Events
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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. Among the estimated 140,000 casualties that day were 12 American prisoners of war. For decades, the families of these 12 Americans were never informed about the fates…
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Globalization of Japanese Lawyers: Achievements, Challenges and Expectations to American Law Schools
Click here to register The University of California Hastings College of the Law (UC Hastings) has organized a major symposium on Japan every year since 2012. This year, we are pleased to organize a symposium on the topic of “Globalization of Japanese Lawyers: Achievements, Challenges, and Expectations to American Law Schools” on Friday, November 18. In…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Building a Business in Japan: Key Legal Insights on Fintech & IP
The Japan Society of Northern California will co-sponsor a seminar on “Key Legal Insights in Fintech and IP in Japan” with JETRO's (Japan External Trade Organization) San Francisco Office and the…
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Big in Japan – Dr. Christina Ahmadjian on "A Firsthand View of Corporate Governance Reform in Japan"
Dr. Christina Ahmadjian has been involved in Japanese corporate governance reform as a researcher, an activist, and most recently, an independent director of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Exchange Group (the…
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Asahi Beer at the Annual General Members Meeting
The Japan Society of Northern California is hosting a members-only gathering where you’ll have the opportunity to meet our board, staff and other members! Kozo Kimura of Asahi Beer U.S.A. Inc. will be…
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