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  • BUSINESS JAPANESE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

    We are happy to announce that due to popular demand, Business Japanese Language Workshop is back this fall. One of the challenges in mastering the Japanese language is choosing the…

    $25 – $35

  • Mind the Gap: Gender Equality in Japan and the U.S.

    Japan and the U.S. present interesting case studies for the role of women in the workplace. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instituted a series of reforms called “womenomics”…

    Free – $20

  • Documentary Film Screening: Paper Lanterns

    The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) in Mountain View presents a special screening of the documentary film, Paper Lanterns.  On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, Japan.…

  • Award of Honor Gala 2016

    Please save the date for our upcoming Award of Honor Gala, held Saturday, November 19 at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco. Click here for more information.  

  • Big in Japan: How Japanese Startups are Different Than Those in Silicon Valley, with Tim Romero of Disrupting Japan

    Over the past decade, the Japanese government has introduced dozens of programs to foster innovation. Clearly they are having some effect because we are now seeing both an explosion in the number of startups being founded and the number of smaller companies entering the Japanese market. In this presentation, Japan-based entrepreneur and podcaster Tim Romero…

    $5 – $25

  • Ashes to Gold: How the 1964 Olympics Transformed Japan and Lessons for 2020 featuring Dan Rather and Tomohiko Taniguchi

    The Tokyo 1964 Olympics marked Japan’s transformation from a defeated pariah nation to a prosperous democracy dedicated to improving the lives of its citizens and contributing to world peace.  That success involved a massive and controversial undertaking that literally transformed the face of Tokyo and the nation and set the country on a path to…

    $10 – $30

  • JSNC YPG @iiD

    Japan Society YPG Kickoff Event The Japan Society of Northern California's YPG is rebooting in 2017.  We are planning to have a series of events--some networking, some substantive throughout the year that are specifically aimed at "younger" professionals.   We have formed a committee and as a kick-off, we are having a get-together at iiD.  There…

    $10.00

  • SOLD OUT! Asia’s Rise in a Year of Uncertainty: a Dialogue with The Honorable Kevin Rudd

    The Japan Society of Northern California is pleased to partner with the Asia Society of Northern California and the World Affairs Council to present a special program featuring President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Mr. Rudd will talk about the rise of Asia in a year of…

    Free – $20

  • Big in Japan – Robert Cole of U.C. Berkeley on the Japanese Software Industry: What went wrong and what can we learn from it?

    The Japanese IT sector increasingly lags the U.S. IT sector in software innovation, contributing to the weakening competitiveness of Japanese firms. In this next installment of the Japan Society’s Big in Japan series, U.C. Berkeley’s Robert Cole will look at the factors contributing to Japan’s software weakness, including being slow to realize the transformational role…

    $5 – $25

  • Documentary Film Screening of "Paper Lanterns"

    Please join us on Thursday, February 16 at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto to view a powerful documentary about the little-known story of Shigeaki Mori and his life-long quest to make known the identities and to honor the memory of the 12 American prisoners of war killed by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.  Following the…

    $5 – $20