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Webinar Video - International Financial Centres: the Future for London & Tokyo
Watch the video of the tenth in our Webinar Series in which our chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman Z/Yen, and Hiroshi Nakaso, Chairman FinCity Tokyo, as we to the futures of our two national and financial capitals.

Webinar Video - The Energy Outlook in the Post-Pandemic World
Watch the video of the ninth in our Webinar Series in which our chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Jun Arima and Nick Butler, as we focused on energy and the possible long-term consequences of the pandemic.

Webinar Video - The Pandemic and the Changing World of Work with Lynda Gratton
Watch the video of the eighth in our Webinar Series in which our chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Professor Lynda Gratton to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the workplace in both our countries.

Webinar Video - The Effect of the Pandemic on Diplomatic and Commercial Relations with China
Watch the video of the seventh in our Webinar Series in which our chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies at Kings College London, and Akio Takahara, Professor of contemporary Chinese politics and diplomacy at the University of Tokyo.

Webinar Video - What We Know Now: Medical Science and the Response to COVID-19
Watch the video of the sixth in our Webinar Series in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Dr Kiyoshi Kurokawa, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Event Video - Japan through a Photographer’s Lens: in Conversation with Frederic Aranda
Watch the video of our online conversation with multi award-winning fashion and portrait photographer, Frederic Aranda, who introduced us to some of the people he has got to know on visits to Japan.

Webinar Video - International Responsibilities and the Pandemic
Watch the video of the fifth in our Webinar Series in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Lord Malloch-Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, and Mami Mizutori, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Webinar Video - The Political Repercussions of the Pandemic with Tsutomu Ishiai and John Peet
Watch the video of the fourth in our Webinar Series in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Tsutomu Ishiai, Deputy Managing Editor, Asahi Shimbun and John Peet, Political and Brexit Editor, The Economist.

Webinar Video - COVID-19: The Political Economy of the Pandemic with Robert Feldman and Robert Ward
Watch the video of the third event in our Webinar Series in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by Robert Alan Feldman(Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities) and Robert Ward (IISS) .

Webinar Video - Governments, COVID-19 and the Public Response in the UK and Japan
Watch the video of the first event in our Webinar Series in which Japan Society chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in discussion by two former Ambassadors to the UK and Japan, Koji Tsuruoka and David Warren.