The Japan Society

Past Events

The Japan Society runs more than 80 events per year providing opportunities for members and others interested in Japan to meet, learn and exchange ideas and experiences. Our archive of Past Events below shows events we have offered in previous months starting from 2020.

A list of events from previous years can be downloaded in pdf:
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009

03/04/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Forever a Woman directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

03/04/2024

For our film club in April we invite you to watch Forever a Woman, a touching woman's film directed by star Kinuyo Tanaka.

02/04/2024ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group

02/04/2024

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.

25/03/2024ARCHIVED Katazome Dyeing Artists and the Mingei Movement in Post-war Japan

25/03/2024

This lecture reviews the work of textile artists Samiro Yunoki (1922~2024) and Keisuke Serizawa (1895~1984) and their involvement with the Mingei movement.

13/03/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

13/03/2024

Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family, but while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she's forgotten something important about her past.

11/03/2024ARCHIVED Lecture by Julia Longbottom CMG, British Ambassador to Japan

11/03/2024

We are delighted to welcome the British Ambassador to Japan, Julia Longbottom CMG, to address the Japan Society after three years in post.

06/03/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: The Boy And The Heron directed by Hayao Miyazaki

06/03/2024

Let's chat online about the latest masterpiece directed by Hayao Miyazaki! Please join us in March to discuss the wonderful animation film The Boy and the Heron.

05/03/2024ARCHIVED Japanese Conversation Group

05/03/2024

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.

02/03/2024ARCHIVED The Japan Society Spring MiniFest

02/03/2024

A free mini-festival of Japanese Culture for young people and their friends and families! 

01/03/2024ARCHIVED The Japan Society Activities with Express Yourself 2024

01/03/2024

We are pleased to be taking part in Express Yourself 2024 - an online event celebrating languages and cultures in North East England and its connections with the world.

19/02/2024ARCHIVED First Contact: The Earliest Scots in Japan (1613-1623)

19/02/2024

In this lecture, Professor Ian Gow will discuss first contacts by Scots with Tokugawa Japan during the English East India Company period in Hirado (1613-23).