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  • Japan Society Young Professionals Group – Game Night

    Please join the Japan Society Young Professionals Group for a game night at the Coin-Op Game Room in San Francisco!! Selection includes shooting games, arcades, hockey, etc. Come out and meet our group! We will socialize over drinks and games. This is a great opportunity to have fun and meet new people!! This is a…

    Free

  • How Will Autonomous Vehicles Change the Way We Move? Perspectives from Japan and the US

    Self-driving vehicles have the potential to fundamentally change human mobility in ways that will have profound implications for our society, economy and politics. Technological advances can make transport more efficient, safer, more convenient, and free, but it can also eliminate jobs, threaten our sense of independence, and invade our privacy. Companies that can successfully develop…

  • SOLD OUT – Life and Food in a Japanese Farmhouse, with Nancy Singleton Hachisu

    Author Nancy Singleton Hachisu will share with us an insider’s look into life on a Japanese farm, and how food, love, community and life come together in rural Japan. A native of California, Nancy moved to Japan in 1988, with the intention to stay for a year, learn Japanese, and return to the United States. Instead,…

    $5 – $30

  • CANCELLED – How to Write about Japan for Fun and Profit: Novelist Barry Lancet talks about his latest work and path to a successful career in writing

    Why is it that some writers of fiction succeed, while others fail? Come hear Tokyo resident Barry Lancet talk about his new spy thriller set in Japan, China and North Korea and how he “jumped the gap” to find a big-time agent that landed him a multi-book contact with a major publisher. When highly recognized novelist…

    $5 – $30

  • Japan Society Young Professionals Group Happy Hour

    Japan Society Young Professionals Group will be hosting a happy hour event at Novela Bar in the City of San Francisco. Come join us for a drink and meet new people. Our group includes people interested in Japanese culture as well as people that work with Japanese companies. We are a cordial bunch looking to…

  • Big in Japan – Inside Dandelion Chocolate’s Successful Market Entry

    Japanese love gourmet treats and they love San Francisco. So it’s no surprise that one of our city’s most appealing indulgences, Dandelion Chocolate, is being enthusiastically embraced by Japan’s consumers. In 2015 Dandelion Chocolate entered the Japanese market with a factory and cafe in Tokyo and have expanded with two additional cafes in Kamakura and…

    $5 – $25

  • 2017 Japan-US Innovation Awards Symposium

    Now in its seventh year, the Japan – U.S. Innovation Awards Initiative fosters constructive interaction between Japan and the San Francisco/Silicon Valley innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. The 2017 Japan – U.S. Innovation Awards Symposium will be held Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Stanford University Arrillaga Alumni Center from 1:30 – 6:30 pm. The Symposium is…

  • What I've Learned – Dr. Jim K. Omura: Japanese American Pioneer in Wireless Communications Shares His Story

    What I've Learned Series: in this new series, we feature leaders and innovators who share insights about their careers, what choices they've faced and what lessons they have learned. As educator, entrepreneur, athlete, CEO, and strategist, Dr. Jim K. Omura has influenced generations of students, engineers, and entrepreneurs, and his work underpins wireless communications technologies…

    $5 – $25

  • Back to the Future? Asia Policy under the Trump Administration with Glen S. Fukushima

    Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear one of America’s top Japan experts Glen S. Fukushima discuss prospects for US-Japan relations under the Trump Administration on August 10 in the city. Donald Trump has had strong opinions about Japan since the 1980s, and he repeated them during the 2016 presidential campaign. He has accused Japan…

    $5 – $25

  • The 28th US-Japan Friendship Cup Tennis Tournament

    The Japan Society is excited to announce the 28th US-Japan Friendship Cup Tennis Tournament! The Japan Society and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco proudly present the 28th Annual US-Japan Friendship Cup Tennis Tournament. Started in 1987, the purpose of this friendly tournament is to develop a warm relationship between the people of Japan…

    $40 – $50

  • What I've Learned – Mayfield Fund's Tim Chang

    Venture capitalist and musician Tim Chang was born in the US to Taiwanese parents, and has professional experience in Japan, Korea and China. Now managing partner at the Mayfield Fund, Tim began his career as an engineer and product manager at General Motors - including time testing cars on the track - before shifting to…

    $5 – $25

  • Insights on the Fred Korematsu Case with Dale Minami

    Image courtesy of Chris Huie Highly-respected San Francisco lawyer Dale Minami from Minami Tamaki LLP will talk about his team’s successful effort in 1983 to overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, whose defiance of the World War II Japanese American exclusion order led to Korematsu v. United States, one of the most controversial United States…

    $5 – $25