Events 2009Annual Events
20 Jan		28 Jan		10 Jun		
03 Oct		08 Dec		Japan Society Annual Dinner at the Grange Hotel.Special Guests: Taro Hakase and Mayuko Takata
Lecture by the British Ambassador in Tokyo, David Warren.
Annual General Meeting of the Japan Society at the Embassy of Japan.
Collar Cup Golf Tournament versus JCCI, at The Buckinghamshire Golf Club.
Christmas Party at the Embassy of Japan.

Arts & Culture
Flim Screenings 		
20 Feb		
15 - 17 Apr
03 Nov		
03 Dec		‘Twentieth Century Boys’ by Yukihiko Tsutsumi at the ICA.
Strength from Adversity: Japanese Cinema & Art’, screenings, talks and reception at the National Gallery.
‘A Story of Love and Hate’ by Sean McAllister at SOAS. Followed by Q&A with the the director.
Departures’ (‘Okuribito’) by Yōjirō Takita, at the Covent Garden Hotel, courtesy of Arrow Films.

Stage		09 Feb				
19 Feb				
02 May				
10 Nov		

‘Shunkin’ by Theatre de Complicite and Setagaya Public Theatre, at the Barbican Theatre.
Followed by exclusive post-show reception with members of the cast and company.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, at the Southwark Playhouse. Followed by discussion and reception
with the cast and creative team.
‘Madame de Sade’ by Yukio Mishima. Featuring Dame Judi Dench & Rosamund Pike, at Wyndham’sTheatre.
‘Kyoto Kimono Talk & Fan Dance’ with Ms Mineko Tanaka. A joint event with The Japan Room.

Music		17 Feb				
02 Apr		
19 May 				Piano recital by Miyuki Kato at St Vedast’s Church, EC2. A joint event with The British Japanese Law
Association.
Piano recital by Yuki Negishi at the Blüthner Piano Centre, Berkeley Square.
Recital by Quartet Excelsior, including works by Takemitsu, Yuasa, Howells and Harvey, at St 		
Vedast-alias-Foster Church, Cheapside.

Exhibitions		
27 Jan		
23 Apr		
22 Sep		

Yuko Nasu special private exhibition tour and talk, at the Arts Gallery, Davies Street.
‘Kuniyoshi’ exhibition exclusive breakfast, tour and talk with Timothy Clarke at the Royal Academy.
‘The Power of Dogu’: gallery tour and talk with Masayuki Harada, at The British Museum.

Art 		
10 Jun		13 Jul		

Opening of the Japan Society Members’ Art Exhibition at the Embassy of Japan.
Prize giving and closing reception for the Japan Society Members’ Art Exhibition at the Embassy of Japan.

Other		30 Mar				
09 Jul				Business

Visit, reception and talk at the BADA Antiques and Art Fair, Duke of York Square. Joint event with 		the Hong Kong Society.
Visit to Cherkley Court Gardens in Leatherhead with Ms Rosemary Alexander, Head of The English
Gardening School.

Special Events
14 Jan				
11 May				13 May				Lectures

Reception and lecture at the London Stock Exchange ‘Establishing a New Market in Japan’. A joint
event with the British Japanese Law Association.
Seminar hosted by the University of Brighton at the Embassy of Japan.
‘How Universities Support Industrial Innovation Examples from Japan and the UK’.
Special talk and reception at the London Stock Exchange by the Govenors of the Bank Of Japan 		and Bank Of England.

19 May 		20 May		‘The Turner Review’ lecture by David Cook of the Financial Services Authority, at Painters’ Hall.
‘Lloyd’s in Japan’ combined lecture with the British Japan Law Association at Lloyds of London. 		
Followed by drinks and canapes.

Lunchtime Lectures Supported by JAL. Venue JETRO unless otherwise stated.
08 Apr				‘Japan and the Current Economic Crisis: a View from BCC Japan’, with Ian de Stains, Director of theBritish Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

27 May				‘Japan- Down and Out or One to Watch?’ with David Cairns, Head of Trade & Investment at the 		British Embassy in Tokyo.

02 Jun				
06 Jul				01 Oct		‘The Globalisation of Accounting Practices and its Implications for Financial Services Legislation’, 		with Sir David Tweedie, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Lecture with Sadeq Sayeed, CEO of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA region) at Nomura 		
International. At Deloitte.
‘Reforming European Financial Systems; The Process and the Measures’, with Graham Bishop.

Joint Lunches with JCCI - Guests of Honour
At The National Liberal Club unless otherwise stated. 		
31 Mar		
20 Jul		20 Oct		13 Nov				
11 Dec		John Armitt, Chaiman of the Olympic Delivery Authority.
Lord West of Spithead, Minister for Security.
The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, Shadow Secretary of State for Business & Enterprise.
‘The UK’s Response to Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Businesses’, Professor David
Cope, Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and others: at SJ Berwin.
John Greenwood, Chief Economist of Invesco: ‘Asia’s Financial Prospects for 2010’.

With the Asia Pacific Technology Network
24 Feb		‘Japan’s Investment in the Auto Industry’ lecture, at the Daiwa Foundation.

Chairman’s Lunches - Private, off the record lunches with an informal talk by the guest of honour
19 March		
5 May		14 Oct		15 Dec				Lectures

Sir William Castell, Chairman, The Wellcome Foundation at HSBC.
Stuart Chambers, President & CEO, Nippon Sheet Glass Group at Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd.
Roger Godsiff MP, Chairman, British Japanese Parliamentary Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Sir Richard Needham, Vice Chairman, NEC and Dyson with Paul Carter, advisor to the Conservative 		Party, at Blackrock.

Japan-UK 150 Seminars
At The Embassy of Japan unless otherwise stated. 		
11 Feb				
18 Feb		
18 May 		24 Nov				

‘Life and Culture in Japan during the Edo Period’, with Tokugawa Tsunenari, 18th head of the 		Tokugawa Family. With NYK Line.
’1902-1945: Diplomacy’, with Prof. Yuichi Hosoya, Prof. Ian Nish.
‘Post War Economic Relations’, with Bill Emmott and Hideya Taida.
‘Japanese Gardens in the UK - Do they Work, Can they Work?’ Lecture by Graham Hardman at TheOriental Club.

With the Daiwa Anglo- Japanese Foundation
At the Daiwa Foundation unless otherwise stated.

Changing World Views: International Challanges for the UK and Japan.		
21 Jan				
18 Mar				
23 Apr				
21 May		23 Jun		
24 Sep		21 Oct		18 Nov				
Others		
04 Mar				
20 Mar				
09 Jun		
13 Oct				
28 Oct				01 Dec		‘International Diplomacy Challenges for Britain and Japan: An Overview’ with Minister Sumio 		
Kusaka and William Horsley.
‘North East Asia: Territorial Disputes and Divided Countries’ with Professor Reinhard Drifte,Dr Heonik Kwon and Dr Jim Hoare.
‘India and the UK-Japan Dialogue’ with Minister Wataru Nishigahiro, Barry Gardiner MP andDr Ashok Kumar MP.
‘Asia Pacific relations’, with Sir Graham Fry and Jenny Corbett.
‘Special Relationships? The UK, US & Japan’, with Glen Fukushima and Robin Niblett.
‘Britain and Japan in the Developing World’, with Dr Kweku Ampiah and Kimiaki Jin.
‘Negotiating the Russian Relationship’, with Dr Julie Gilson and Peter Gysin.
‘Japan’s Open Future: An Agenda for Global Citizenship’, with Dr Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Dr 		
Masaru Tamamoto.
‘In Harmony with all Creation: the World of Japan’s Greatest Modern Poet, Miyazawa Kenji’. With 		Roger Pulvers at the Japan Foundation.
‘Japanese Woodblock Now; Traditional Craftsmen in the 21st Century’ by Rebecca Salter, 		Senior Research Fellow, TrAIN, at the Embassy of Japan.
‘Japanese Freemasonry Today’, fourth annual Japan Room lecture at The Freemasons’ Hall.
‘The Art of Japanese Fans Past and Present’, with Kanji Ishizumi (5th generation of the renowned 		
art fan maker in Kyoto, Ishizumi & Co) at the Japan Foundation.
‘A Line in Birds: Thomas W Blakiston’s Contribution to Ornithology and Biogeography in Early-MeijiJapan’, wih Andrew Davis. At the Oriental Club.
‘Noh Unmasked’ with Hideta Kitazawa (second-generation Noh mask maker) at the Japan Foundation.

Lifestyle
26 Feb		
22 Apr		
30 May		11 Jun		02 Jul		
20 Aug				
03 Oct		27 Nov				

Japan Society Pub Quiz at the Pince of Wales, Drury Lane.
‘Evening Cherry’ sake tasting and food on the South Bank at Tsuru Restaurant.
Trooping the Colour; The Major General’s Review, special seats for Japan Society members.
Japan Society Golf Tournament at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club. The Asprey and Garrard Trophy.
Japan Society Pub Quiz at the Pince of Wales, Drury Lane.
“Book signing and talk: ‘How I Caused the Credit Crisis’, by Tetsuya Ishikawa at Simmons & 		Simmons.“London Japanese Rugby Club vs The Japan Society XV. Followed by drinks.
‘Sushi. Food for the eye, the Body & the Soul’: book signing and lecture by Prof. Ole G Mouritsen. 		
Followed by dinner.

Book Club 		
11 Jun		
09 Jul		
10 Sep		
08 Oct		Botchan by Natsume Soseki.
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee.
Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Brick Lane by Monica Ali.

Japanese Conversation Group		Monthly 		
18 Apr		
12 Dec		Japanese Coversation Group, on the first Tuesday of every month at the Clachan, Kingly St.
Hanami party in Hyde Park.
Christmas Party.

Schools Education
Language Classes		At the Japan Local Government Centre
15 Jan - 19 Mar
07 Oct - 09 Dec

Upper-Intermediate Level.
Pre-Intermediate Level.

Schools		All Year		Japan in Your Classroom school visits. During 2009, 80 visits were made to schools throughout the UK.

All Year						School Links. Approximately 25 new links were created in the year, with about 40 school 		partnerships now using the Japan UK LIVE! website and related services to develop their links.
A review of school links between Japan and the UK was completed.

All Year				

Resources. Artefacts and materials for use in the classroom are on loan to schools throughoutthe year.
Ready Steady NihonGO! language materials for primary schools are available on CD or via the Japan 		Society website.

23 Jan Teachers’ workshop for secondary art and primary teachers, at St Asaph’s, Denbighshire.
26 Jan & 16 Oct 2009 Japan Conference for Schools, joint event with the British Council, Embassy of Japan and Japan 				Foundation. At the British Council.
20 Mar		

‘The Arts of Japan’, free one day course for art teachers at the Embassy of Japan.

Sep - Dec										‘Getting to Noh: the World of Japanese Theatre’.
A programme of events for schools and teachers in conjunction with Pagoda Noh, Theatre Nohgaku,
including a course for secondary school drama and teachers at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 		workshops and writing projects with schools culminating in performances of original noh-inspired 		
work by students at the South Bank Centre.

All Year				During 2009, grants totalling some £31,000 were given through the Japan Society Small 		Grants programme in support of grass roots activities throughout the UK.

Small Grants

Special Events
30 - 31 May		
19 Sep				Hammersmith Park Japanese Garden tidy up and party.
Saturday: gardening volunteers’ afternoon, Sunday: Japanese garden party - fun for all the family.
‘Japan Matsuri 2009’ at Spitalfields Market - attended by 35,000+ festival-goers. In association with
the Japanese Residence Association, JCCI UK, Nippon Club and the Embassy of Japan.