Japan Society to Showcase 30 Japanese Films in 12 Days
Japan Society screens more than 30 contemporary Japanese films in 12 days starting July 8, celebrating the 19th year of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Japanese Horror Focus for 3 NYC Talks
Literary magazine MONKEY to have three discussions in NYC this weekend.
Japan Society Celebrates Actress Meiko Kaji
Japan Society welcomes Japanese actress and singer Meiko Kaji for her first public New York appearance in more than 40 years.
DASSAI Moon Talk at Japan Society
Peek behind the curtain of the DASSAI MOON Project at this special Japan Society event. Photo ©DASSAI
Japan Society Presents Dance Production Based on Mishima
Japan Society’s Fall 2025 Yukio Mishima Centennial Series: Emergences continues with the world premiere dance production of The Seven Bridges (Hashi-zukushi). A vibrant new work for all ages from the Tokyo-based dance company CHAiroiPLIN with choreography by company founder Takuro Suzuki is based on a lesser-known short story of the same title by Yukio Mishima.
Dassai Sake Series Continues at Japan Society
Dassai Sake Series at Japan Society: Conversation with Dassai Chairman Hiroshi Sakurai and Keiko Ono Aoki, entrepreneur and CEO of Benihana of Tokyo
Japan Society’s Film Festival Begins July 10
North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film returns for its 18th year this summer at Japan Society! In the span of eleven days from July 10 through 20, audiences will be treated to 30 curated films from across Japan.
Dodgers vs Mets on Japanese & Japanese American Community Night at Citi Field
Catch the Los Angeles Dodgers vs the New York Mets on Japanese and Japanese American Community Night at Citi Field!
Incarceration & Resettlement Told Through Tanka
Join Japan Society for a special book talk and signing of By the Shore of Lake Michigan, a newly translated tanka poetry collection by Japanese American WWII incarcerees Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto. Discover firsthand Issei perspectives on displacement, resilience, and postwar life. Free tickets with promo code TANKAFRIEND.
Award-winning Author Yoko Tawada to Appear at Two NYC Events
Acclaimed Berlin-based Japanese author Yoko Tawada will be in New York City for two special in-person events. Catch her on Tuesday, March 25 at Rizzoli Bookstore and/or on Thursday, March 27 at Columbia University School of the Arts. Both events are free!
“Biri Gal” at Japan Society
Sayaka Kobayashi, the inspiration behind the Japanese film Flying Colors (Biri Gal / ビリギャル), will give an author talk and book signing at Japan Society on Thursday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m.
Japan Society Pays Tribute to Legendary Filmmaker
Japan Society pays tribute to legendary filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi with a series featuring his “seishun eiga”
HARAJUKU BURLESQUE THEATRE AT JAPAN SOCIETY
Shuji Terayama's Duke Bluebeard's Castle ©Yoji Ishizawa
Taste Okinawan sea grapes at nine NYC restaurants