04/02/2020ARCHIVED 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.
04/02/2020ARCHIVED Global Sanctions – Meeting the Challenge
This timely seminar brings together an expert panel, who will discuss the proliferation of global sanctions regimes and strategies for minimising risk.
29/01/2020ARCHIVED Bilingual Public Speaking Club
The Japan Society and the Association of Speakers Clubs (ASC) are delighted to invite you to another session of the first bilingual Japanese-English public speaking club in the UK.
26/01/2020ARCHIVED Tsunagu/Connect Launch EventARCHIVED 『つなぐ/Connect』立ち上げイベント
Join us at our launch event for Tsunagu/Connect, a new oral history project recording the lives of Japanese women in the UK since 1945!
このプロジェクトでは、世代を超えたインタビューの蓄積を通じて彼女たちの生の声を共有するとともに、2021年には最後の締めくくりとして、そこから触発されたパフォーマンスの上演を行います。
24/01/2020ARCHIVED The University as a Platform for Social Change – Makoto Gonokami, President, U. of Tokyo
President Gonokami will set out his vision for universities in the 21st century as a platform for social change, involving all generations and collaborating with all sectors to create new socio-economic systems.
22/01/2020ARCHIVED Wagashi Workshop with an-an
In this workshop, Noriko Jazayeri from Wa cafe an-an will give a short introduction to wagashi, and participants will learn to make wagashi drawing inspiration from the season of spring.
20/01/2020ARCHIVED Burakumin and Human Rights – with Ian Neary
The presentation will trace the development of Buraku communities and policies towards them from the mid-nineteenth to the early twenty-first century, following the formal abolition of senmin status in 1871.
14/01/2020ARCHIVED Joint Lunch with Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry
The guest of honour at the Japan Society and the JCCI’s first joint lunch of 2020 will be Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Dame Carolyn Fairbairn.
14/01/2020ARCHIVED 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.
13/01/2020ARCHIVED Japan Society Book Club: The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But there is also a worrying rumour – a sinister man has been asking questions.