09/12/2024IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura
In her mid-fifties, Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese French-language instructor, faces a harrowing reality in Tokyo. Her husband's affair and caring for her demanding mother challenge her deeply.
16/12/2024An Unsettled Future: Life after Prison in Japan’s Ageing Society
In this talk, social anthropologist, Dr. Jason Danely, will discuss the factors leading to the criminalization of older people in Japan, and what must be done to bring about alternatives to incarceration.
08/01/2025ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Under the Open Sky directed by Miwa Nishikawa
Opening our film club in 2025, we invite you to watch and discuss the critically acclaimed film Under the Open Sky (2021) directed by Miwa Nishikawa.