Trinity Japan events and news

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  • On Friday 31 January 2025 at 6pm we will have our 2025 shinnenkai – new year meeting – in central Tokyo. Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 24 January 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register. To register: All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students,…

    New Year Dinner meeting Friday 31 January 2025 6pm in Tokyo
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 20 December 2024 at 6pm we will have our 2024 bonenkai – year end meeting – in central Tokyo. Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 13 December 2024. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to…

    Bonenkai Friday 20 December 2024 at 6pm in Tokyo
  • Trinity Japan member and prolific film director John Williams (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo) will show two of his recent films in Tokyo, and we are planning Trinity Japan discussion dinners with John Williams in the New Year 2025 on John’s films. 『北鵜島』North Cormorant Island “North Cormorant Island”, Director John Williams, will…

    Film director John Williams: “『北鵜島』North Cormorant Island” and “旅Tabi/Another time”
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 15 November 2024 at 6pm we will have our dinner in central Tokyo. Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 8 November 2024. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register. To register: All…

    Dinner meeting Friday 15 Nov 2024 at 6pm in Tokyo with Professor Masaharu Shiratani, Sr Vice President of Kyushu University
  • Trinity Japan dinner with Dame Carol Black (Chair of The British Library Board) and Sir Roly Keating (Chief Executive of The British Library) on Thursday 31 October 2024 in Tokyo. The British Library is the national library of the UK, and also hosts The Alan Turing Institute. Dame Carol Black (Chair of The British Library…

    Dame Carol Black (Chair of The British Library Board) and Sir Roly Keating (Chief Executive of The British Library), 31 Oct 2024
  • Professor Stephen Toope (Trinity 1983), President and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) on his recent book “A Rule of Law for Our New Age of Anxiety” and thoughts of a Vice-Chancellor Kazumi Nishikawa, Principal Director, Trade and Economic Security Bureau, Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI), “latest developments of METI/GOJ’s…

    Stephen Toope, previous 346th Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, ‘A rule of law for our new age of anxiety’ 8 October 2024
  • Ivan Sorrentino (Trinity 1988), Head of Regional Marketing, Northeast and Southeast Asia PacificCambridge University Press and Assessment, will talk on “Japan and the English language” and Michael Banner to give an update on the College We founded Trinity in Japan on 5 September 2014 – we will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Trinity in…

    Japan and the English Language, speaker: Ivan Sorrentino (Cambridge University Press), and with Michael Banner, 10 years Trinity in Japan, 6 Sept 2024
  • At the 10 years Trinity in Japan event, Founder and Chair, Gerhard Fasol, talked about mission and aims of Trinity in Japan.Trinity in Japan is the Japan organization and alumni organization of Trinity College Cambridge.Trinity College is Cambridge University’s largest College with 34 Nobel Prize winners and much impact on the world, including of course…

    Trinity in Japan: mission by Gerhard Fasol
  • Japan and the English language” – summary Why is the general level of English in Japan so low? Is this an intrinsic problem with the system of education or an unrealistic expectation from outside. Many factors are involved in determining how easy specific language learning is in any given country, and Japan is no exception.…

    「日本と英語」 Japan and the English Language, Ivan Sorrentino (Cambridge University Press and Assessment)
  • by Gerhard Fasol (25 August 2024) Reyhan Silingar (Trinity 2021), member of Trinity in Japan and regular participant in our meetings here in Tokyo, and PhD candidate at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, is currently working in Japan researching the role of the Japanese Emperor in Japan’s diplomacy both before and after the critical year…

  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 23 August 2024 at 6pm we will have our dinner in central Tokyo. Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 16 August 2024. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register. To register: All…

    Trinity Japan 23 August 2024
  • Michael Maclay (Trinity 1972), Executive Chairman of the strategic consultancy Montrose Associates on “Strategic Intelligence” On Monday 22 July 2024 at 6pm Michael Maclay (Trinity 1972) will discuss Strategic Intelligence at our Trinity in Japan dinner in central Tokyo. All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome Registration and prepayment until one…

    Strategic Intelligence by Michael Maclay 22 July 2024
  • Jason James, Director General of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation will talk about Trinity alumnus Keiichi Kurosawa (黒澤敬一), early Western music pioneer Video event (zoom, link will be sent to all registered in advance) Prior registration required until Wednesday 17 July 2024. For registration you can use the form below. Keiichi Kurosawa (黒澤敬一, Trinity 1925) Eldest…

    Jason James: “Keiichi Kurosawa 黒澤敬一, Trinity, Japan’s Western early music pioneer” 18 July 2024 (zoom+YouTube)
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 21 June 2024 at 6pm we will have our dinner in central Tokyo. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 11,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. Registration and prepayment until one…

    Trinity Japan 21 June 2024
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 31 May 2024 at 6pm we will have our dinner in central Tokyo. Dominic Lieven is planning to join us. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 11,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai…

    Trinity Japan with Dominic Lieven 31 May 2024
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 10 May 2024 at 6pm we will have our dinner in central Tokyo this time with Kanazawa College of Art alumni Cost of this meeting will be YEN 11,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list,…

    Trinity Japan with Kanazawa College of Art alumni 10 May 2024
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 29 March 2024 at 6pm we will have our お花見 🌸 dinner in central Tokyo. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 11,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. Registration and prepayment until…

    Trinity Japan お花見 🌸 29 March 2024
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 1 March 2024 at 6pm we will have our next Trinity Japan dinner in central Tokyo. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 11,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. Registration and…

    Trinity Japan 1 March 2024
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 9 February 2024 at 6pm we will have our shinnenkai (New Year 2024) dinner in central Tokyo. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 11,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. Registration…

    Shinnenkai 9 February 2024
  • Mr Andreas Demetriades, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon, outgoing President at European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (Trinity 1997) On Saturday 3 February 2024 in central Tokyo. Mr Andreas Demetriades video event with Trinity Japan On youtube: https://youtu.be/k14YrfgJo_8 To register All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students, alumni or members living in or visiting Japan are more…

    Mr Andreas Demetriades, Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon (Trinity 1997), 3 February 2024
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Thursday 21 December 2023 at 6pm we will have our annual bonenkai (year end) dinner in central Tokyo. Trinity Honorary Fellow Dominic Lieven may join us for this event. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner…

    Bonenkai 21 December 2023
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 1 December 2023 at 6pm we will have our dinner meeting in central Tokyo. Trinity Honorary Fellow Dominic Lieven may join us for this event. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks…

    Trinity Japan 1 Dec 2023
  • Professor Sarah Teichmann FRS (Trinity 1993), Head of Cellular Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge Professor Sarah Teichmann (Trinity 1993), Head of Cellular Genetics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, Director of Research at the Cavendish Lab, and alumna of Trinity, has kindly agreed to give us a video talk and discussion on…

    Sarah Teichmann – Mapping the human body: one cell at a time, 3 Oct 2023 (zoom)
  • All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome On Friday 22 September 2023 at 6pm we will meet for our first dinner after summer in central Tokyo. Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 per person including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. Registration…

    Dinner meeting Friday 22 September 2023 at 6pm
  • Tobias Wolff (Trinity 1995) has kindly agreed to join us for a zoom discussion on his work as Intendant (director) of the Opera House Leipzig. Intendant Tobias Wolff Tobias Wolff (Trinity 1995) studied for his MA in Music at Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1995-1998. Tobias Wolff studied music at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1995 to…

    Tobias Wolff, Intendant (director) of the Opera House Leipzig. zoom. 11 July 2023