Event Recap: Art History – Art Future: Digital Replicas of Traditional Japanese Art

On November 19, 2024, attendees gathered at the University of San Francisco’s Lone Mountain Building to learn about the digital preservation of Soga Shohaku’s eight-paneled painting [...]

Dear Friends, Happy New Year!! Last year was a great year for Japan Society (see some of our program highlights below) – thank you for all of your support! I’m confident that 2025 is going [...]

On September 27, 2024, the Japan Society of Northern California hosted its 38th annual “Award of Honor” Gala! The event honored Koichiro Nakamura and Peanuts, and served as a major [...]

Hello Friends! I hope you all are having a great summer. I personally enjoyed watching the Paris Olympics over the last two weeks … although it reminded me again what a shame it was that Covid [...]

Hi Friends, I can hardly believe that we’re already in Golden Week – it seems like 2024 has been flying by!  April was a particularly busy month at Japan Society, starting with our [...]

On February 9, 2024, the Japan Society hosted an event featuring author Ronald Drabkin. Drabkin discussed his book Beverly Hills Spy alongside his agent, Mark Tauber. The author of Beverly Hills [...]

Japan Outlook 2024 took place online on January 11th. Japan Outlook is a forum that examines the year ahead and discusses the future of US-Japan relations in regard to upcoming events, as well as [...]

Over the last two decades, the United States has become a world champion for LGBTQ rights, but it was not an easy road to get there. Japan is currently fighting to have the same rights, and in [...]

Read Steve's February message!

On November 17, 2023 the Japan Society of Northern California lost one of its longest-serving Board members and a great champion of US-Japan friendship with the passing of John Thomas.  John [...]