A Message from our Chairman & President

Dear Members and Supporters of Japan Society of Northern California These are difficult and unprecedented times for all of us. We would like to remind you that you are a part of the Japan Society [...]

Hello, I’m Yuri and I worked as a volunteer intern at the Japan Society of Northern California for 5 weeks. I would like to share my experience here, so hopefully you will be interested in [...]

The Japan Society of Northern California (JSNC) announced today the appointment of Takahide Akiyama as its President to lead its mission to promote strong ties between the Bay Area and Japan, [...]

On September 17th we met at Sony Interactive Entertainment’s San Mateo Studio to hear about the updated restrictions on foreign investment into US firms, known as the Foreign Investment Risk [...]

On Tuesday September 10th Dr. Tae Hyun Kim, Professor John Campbell, and Joseph Schmidt talked about different aspects of Japan’s (and the world’s) aging society, how technology can be used to [...]

On August 28th Alan Mockridge, President of Intralink North America, and Matthew Fuller, partner at Geodesic Capital, gave an incredibly informative presentation on their experience with bringing [...]

On August 27th Kay Cuellar from the Japan National Tourism Organization came all the way from Los Angeles to talk about travel to Japan in 2020 and beyond and to share some information about the [...]

On Sunday August 25th, 68 players and a handful of spectators gathered for our 30th US-Japan Friendship Tennis tournament. They were able to play tennis, meet new people, have good food, and [...]

Combining the best of Japanese creativity and American entrepreneurial skill to create unimagined opportunities On July 26, 2019, the Japan Society of Northern California hosted its 9th annual [...]

Japan Society of Northern California’s Road to Tokyo 2020 Initiative kicked off with its first major sporting event engagement on June 30, 2019. We were involved with the famous Prefontaine [...]