a Film Club dedicated to a masterpiece of Japanese animation and anti-war cinema, Graves of the Fireflies directed by Isao Takahata in 1988.