ARCHIVED Lecture by Julia Longbottom CMG, British Ambassador to Japan

Date
Monday 11 March 2024

Time
6.00 for 6.30pm
(reception afterwards until 8.30pm)

Venue
Nomura International plc
One Angel Lane
London EC4R 3AB

Booking Details
Free - Booking essential
Members of The Japan Society and their guests only

The in-person event is now fully-booked. The lecture will also be live-streamed for members who wish to attend virtually.

We are delighted to welcome the British Ambassador to Japan, Julia Longbottom CMG, to address the Japan Society after three years in post. The UK-Japan relationship has continued to strengthen in this period, with the agreement of the Hiroshima Accord in May 2023 a key moment. This partnership includes new agreements on defence, trade and investment, science and technology collaboration, and joint work on tackling global issues like climate change. More recently, the British Embassy has worked with the Japanese government on the expansion of mobility schemes for young people from each country.

In this lecture, Julia Longbottom will reflect on a busy year of G7 summits and look ahead to cooperation with Japan on the major economic and security challenges facing the world in 2024. Julia will also share her views on the political, diplomatic and business situation in Japan from her unique perspective as the UK’s representative in Tokyo.

The Japan Society’s annual lecture by the British Ambassador is always relevant, thought-provoking and useful to people from across its membership, as well as being extremely well attended. The Ambassador will speak for 30-40 minutes, after which there will be time for off-the-record discussion and questions.

There will be a reception immediately after the lecture. The Japan Society is extremely grateful to leading Corporate Partner, Nomura International plc, for hosting this event.

Julia Longbottom was appointed British Ambassador to Japan in March 2021. She has spent over half her career as a diplomat working on North-East Asian affairs. This includes two previous postings to the British Embassy in Tokyo, first as Second Secretary Political in 1990 to 1993, then Minister and Deputy Head of Mission in 2012 to 2016. In the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, she led on Hong Kong Nationality and Immigration issues in 1994 to 1997, and headed the Far Eastern, then China, Department in 2009 to 2012. She is a Japanese speaker, and the first woman to hold the post of British Ambassador to Japan. Prior to this she was the FCO’s Director for Consular Services globally (2016 to 2020) and set up and ran the Coronavirus Task Force for 6 months in 2020. She has held a range of other roles including Director of Strategy and Human Resources in UK Trade & Investment (2006 to 2009), Consul General in Warsaw (2003-2006), and Head of Political/EU affairs in the British Embassy in The Hague (1998-2002).

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

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