Category: Japan Society

15.05.20

One enjoyable memory from my time when posted to Tokyo is of a weekend visit in what I think must have been 1985 to Ito-shi, out on the Izu peninsula, for the...

12.05.20

What We Know Now: Medical Science and the Response to COVID-19 with Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa and Dr. Peter...

08.05.20

Whenever I visit a city abroad, whether for work or for pleasure, I look out for smaller, less well-known museums and galleries to drop into. I think this...

07.05.20

International Responsibilities and the Pandemic with Mark Malloch-Brown and Mami...

05.05.20

The Political Repercussions of the Pandemic with Tsutomu Ishiai and John...

01.05.20

This week took my thoughts back five centuries but also just five months. Last November I participated in a conference about “Japan’s future and role in...

28.04.20

The Political Economy of the Pandemic with Robert Feldman and Robert...

24.04.20

In most years, given the way England is, we pay remarkably little attention to St George’s Day, despite knowing him as our patron saint and using his flag...

17.04.20

One of the surprising but also cheering aspects of this strange and difficult period has been how readily we can all be connected with one another, despite...

08.04.20

Governments, COVID-19 and the Public Response in the UK and Japan with Koji Tsuroka and David...

01.04.20 Publication: Japan Society of the UK

In early March, in what now feels like a distant memory, I gave a talk to sixth-formers at a state school in the English countryside, as part of the excellent...

01.03.20 Publication: Japan Society of the UK

This is the first of what will be a regular “Chairman’s Blog” for Japan Society members and supporters. I originally thought I would start the blog to...