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I-House Members Forum
I-House Members Forum, initiated as a special arena for House members to meet, greet and communicate with each other, has now grown to a popular program with a lovely dinner, excellent presentations by guest speakers, and stimulating discussions in a congenial social atmosphere.Membership Committee
Co-Chair, Kenichi Goto,
Co-Chair, Mie Teno
-Past Programs of the I-House Members Forum(Venue:International House of Japan)-
Cost: Member: @6,500 yen (Guests at @7,500 yen)
Date: Monday, October 2, 2006, 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Mr. Yoshiharu Fukuhara, Chairman Emeritus, Shiseido Corporation
Theme: To Live is to Learn (language:Japanese)
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007. 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Mr. Takashi Tsujii, author, poet, president of the Japan-China Cultural Exchange
Association
Theme: Global Sensibility and Literacy (Language: Japanese)
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2007. 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi, Chief Corporate Adviser, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Theme: "Thoughts on How to Help Create Interesting People" (Language: Japanese)
Date: Thursday, September 6, 2007.
(1) 6:00-7:40 pm Concert and Reception ;(2) 7:45-8:30 pm Dinner
Artists: Ms. Michiko Inou (composer;piano)Ms. Kaoru Onoda (soprano) & Mr. Ikuo Oho (top tenor)
Theme: "From Manyo-shu to Modern Poems, Enchanted by Magic of Letters..."
Recital of Familiar Japanese Poetry Composed into Songs by Ms. Michiko Inou
Cost: (1): Members @2,500 yen (Guests @3,000 yen) (1)&(2):Members @8,000 yen (Guests@9,000 yen)
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Akira Iriye, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Theme: "On U.S.-Japan Relations: Reminiscences of My Fifty-five Years in the U. S."
(The presentation will be in Japanese with no English translation)
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008, 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Ken'ichiro Hirano, Professor, Waseda University and Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Theme: "A lecture on international cultural relations"(Language: Japanese)
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Mr. Kenji Ekuan, Industrial Designer
Theme The Soul and Material Things (Language: Japanese)
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Professor Masao Kunihiro, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Edinburgh University
Theme: Diplomacy and Politics (Language: Japanese)
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Professor Tatsuo Yamada, Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Theme: Chiang Kai-shek and Contemporary China (Language: Japanese)
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009 6:00-8:30 pm (Dinner served)
Speaker: Professor Shuji Takashina, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Theme: Images and Letters in Japanese Art (Language: Japanese)
Date: Thessday, March 16, 2010, 5:30-7:00 pm (Concert); 7:00-8:30 pm (Dinner)
Artists: Mr. Kawabata Narimichi (violin) & Mr. Sato Katsushige (piano).
Cost: Members @7,500 yen (Guests @8,500 yen)
Contact
Membership Office
International House of Japan
5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032
Tel: 03-3470-3211 (office hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00am-5:00pm)
Fax: 03-3470-3170
E-mail: member*i-house.or.jp (Please replace * with @)
