List of Past Programs

[List of Programs: 2023]

[Special Lecture Series for Members] On the Future of Education in the Age of AI
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Artist Talk]
Telephone Game
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Live Performance and Artist Talk]
In My Father’s Footsteps
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Artist Talk]
Memory Landscapes
[Architalk Webinar Series 2023]
#2 Challenging Legal and Social Barriers to Enhance Use of Local Resources
[Special Lecture Series for Members] 150 Years after Gakumon no Susume: Living through a Period of Great Change　
[Special Lecture Series for Members] Akira MINAGAWA＋Tsuyoshi TANE Special Talk
[Webinar Series 2023: Leaders Shaping the Indo-Pacific]
#3 Protecting Children from Abuse and Violence through Closer Collaboration
[Architalk Webinar Series 2023]
#1 City, Environment and Architecture in Southeast Asia
[OIST―IHJ Distinguished Global Thinkers Series] The Neanderthal Genome and the Evolution of Current Humans
[Exclusively for Members] Ohanami Dinner 2023
[Special Lecture Series for Members] Japan Economic Outlook 2023: The Good, the Bad, and the Real Opportunities
[Webinar Series 2023: Leaders Shaping the Indo-Pacific]
#2 Voices of Young Environmentalists in Asia: Possible Steps and Alternatives to Change the World
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Animation Screening & Artist Talk]
Life Touching Life
[Special Lecture Series for Members] Emerging Geoeconomic Risks: One Year From the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
THREE ARCHITECTS
Documentary Short Film Commemorating I-House’s 70th Anniversary
[Webinar Series 2023: Leaders Shaping the Indo-Pacific]
#1 Malaysia’s Response to COVID-19

[List of Programs: 2022]

Interview with Nitobe Fellows #5: “Social Capital – The Possibility of Encounters and Connections” (Hiromichi Sato)
Available on Youtube! [I-House 70th Anniversary] Special Member’s Event Commemorating the 1952 Fundraising Tea Party Hosted by Prime Minister Yoshida
70th Anniversary Symposium – “Key Challenges Facing Japan in the International Arena”
KATA -World Premiere and Live Performance-
[Peace Symposium Tokyo 2022] Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature
[Special Lecture Series for Members] The World after the Ukraine Crisis: Is There a Prescription for a Divided World?
Interview with Nitobe Fellows #4: “Modern European Thought and Contemporary Society” (Takashi Kato with Shion Kono)
Interview with Nitobe Fellows #3: “Southeast Asia in Flux” (Takashi Shiraishi with Marites Vitug)
[Interview with Nitobe Fellows] # 2 “Learning from the Administrative Reforms in the U.K.”（Katsuya HIROSE×Jun MUKOYAMA）
[Interview with Nitobe Fellows] # 1 : “Life as a Pioneer”（Chizuko UENO×Fumino SUGIYAMA）
[Garden Jazz Night] Takuya Kuroda Jazz Band
[70th Anniversary Special Lecture Series for Members]
The Future and Potential of Japan–India Relations: Toward Peace and Coexistence in the Indo-Pacific Region
[70th Anniversary Special Lecture Series for Members]
Dialogue with Nitobe Fellows: Life as a Pioneer
[Exclusively for Members] Sakura Party 2022
[Architalk Webinar Series x ACC]
#5 Tradition and Ecology in Architecture and Urban Design
[Architalk Webinar Series x ACC]
#4 Building Community through Contemporary Architecture and Design
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Recovery after Conflict, Disaster, and the Pandemic
A Special Tribute to Tetsu Nakamura, 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
[Architalk Webinar Series x ACC]
#3 Modernism and Architecture in Southeast Asia
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Farmers Championing Environmental and Social Goals
A Special Tribute to Masanobu Fukuoka, 1988 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
[Architalk Webinar Series x ACC]
#2 Arts, Architecture, and Society
[Architalk Webinar Series x ACC]
#1 The Changing Role of Architects in Society
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
The Future is Theirs: Fostering the Independent and Dynamic Learning of Children
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Growing a Social Movement: The Role of Alternative Media
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Unwavering Activism to Give Minorities a Voice
[Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
Creating Data Infrastructure as a Common Good: The Significance and Potential of the Digital Vaccination Certificate

[List of Programs: 2021]

[2020 U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship Program]
Video Presentations 2021
[Exclusively for Members] Christmas Dinner 2021
[Members Only] Christmas Menu Tasting Event
[Online: Walk ‘n’ Talk at I-House]
A Virtual Japanese Garden Tour at I-House #4 (Pine Tree Care)
[Online: Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
The Legacy of Tokyo 2020: Toward a Diverse and Harmonious World
[Twilight Yoga] Members-Only Indian Yoga Session
Sound Monuments in the I-House Garden: The Journey Itself Home
[Online: Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
Global Implications of America’s White Nationalism
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
The Future of Cities in Asia: Smart Cities Pursuing the Well-Being of Citizens
[Online: Walk ‘n’ Talk at I-House]
A Virtual Japanese Garden Tour at I-House #3 (Sakura Season 2021)
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Equal Rights and Same-sex Marriage for LGBTQ in Asia: How to Create an Inclusive and Kind Society
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
The #MeToo Movement in Asia: How Can We Fight against Sexual Violence?
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
The Future of Architecture: Creating New Spaces and Connections
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
The Future Is Asian: Technology and Geopolitics in the 21st Century
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Educational Disparity and New Practices in the Covid Era
[Webinar Series: Leaders Shaping the Future of the Indo-Pacific]
Conversation with Minister Audrey Tang

[List of Programs: 2020]

[Online: Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
The Resounding Future: Who will be Responsible for Cross-border Data Governance?
[Online: Walk ‘n’ Talk at I-House]
A Virtual Japanese Garden Tour at I-House #2 (Fall 2020)
[Special Program] Author and poet Mieko Kawakami (BREASTS AND EGGS) in conversation with author Roland Kelts (JAPANAMERICA)
[Online: Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
The Barriers that Hinder the Success of Women
[Online: Walk ‘n’ Talk at I-House]
Finding Tranquility: A Virtual Japanese Garden Tour at the I-House
[Online: Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
A Disruptive World and the Mission of the International House of Japan
I-House Director Hiroaki Miyata (Professor, Keio University) appointed Global Trustee and the Japan chair of the Commons Project.
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program / APYLP Joint Session]
The Role of Sport and Athletes in a Changing World
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Three Decades of Political Debates on Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy: Revisiting the Heisei Era and the Post-Cold War Period
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Potential and Future of Architectural Design
[ALFP Lecture Series]
Documentary Filmmaking in Asia: Hopes and Challenges

[List of Programs: 2019]

[Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
Today’s Development Cooperation and Japan
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program / APYLP Joint Session]
India’s Technology and New Values: Human Mobility and Space
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture]
Design and Take Action to Create Our Own Future :
Being “Space Sweepers”
[Walk ‘n’ Talk at I-House] Garden Stroll and Breakfast Meetup for Guests
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Nichibunken’s Three Decades: A Critical-Analytical Survey and Some Outlooks
[Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
Modernity in Common: Japan and World History
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Reading & Talk]
How Our Ghosts Keep Us Alive
[APYLP x Asia21 Joint Session]
What the Future Holds for an LGBT-inclusive Asia
[APYLP x Asia21 Joint Session]
What the Future Holds for an LGBT-inclusive Asia
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
What is “Expression” in Architecture Now? (Jun AOKI)
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk]
Matter and an Experimental Mindset
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture]
Design and Take Action to Create Our Own Future :
How Japan Can Be a Pioneer in Taking on Challenges
[Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
The Internet Civilization
[ALFP Lecture Series / APYLP Joint Session]
Religion in Asia: A Possible Role for Peacebuilding
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk & Performance]
Ritual Retention : Holding and Creating Tradition
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Architecture of the Environment (Nishizawa Ryue)
[Special Lecture Series for I-House Members]
Creation of an Attractive City
[I-House Lecture]
Realizing the “Asian Century”: Challenges and Promise for the Leading Economies
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Live concert + fieldwork video screening]
Projecting Tradition into the Future & the Creative Voice Within
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Japanese Performing Arts in the Spanish-speaking World: Their Reception and the Role of a New Web Encyclopedia
[IUC Lecture Series] Is Japan Really a Capitalist Country?—The Impact of Culture and History on the Real Estate Market in Japan
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Poetry Reading & Talk]
Intercultural Chronometry: Time in and Across Anglophone and Japanese Poetics
[I-House Lecture]
“Down and Out in Meiji Japan”—Lessons from the Urban Slums
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Lecture&Performance]
Talking Machine
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program]
Further Changing India: Business, Law, and Women
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Japan’s Road to the Olympics in the Meiji Era: An Attempt at “Sports Civilization” Theory
[ALFP Lecture Series]
Bridging Divides and Disparities in Asia
[APYLP x SGRA Joint Session]
Can Renewable Energy Change the World?
Moving beyond “An Inconvenient Truth”
[I-House Lecture]
8 Habits for Better Productivity and Work Styles in Japan
[Library] Library Tour in January

[List of Programs: 2018]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2018
[IUC Lecture Series] Asia in Washington: Exploring the Penumbra of Transnational Power 2018
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] History of Religions in Postwar Japan:
As Seen Through the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words
[Special Program]
Living in North America as a Nuclear Weapon Survivor
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] Craig Mod—The Walk and Talk: Koya Bound and Walk Design
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Little Spaces and Architecture (Inui Kumiko)
[ALFP 2018 Public Forum]
Imagining Plural Asias: How Can We Enrich Interrelationships across Borders?
[APYLP x Asia 21 Joint Session]*1
Next Generation Leadership Shaping the Future of the Asia Pacific
[Special Program] Asakawa Kan’ichi Memorial Symposium
[ALFP Lecture Series / APYLP Joint Session]
Journalism in Asia: Searching for the Truth
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Social Functions in Japanese Brazilian Society: Karaoke, Films, and Haiku
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Generative Architecture from Asia (Ito Toyo)
[I-House Lecture]
Victimhood Nationalism versus Mnemonic Solidarity:
History Reconciliation in East Asia
[I-House Lecture]
Baseball and Diplomacy: A Game Changer for U.S.-Japan Relations
[The James C. Abegglen Memorial Collection at the International House of Japan Library 10th Anniversary Session]
[IUC Lecture Series] Observations from My Journey in Japan
[I-House Lecture/A Concert-Demonstration]
Shakuhachi Meets Flute/Piccolo
[Delve into Japanese Culture @I-House]
What’s Behind Brand Japan? — From Hello Kitty, Murakami, to KonMari
[Special Program]
Two Singular Voices: Barry Yourgrau and Kawakami Mieko in Conversation
[APYLP Kick-off Forum] Connecting Young Leaders to Envision a Common Future of Peace and Prosperity
[I-House Lecture] Mori Ôgai: A Life of Translation
[Delve into Japanese Culture @I-House]
Dashi and Umami in Japanese Cuisine
[I-House Lecture] China’s Populism in the Internet Era
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] The Fate of Hikaru Genji and the
“Two Fathers”— The Tale of Genji Seen Through the Life of Buddha

[List of Programs: 2017]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2017
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk]
Engaging Through the Threshold
[Symposium] Democracy in the Global Age
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum]
Ornamental Diplomacy:
Emperor Meiji and the Monarchs of the Modern World
[IUC Lecture Series] The Breath of Tradition in Intercultural Communication—From Noh to Anime
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
The Long-standing Liaison Between Sumo and the Media
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] Elise Wessels and Marije Jansen Talk about Japan: Modern – Japanese Prints from the Elise Wessels Collection
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] A Door of Hope Opened by Wisdom: A New Japan-China Relationship with the Next Generation
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] From Tradition to Future―Opening the World with Noh and Contemporary Music
[ALFP 2017 Public Forum]
Seeking Our Commons in Asia: How Can We Create Visions for the Future?
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] “Ideals” and “Reality” in Syria: Seeking Freedom and Peace
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Solo Performance]
Bend
[I-House Lecture]
Memory and Amnesia: Japan-Philippines Relations Reconsidered
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
Reading the Japanese Mind Through Waka Poetry with a Focus on The Tale of Genji
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program]
Development through Ecological Innovation: Challenging Poverty in India
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Panel Discussion: What Modern Architecture Means to Us (Aoki Jun, Ajisaka Toru, Matsukuma Hiroshi)
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Panel Discussion and Guided Tour of Modern Architecture: What Modern Architecture Means to Us (Aoki Jun, Ajisaka Toru, Matsukuma Hiroshi)
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] What is “Democracy”?
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Experiential Performance]
Optical Garden Tour
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk]
Spinning Night in Living Color: Light Installations by Elaine Buckholtz
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum]
The Future of Sino-Japanese Relations
Seen from Tanigawa Michio’s Research in Chinese History
—Cultural Exchange and Intellectual Thoughts
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
Canadian Rakugo Storyteller Katsura Sunshine Talks About the Charms of Rakugo
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Screening]
Cocktail Party
[Lunchtime Lecture]
SDGs Transforming Our World: A New Approach to Global Issues
[IUC Lecture Series] Stanford University Mindfulness Education
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Reading]
Between Flame and Flight
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
City, Design, Landscape, Public Space, Variety of Scale, Theme and Relationship with Society (Sou Fujimoto)
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
Introducing KYOGEN by Shigeyama Doji
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] Itoh Keiko talks about Japanese in Britain, 1863-2001: A Photographic Exhibition
[IUC Lecture Series] Rendaku: A Notoriously Irregular Aspect of the Japanese Language
[Lunchtime Lecture]
President Trump and a Divided America
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Foreign Languages in the Formation of Shiga Naoya’s Literature
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
The Art of Ukiyo-e and the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Collecting Them

[List of Programs: 2016]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2016
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
Another Utopia (Maki Fumihiko)
[IHJ Artists’ Forum]
Alex Dodge – Open Studio
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
Reading Haiku Beyond Borders
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk]
Noise to Signal
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] Leadership and Teamwork Seen Through Judo’s Globalization
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] The Embodiment and Essence of Noh
[ALFP 2016 Public Seminar]
Seeking Our Commons in Asia: How Can We Create Visions for the Future?
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
I-House members and others read The Dreaming of the Bones by W. B. Yeats, featuring the Noh play Nishikigi, in a session arranged by Ogoura Kazuo
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Reexamining the Last 500 Years of World History from a “Pirate View” : ― The Reverse Side of the Oceanic View of Civilization
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Living Together, Working Together
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] Co-existing: A Quest for Global Peace
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Workshop]
But Is It Art?
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk]
Tracings and Findings
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program]
India’s New Frontier: Healthcare Technology In Making Social Impact
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] The Power of Breakthrough
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum]
The Literature of Kawabata Yasunari and Chinese Art
[japan@ihj] Tsukiji: The End of an Era?
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Poetry and Vocal Performance]
Tuna Melt and Other Sonic Fables
[Nitobe Leadership Program Public Lecture] US-Japan Relations in a Turbulent Time in Asia
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Workshop]
Filigree Pattern: Collaborative Workshop with Piper Shepard
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Artist Talk]
The Textile Art of Piper Shepard
[Lunchtime Lecture]
The Immigration Policy of France Past and Present
―What Japan Can Learn from France
[Japan Studies Now—Inter-University Center Lecture Series]
Are the Japanese Unique?: An International Comparison of Household Saving Rates and Bequest Motives
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Work-in-Progress Screening and Discussion
Queer Japan Project
[Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture]
The Age of the Forest (Kuma Kengo)
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
WASHI: Ancient and Modern Wonder Material
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] John C. Weber talks about A New Yorker’s View of the World: The John C. Weber Collection
[Additional Screening] Paper Lanterns (Film screening only)
[Japan Premiere Screening & Talk] PAPER LANTERNS
[70 Years Postwar Symposium Series “Thinking Together about the World and Japan”]
Symposium 4 “Looking to the Future of the World, Asia, and Japan”
[Tokyo International Literary Festival] Asia Session 1
Female Writers Challenging Social Taboos:　Transcending Gender, Religion, and Community
[Tokyo International Literary Festival] Asia Session 2
China and Japan Today Seen Through Literature
[Delve into Japanese Culture@ I-House]
The Heart of Washoku: Creating a Seasonal Sensibility
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] Ambassador Radu Şerban reads from his book Closer to the Sky (Sora e Ayumu)
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum]
Japanese Traditional Theater Seen from Italian Theater
Noh, Kabuki, Opera, Ballet―Focusing on “Kyoran (Madness)” as a Theme
[Special Symposium] “Will There be Dramatic Foreign Policy Changes? Shift of Security Environments and Prospective Changes of Foreign Policy in East Asia”
[Japan Studies Now—Inter-University Center Lecture Series]
The Kaleidoscopic Japanese Archipelago: Observations from Fieldwork on Biodiversity
[70 Years Postwar Symposium Series “Thinking Together about the World and Japan”]
Symposium 3 “Culture and Philosophy as a Basis for Peace”
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] Kent Calder reads from Wind of the Age : Collected Reflections : April, 2014–March, 2015

[List of Programs: 2015]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2015
[IHJ Artists’ Forum－JUSFC 40th Anniversary]
Dance/Film Performance by Julian Barnett
HAFU WAY THERE | HAFU WAY HERE
[Delve into Japanese Culture@I-House]
The Power of Noh: From Japan’s Classical Theater to the World’s Avant-Garde
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
Nassrine Azimi and Michel Wasserman read from Last Boat to Yokohama : The Life and Legacy of Beate Sirota Gordon
[70 Years Postwar Symposium Series “Thinking Together about the World and Japan”]
Symposium 2 “The Foundation of Japan-U.S. Relations From the Perspective of American History”
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] The Tale of Genji as World Literature
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Kôgei –Japanese Traditional Crafts Opening New Doors
[Tokyo International Literary Festival×I-House Quarterly Public Talk]
“Writing in (M)other Tongues: A Conversation Between Tawada Yoko and Kawakami Mieko”
[Lunchtime Lecture] Android and Robot Society–The Cutting-edge Technology Connecting Japan with the World
[japan@ihj] Japan’s National Interests and Security Seen Through the Development Cooperation Charter
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Consumer Society in 2030 –Focusing on the Potential of Developing Countries
[ALFP] 2015 Public Seminar
Seeking Our Commons in Asia:
How Can We Create Visions for the Future?
[70 Years Postwar Symposium Series “Thinking Together about the World and Japan”]
Symposium 1 “China in the Modern World and a New Japan-China Relationship”
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
I-House Members read The Lady Aoi
—from Five Modern Noh Plays by Mishima Yukio, featuring a traditional Noh play, in a session arranged by Mr. Ogoura Kazuo
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Living “Globally”
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] The U.S. – Japan Alliance in the Asia-Pacific Region
[I-House × Courrier Japon Special Program]
Looking at Japan from Outside―What a Young Entrepreneur Thinks
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Rule of Law or Rule Through Law?
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] From Ito Hirobumi and Beyond -What the “Politician of Intellect” Left to Us
[IHJ Artists’ Forum—JUSFC 40th Anniversary]
STAR! STAR! STAR! CIRCLE! (Try! Try! Try! Again!)
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] The World in 2030: The Emerging Consensus
[japan@ihj] Hawai`i as Japan’s Paradise—Consuming Images of the Tropics
[IHJ Artists’ Forum－Site-specific video and new ensemble works / JUSFC 40th Anniversary]
Paul Kikuchi: R E S O N A N C E
[Japan Studies Now—Inter-University Center Lecture Series]
Conundrums of Literary Translation
[IHJ Artists’ Forum—JUSFC 40th Anniversary]
In Conjunction with Roppongi Art Night 2015
STAR! STAR! STAR! CIRCLE!
[IHJ Artists’ Forum—JUSFC 40th Anniversary Year]
In Conjunction with Roppongi Art Night 2015
PRAY WILD (Workshop & Parade)
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Why I Teach the Art of Manga Abroad
[Delve into Japanese Culture at I-House]
Ink is Alive: Japanese sumie painting
[IHJ Artists’ Forum－JUSFC 40th Anniversary Year]
The Sea-Salt Sadness of the Outcast
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program]
Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Humor, Parody, Taboo in Edo Art—The Social and Cultural Context of Ukiyo-e and Shunga Past and Present
[Japan Studies Now—Inter-University Center Lecture Series]
Toward a Social History of Japan’s “Lost Decades”
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
Giorgio Amitrano reads from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
[Special Lecture] Seoul’s New Communication-Based Administration and City Diplomacy
[Lunchtime Lecture] Why the EU Is Important -Integration and Separation in Europe
[Delve into Japanese Culture at I-House]
Invitation to the Enchanting World of Kabuki

[List of Programs: 2014]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2014
[Special Symposium] World War I and the Birth of the Modern World
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] The Power of “Popular Literature”―Why is Matsumoto Seicho So Popular in China?
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] A Day for Japan to Lead the World Again―Empowerment by Culture
[Delve into Japanese Culture at I-House]
The Japanese Garden Speaks to Your Heart
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Toward a New Japanese Golden Age―Economic Potential, Social Dynamics, and Policy Challenges
[Lunchtime Lecture] New Japan-US Relations and Security in Asia
[japan@ihj] Japan’s Living Kogei (Craft) Traditions
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] To Deliver Voices from the United Nations
[ALFP] 2014 Public Seminar
～Asia and the World after Development and Growth～
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Full Circle ―PJ Hirabayashi, Japanese American Taiko Player
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] A Shift from “Merely Praying for Peace” to “Creating Peace”
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
Sir David Warren reads from The Custom House by Francis King
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] The Building of an Internet-based Society toward 2030
[Nichibunken-IHJ Forum] Yokai (Monsters) and the Japanese Imagination
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Screening & Talk] Rikuzentakata in 2014 ―A Work-in-Progress by Documentary Filmmaker Mina T. Son
[japan@ihj] Why is the Intellectual History of Tokugawa and Meiji Japan So Interesting?
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] China’s Prospects and Japan’s Future
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] The Most Important Things in Leadership
[Lunchtime Lecture] The Ukraine Crisis and Russia: Understanding the Background and Impact of the Crisis
The World of Gerald Vizenor Special Lecture Series in Tokyo
Lecture 2 [Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
Gerald Vizenor reads from his latest work Favor of Crows
[Panel Discussion] Cultural Diplomacy in 2020
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Bushido: The Soul of Japan and the Japanese
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Reading & Talk] This Body Is Like the Moon in the Water―American Poet Patrick Donnelly’s Encounter with Japan
[japan@ihj] Japan, the US and the Challenge of Demographics
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/Performance] Soratobu Boombox
[Lunchtime Lecture] Japan from the Perspective of a Brazilian Resident in Japan―Rethinking Multicultural Coexistence
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Lecture Concert] Taking Time: A Slow Exploration into Cultural Utopia
[Japan Studies Now—Inter-University Center Lecture Series]
On Monsters in Edo-Period Illustrated Popular Fiction: Non-Elite Edoites’ Sense of the Eerie
[Panel Discussion] Relations among Japan, the U.S., China, and Korea: Challenges and Prospects
[Tokyo International Literary Festival] Writing Now in Asia
[Lunchtime Lecture] Toward a People-friendly Society —Understanding Anxiety in Adolescents
[japan@ihj] Cyborg Manifested: Understanding Japan’s Long Postwar through Hijikata Tatsumi’s Dance of Darkness/Butō
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
Ambassador Lars Vargö reads from Out by Natsuo Kirino
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program]
Is India at a Turning Point?―Trends in India’s Political Economy

[List of Programs: 2013]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2013
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library]
Gayle K. Sato reads from Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita
[Lunchtime Lecture] Politics and Challenges in Myanmar ~Driving Forces and Obstacles to Change~
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] A Message to the Global Leaders of the Future
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Reading] Ordinary Transformations: Where Story Comes From
[japan@ihj] Potential and Limits of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) —Cases in U.S., Europe and Japan—
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Revolution to Attract More Visitors: Museums Changing Cities
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Reading] A Ghostly Tale from Tohoku
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] What is Your Leadership Style?
[The Japan Foundation Awards 2013 Commemorative Lecture]
Toward an Asian-Pacific Community
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] Giving Back to the Japanese Economy
[ALFP] Public Seminars
[KODO Special Ensemble Concert] Taiko―Japanese Pulse
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] How to Make Peace
[Reading about Japan at I-House Library] Roger Buckley reads from Fireworks and unpublished works by Angela Carter
[Special Lecture]
A Lucky Child: What Memories of the Holocaust Tell Us
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] What is the Meaning of Work?
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Haptic Gaze—Searching Material Sensibility
[Lunchtime Lecture] Minorities are Changing American Politics: Change and Continuity
[IHJ Artists’ Forum / Drama Reading and Talk] Philoktetes
[IHJ Artists’ Forum / Concert] Cartography
[Nitobe Kokusai Juku Public Lecture] The Challenge of “Opening” Japan
[japan@ihj] Seeking the Truth through Art and Science: Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi
[japan@ihj] Japanese Journalism As Seen Through 3.11: Japan’s Multiple Crises
[Lunchtime Lecture] Outlook of Education in Japan —In comparison with the Netherlands where children are the happiest
Memorial Service and Reception For Donald Richie
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Antonio Negri
[Japan-India Distinguished Visitors Program] India’s Foreign and Strategic Policy in Asia ―The India-China-U.S. Troika, and Japan
English Communication Seminar for Global Leadership 2013
[Exhibition] Postcards from Japan: A Message from Tohoku Artists
[Lunchtime Lecture] Understanding Islamic Culture through “Islamic Finance”
[Japan Specialist Workshop] 2013 Symposium
[ALFP] Special Symposium “The Future of Civil Society in Asia”
*summary of the symposium is now available
[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 6 “China, Japan and the U.S. in Global and Regional Affairs”
[japan@ihj] Connecting Europe and Meiji Japan: Edoardo Chiossone and Japanese Art

[List of Programs: 2012]

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2012
[Special Lecture] “Humanities and A Borderless World”
[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 5 “U.S.-Japan Relations during the American Century (1945-2015)”
[IHJ Garden Concert] Beyond Boundaries: Min Tanaka Dances in the International House Garden
[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 4 “The Uneasy Triangle: Korea between China and Japan”
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Echoes of Bar Aoyama
[The Japan Foundation Awards 2012 Commemorative Lecture]
“Sustained People-to-People Relationships: A Foundation for U.S.-Japan Relations”
[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 3 “Japan’s Challenges and Prospects: A View from Southeast Asia”
[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 2 “Postwar Japan—Its Evolution and Future”
[japan@ihj] Contending with Meian (Light and Dark): A Public Conversation between John Nathan and Mizumura Minae
[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 1 “The Meaning of the 1930s for Japan”
[japan@ihj] Karuizawa Dreamscape
Seminar Series on Contemporary India for Business Persons
[Photo Exhibition] The International House of Japan in the History of Cultural Exchange in Postwar Japan
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Island: a choreographic ode to the rhythm of the Seto Inland Sea, the sensation of space and a luminous quality of the ordinary
[japan@ihj] Built to Break: The World Industrial System in the New Era of Monopoly: Lessons from the Tohoku Earthquake
[Special Symposium] Disaster and Language, and Language and Disaster
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Destination and Departures—Three American Writers in Japan
[Lunchtime Lecture] Gross National Happiness Spreading around the World from Bhutan: Can GNH Be Applied to Japanese Society?
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] The Gravity of Desire: Space and Culture Under the Cherry Trees
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Songs on the Theme of Knowing
[The 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Japan-India Diplomatic Relations]
Melodies Eternally New—Songs of Tagore and the Tabla
[japan@ihj] News from North Korea: Radical Change or More of the Same? —Implications for Japan-North Korea Relations—
[Lunchtime Lecture] Myanmar’s Emerging Economy and Changes toward Democracy -Impact on Japan and Asia-
[Public Program] Rethinking Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Nuclear Issue
[japan@ihj] Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War
[150th Anniversary of the Birth of Sir Rabindranath Tagore]
[60th Anniversary of Japan-India Diplomatic Relations]
“A Message from Tagore to Japan and the World” —Poetry, Literature, Painting, Music and Dance—
[Japan Specialist Workshop] 2012 Open Meeting
[Public Program] In Praise of Japanese English
[Lunchtime Lecture] How is Peace Built after Conflict?
[I-House Academy] Taction: The Drama of the Stylus in Oriental Calligraphy
[japan@ihj] Staying Power: Lessons for Japan

[List of Programs: 2011]

[Japan-India Dialogue: Public Symposium 2]
“A New Asia Seen from Japan-India Dialogue”
[Japan-India Dialogue: Public Symposium 1]
“Asian Renaissance: Learning from Shibusawa, Tata, Okakura and Tagore”
[Lunchtime Lecture] “The Arab Spring” that Passed by the Gulf Countries
[ALFP] Beyond Conflict and Disaster: The Role of Civil Society in Asia
[japan@ihj] New Japan Architecture: Recent Works and New Trends
[japan@ihj] The Legends of Tono 100 Years Later: Fantasy or Lesson for Current-day Japan?
[IHJ Artists’ Forum] Circular Traces
[Lunchtime Lecture] Change in the Middle East and Future Prospects
[japan@ihj] Before the Big Four: Competition and Industrial Policy in Japan’s Postwar Motorcycle Industry, 1945-70
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2011
[Lunchtime Lecture] The Life of Isamu Noguchi Journey without Borders
[japan@ihj] Trilateral Cooperation Between the United States, Japan, and South Korea Toward Stabilization of the Korean Peninsula
[Lunchtime Lecture] The Piracy Issue Off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden
[japan@ihj] Photographer, Ishimoto Yasuhiro, “Katsura” and Modernism in Postwar Japan
[I-House Academy] Einstein and Picasso Creativity in Art and Science–What are the Connections? (cancelled)
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Arundhati Roy
[I-House Academy / I-House Ushiba Fellowship Public Lecture] Is There Life After Democracy? (cancelled)
[I-House Academy] On the Future of Japan
2011 I-House Public Programs
[japan@ihj] Interpreting Japan’s Mid-century Modernity: Imperial Japan at its Zenith
[I-House Academy] Culture: How to Translate It to “Soft Power”

[List of Programs: 2010]

[I-House Academy] The Future of Power
[Lunchtime Lecture] Cities of China in Rapid Transition:Trends of City Reformation, Shenyang, Dalian, and Dujiangyan
[ALFP] Rethinking Global Challenges: Asian Intellectuals in Dialogue
[japan@ihj] Japan’s Long “Postwar”: Japanese Studies in the U.S. and Japan-U.S. Relations
[I-House Academy] ASEAN Community Building, Centrality, and Changing Regional Architecture
[Lunchtime Lecture] The Significance of the “Secret Agreement” Issue: Its Historical Background and the Future of Japan-U.S. Relations
[japan@ihj] How to Save Japan from the Global Financial Crisis
[I-House Academy / I-House Ushiba Fellowship Public Lecture] Traditional Futures: New Indigenous Politics and the Question of Global History
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] James Clifford
[japan@ihj] The Edo Inheritance in Contemporary Japan
[Lunchtime Lecture] “East Asian Community” — A Fantasy?
[japan@ihj] The Crooked Timber of Cherry: Japanese Cherry Blossoms in Peace and War
[japan@ihj] Origins of World War II and the Future of U.S.- Asia Relations
[japan@ihj] Stitching in Modern Times: The Sewing Machine, Women, and Consumers in 20th Century Japan
[Lunchtime Lecture] Kokugo (National Language) in the Era of English: from a Writer’s Perspective
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2010
[japan@ihj] Rethinking Intellectual Legacy of Maruyama Masao
2010 I-House Public Programs

[List of Programs: 2009]

[japan@ihj] U.S.-Japan Relations Seen through the Lens of Baseball: The Meaning of Ichiro, Dice-K and Bobby V
[ALFP] Action in Dialogue: Towards a Responsible Society
[I-House Academy] Deng Xiaoping’s Historic 1978 Visit to Japan: Implications for the Future of Sino-Japanese Relations
[Lunchtime Lecture] “Big Power” Russia Now –The Future of the “Tandemocracy”
[japan@ihj] Article 9, Japanese Pacifism, and American Militarism
[I-House Academy] The Japanese Government and the Aging Society
[Lunchtime Lecture] Learning from Education in Finland: Japanese Education in the World
[japan@ihj] Pink Globalization: Rethinking Japan’s Cute/Cool Trek Across the Pacific
[I-House Academy] Foreigners in Japan: A Case of Cultural Homogeneity versus Civil Society
[japan@ihj] What I’ve Learned from Japanese Photography
2009 I-House Public Programs
[I-House Academy] Toward Greater Mutual Influence: A Vision of Our Cultural Future Between Japan and the United States
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2009
[Lunchtime Lecture] Iraq: In Search of New U.S. Relations

[List of Programs: 2008]

[Lunchtime Lecture] The New American President and U.S.-Japan Relations
[ALFP] Unity and Diversity — Democratic Dimensions —
[I-House Academy] Japanese Foreign Policy: Balancing Off Asia, Europe and the United States
[Lunchtime Lecture] The American Myth, the U.S.-Japan “Salad Bowl”
[I-House Academy] The Historical Legacy of Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋是清): A Liberal Visionary in the Early 20th Century
[I-House Academy / I-House Ushiba Fellowship Public Lecture] The Spatial Logic of Economic Development in Contemporary China
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] G. William Skinner
[Lunchtime Lecture] Cooperation of Kazakhstan and Japan
[Lunchtime Lecture] On the Future of Japan-China Relations
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Antonio Negri
[I-House Academy / I-House Ushiba Fellowship Public Lecture] Intellectuals Nowadays (cancelled)
2008 I-House Public Programs
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2008
[Lunchtime Lecture] The U.S. Presidential Election and Japan-U.S. Relations

[List of Programs: 2007]

[ALFP] Unity in Diversity From Exclusive State to Collaborating Communities
[ALFP] 2007 Public Symposium
[I-House Academy] Auschwitz and Hiroshima: What Can the Jews and the Japanese Do for World Peace?
[I-House Academy / I-House Ushiba Fellowship Public Lecture] Other Asias
[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Gayatri C. Spivak
[I-House Academy] Japan and China: Toward Asia-Pacific Cooperation
2007 I-House Public Programs
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2007

[List of Programs: 2006]

[I-House Academy / I-House Ushiba Fellowship Public Lecture] Traditional Futures: New Indigenous Politics and the Problem of Global History (cancelled)
[I-House Academy] The Koizumi Legacy and the Future of Japan: A View from Europe
[ALFP] Communities in Action Struggle for Peace and Sustainability in Asia
[I-House Academy] Japan’s Gateway to the World: What the I-House Can Do
2006 I-House Public Programs
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2006

[List of Programs: until 2005]

[ALFP] Panel Discussion: Asian Women: Beyond Myths and Stereotypes
[ALFP] International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) 4 in Shanghai
[ALFP] 2005 Reunion Conference
2005 I-House Public Programs
IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2001-2005
2004 I-House Public Programs
2003 I-House Public Programs
2002 I-House Public Programs
[ALFP] 2001 Reunion Conference 2001
[ALFP] Reunion Conference 2001　List of Participants
[ALFP] 2001 Reunion Program Schedule
2001 I-House Public Programs