At this time, the Society does not have a fixed lecture site. Carefully note lecture locations below. All lectures will be held from 6:30-7:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
January 22 (Mon) (Annual General Meeting precedes the lecture) (summary)
Lecture location: Canadian Embassy"Japanese Netsuke: Treasured Miniatures"
HIH Prince Takamado (ASJ Patron)
February 19 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen"Japan and Asia in a new Global Age: Can Asia become the most dynamic centre of the world economy in the 21st century?"
Professor Makoto Taniguchi (Waseda University)
March 1 (Thursday) (extra meeting) (summary)
Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen"This Most Strange of Strange Places: The diaries of Jane, Lady Franklin, an intrepid traveller who came to Japan in 1862"
Dott. Maria Pia Casarini
March 12 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen"A Half-Century of Interpreting Language and Culture: Retrospects and Prospects"
Mr. Masumi Muramatsu
April 16 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Seisen University
May 21 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Seisen University"The Brush of Asia and the Forms of Europe"
Mr. Brian Falconbridge
June 18 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Seisen University
(summer break)
September 17 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Seisen University"The Nature of Kabuki and Bunraku Scenery"
Mr. Hiroshi Hamatani
October 15 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen
"Sumo: Samurai to Cyberspace -- How sumo is adapting to the changing times"
Mrs. Doreen Simmons
November 19 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen
December 10 (Mon) (summary)
Lecture location: Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen
"Consensus-Based Decision-Making in a Global Society"
Dr. Jacqueline H. Wasilewski