ARCHIVED Lunch on the Occasion of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group’s 39th Annual Meeting

Date
Thursday 12 January 2023
Time
12.30 for 1.00pm

Venue
Caledonian Club
9 Halkin Street
London SW1X 7DR

Booking Details
Booking essential
Booking deadline: Thursday 5 January

Members of the Japan Society and of JCCI, and their guests: £90 per head
Non-members: £120 per head

Should you have any special dietary requirements please let us know on the booking form

Dress Code: Gentlemen using the Caledonian Club are required to wear suits or jackets with ties and ladies are expected to conform to the same standard.

The guests at the next Japan Society and JCCI Joint Lunch will be the co-Chairmen of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, Mr Keizo Takemi and The Rt Hon the Lord Lansley, together with other British and Japanese members of the Group.

It is a particular pleasure to be resuming these joint events with the JCCI on the occasion of this meeting of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, attended by a delegation from Japan including senior parliamentarians, business people, diplomats, academics and representatives of the media.

For this lunch, members of the 21st Century Group will be spread through tables of ten, to facilitate conversations with members of the Japan Society and of the JCCI; all attendees will be allocated seats. The co-Chairmen will make brief speeches, but the aim of the lunch will be to enable the members of the Society to discuss current topics on the Conference Agenda directly with the members of the Group.

This is an important event. During the weekend conference, delegates will be discussing a range of common issues including: global health lessons learned from the pandemic; security challenges for the UK and Japan (Ukraine, Taiwan, cyber security etc); economic security and supply chains; and prospects for international development collaboration. The lunch provides is an opportunity for members to share their views on these key issues, and to raise other matters of concern, in conversation with delegates in advance of the Conference.

The UK-Japan 21st Century Group is a non-Governmental forum. It was set up in 1984 to help cement closer links between British and Japanese politicians, business and media figures, and academics. It meets each year, alternating between Japan and the UK, to discuss issues of mutual national interest, reporting direct after each meeting to the British and Japanese Prime Ministers. Membership of the group varies from year to year but includes Members of the UK Parliament and of the Diet, experts on the issues being discussed, senior business representatives and well-known media commentators.

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If you have any questions, please call the Japan Society office on 020 3075 1996 or email us at: events@japansociety.org.uk.