Events
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Japan Night 2025
**In-person Event **INVITATION ONLY, NO WALK-INS! Japan Night: Building a Stronger U.S.-Japan Healthcare Connection We invite you to join us for an evening of networking and conversation with colleagues in the healthcare industry. Come be a part of the connection between Japan and the San Francisco/Silicon Valley ecosystem of healthcare and biotechnology industries. CMIC、Digital Garage、北カリフォルニアジャパンソサエティ、Link-J、Nittera…
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CES 2025 Unwrapped: Trends, Takeaways, and Tech Forecasts
Japan Innovation Campus 212-214 Homer Ave, Palo Alto, CA, United States*Online Only. In-person tickets are sold out. Join us for a dynamic panel discussion featuring industry leaders in mobility, smart home technology, and electronic devices as they share highlights from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025, the world’s premier technology showcase. We will explore the trends, breakthroughs, and emerging technologies that defined CES 2025 and…
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Experience Traditional Japanese Dance with Ume Nakamura
Theatre of Yugen’s NOHSpace 2840 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us for an evening of live performance and a Q&A-style fireside chat with professional NIHONBUYO dancer Ume Nakamura as she showcases a craft honed by generations of esteemed performers before her.
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Experience Traditional Japanese Dance with Ume Nakamura
Theatre of Yugen’s NOHSpace 2840 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us for an evening of live performance and a Q&A-style fireside chat with professional NIHONBUYO dancer Ume Nakamura as she showcases a craft honed by generations of esteemed performers before her.
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Japan Outlook 2025
GLOBIS USA San Francisco Office Clay Street 433, San Francisco, CA, United States** In-person only Both Japan and the U.S. held autumn elections for their respective heads of government, and both enter 2025 with new administrations: first-time Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Japan, and second-term President Donald Trump in the U.S. The countries enter this new era of politics against the backdrop of continuing global conflict in…
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*Invitation Only — VIP Dinner Japan Outlook
Per Diem Transit Center 41 Minna St, San Francisco, CA, United States*Invitation Only - Leadership Circle Members The Japan Outlook program is one of the Japan Society of Northern California's most anticipated annual events, bringing together experts on Japan and Asia to discuss the year ahead in Japanese politics, economics, and the U.S.-Japan relationship. This year’s event promises to be particularly engaging, with new leaders in…
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Intermediate Speaking Workshop
Level up your 日本語 Do you have a solid foundation of essential Japanese? Have you completed your JLPT N4 test and are studying for JLPT N3? Let’s help you level up your pre-intermediate Japanese skills! We are now accepting students for a 10-week workshop on intermediate conversations. Under the steady guidance of Ikunaga sensei, 6…
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Japan Biodesign Reception
**In-person Event **INVITATION ONLY, NO WALK-INS! Presented by the US-Japan Healthcare Connection and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. This is an invitation only event. If you are interested in joining this event, please register to become a corporate member.（予約必須-ご招待者限定） Date & Time: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:00 - 8:00pm PST, Doors Open…
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Movie Chat: Watch and Discuss!
*For Students at an Intermediate High Level **This is a conversation workshop — you’ll watch movies and discuss them in Japanese with your classmates. Do you like watching "Japanese" related movies? Do you find yourself enjoying analyzing movies with others? Then this discussion class is for you! We are now accepting students for an exciting 7-week Japanese conversation…
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The Politics of Steel: Nippon Steel’s Fight to Acquire U.S. Steel
Morgan Lewis 1 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States*Hybrid Event Nippon Steel made headlines last month when then-President Joe Biden blocked its attempted $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States failed to reach a consensus on the deal’s security risks. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel have filed multiple lawsuits alleging wrongful interference with the…
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The Future of the Japanese Economy: Is the Sun Rising Again?
Morrison & Foerster, LLP 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States*No walk-ins The end of deflation after a 15-year battle, accelerated corporate governance reforms, massive investment in digital and climate transformation, and the rise of start-ups have caused investors in the U.S. and globally, who largely wrote off Japan as stuck in a decades-long decline, to look at Japan in a new and more positive…
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Leadership Secrets: How SV Founders Build Great Companies – US-Japan Perspectives from the inside
Japan Innovation Campus 212-214 Homer Ave, Palo Alto, CA, United States** In-person Event How can startups achieve rapid global scaling? This event dives into the human resource management strategies that fueled the rise of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, with insights from experts, who played key roles in their early growth. We’ll also explore the unique challenges and mindset shifts required for Japanese startups…
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