This month the Japan Society’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) is excited to be partnering up with our friends at Ozumo Oakland. Inspired by modern Japanese design, Ozumo is located in the heart of Oakland’s Uptown District. With one of the largest sake lists in North America, as well as an impressive selection of contemporary and authentic Japanese cuisine, Ozumo is the place to be ...

Part I of the Japan Society’s annual Year Ahead program will focus on Japan’s film industry, which is one of the oldest and largest in the world. We are delighted to present a discussion of contemporary Japanese cinema with Atsushi Ogata. Mr. Ogata is a Japanese film director, scriptwriter, video artist and actor. Born in ...

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), presented March 8-18, 2012 by the Center for Asian America Media (CAAM), is the largest and most prestigious showcase for new Asian American and Asian films in North America, annually presenting approximately 120 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. The Japan Society is delighted ...

On March 11, 2011, a cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s northern coastal Tohoku region of Japan, ravaging communities and transforming in an instant the world’s image of Japan. Today, Tohoku’s recovery is more than a domestic humanitarian challenge for Japan. It has taken on global import as a symbolic barometer of Japan’s ability to ...