Webinar Video - The Politics of Governmental Reform in Japan and the UK
Watch the video of our webinar on Wednesday 23 when Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined in the UK by Bronwen Maddox, director of the Institute for Government, and by our old friend Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka in Japan to consider the course of governmental reform and the politics around it.
Talk Video - Katagami Stencils: Historical Influence and Contemporary Practice
Watch the video of the special online talk on Katagami with researcher Mamiko Markham, Head of Collections at the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) Zoë Hendon, and practitioner Sarah Desmerais.
Webinar Video - The State of the Economy in Japan and the UK, with Noriko Hama and Gerard Lyons
Watch the video of our webinar on Wednesday 16 September with economists, Noriko Hama in Japan and Gerard Lyons in the UK, who joined Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, to take stock of the economic positions of our two countries, and consider the future.
Webinar Video - Shinzo Abe and his Legacy: a discussion with Tobias Harris and Keiko Iizuka
Watch the video of our webinar on Wednesday 2 September 2020 in which, following Prime Minister Abe's announcement of his resignation, Japan Society Chairman Bill Emmott is joined by Tobias Harris, author of 'The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan', and Keiko Iizuka, senior political writer at the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Event Video - Japan Literatures of Remembering
Watch the video of our online discussion to launch of the special issue of Wasafiri: Japan Literatures of Remembering, in which we reflected on the transformations of Japanese identity in literature and explored themes of time, memory and diversity.
Webinar Video - The Pandemic and Its Impact on Gender Equality in Japan and the UK
Watch the video of our latest webinar on Wednesday 22 July 2020 in which Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, in discussion with Yoriko Goto and Heather McGregor considered gender equality in Japan and the UK.
Webinar Video - The Future for the Arts and their Institutions with Mami Kataoka and Rebecca Salter
Watch the video of our latest webinar on Tuesday 14 July 2020 in which Japan Society Chairman, Bill Emmott, was joined by Mami Kataoka, Director of Mori Art Museum, and Rebecca Salter, President of the Royal Academy of Arts.
The Future for the Arts and their Institutions
Webinar Video - What the UK and Japan Mean to Each Other with Jeremy Hunt MP and Tomohiko Taniguchi
Watch the video of our latest webinar on Wednesday 8 July 2020 in which Jeremy Hunt and Tomohiko Taniguchi, both well-known to members of the Japan Society, discussed the relationship between our two countries.
Webinar Video - The View from the Korean Peninsula with Chung Min Lee and John Nilsson-Wright
Watch the video of our latest webinar on Thursday 2 July 2020 about the current situation on the Korean peninsula with Chung Min Lee, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and John Nilsson-Wright, senior lecturer at Cambridge University.
Webinar Video - The Future of Travel and Tourism in a Post COVID-19 World
Watch the video of the eleventh in our Webinar Series in which our chairman, Bill Emmott, discussed the future of international travel with David Atkinson, Timothy Jenkins and Martin Barrow.