Trinity Japan

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Category: bonenkai

  • Bonenkai dinner 16 Dec 2025 at 7:30pm. Ambassador Ra Jong Yil will speak on “The Dragon and the Beauty – Why a political scientist writes fairy tale stories”

    Bonenkai dinner 16 Dec 2025 at 7:30pm. Ambassador Ra Jong Yil will speak on “The Dragon and the Beauty – Why a political scientist writes fairy tale stories”

    Trinity bonenkai dinner on Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 7:30pm in Tokyo

    Ambassador Ra Jong Yil (Trinity 1967) will speak on “The Dragon and the Beauty – Why a political scientist writes fairy tale stories” (in person in Tokyo only, not on zoom)

    • 7:30pm – 8:00pm Ambassador Ra Jong Yil: “The Dragon and the Beauty – Why a political scientist writes fairy tale stories”
    • 8:00pm – 10pm dinner
    • 10:15pm – nijikai

    Registration and prepayment before Tuesday 9 December 2025. I will send location and pre-payment details to those who register.

    Ambassador Ra Jong Yil (Trinity 1967)

    Ambassador Ra Jong Yil graduated with a PhD from Trinity, and held a long list of leadership positions in the South-Korean government, including National Security Advisor to President Roh Moohyun, a ministerial position, deputy director of the South Korean National Intelligence Service, Ambassador to the UK and to Japan, and President of Woosuk University (a private University with about 8000 students). He is University Distinguished Professor at Gachon University.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_Jong-yil

    He is Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall Cambridge

    Ambassador Ra Jong-Yil donated the “Ra Jong-Yil Distinguished Lecture in Korean Studies” to the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

    https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/ra-jong-yil-distinguished-lecture

    Ambassador Ra has written a long list of books, including

    To register:

    All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students, alumni or members living in or visiting Japan are more than welcome to join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

    • Bonenkai Friday 20 December 2024 at 6pm in Tokyo

      Bonenkai Friday 20 December 2024 at 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.

      • 6:00pm – 8:30pm dinner
      • 8:45pm – nijikai

      Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 13 December 2024. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

      To register:

      All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students, alumni or members living in or visiting Japan are more than welcome to join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

      • Bonenkai 21 December 2023

        Bonenkai 21 December 2023

        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.

        • 6:00pm – 9:30pm dinner
        • 9:45pm – nijikai
        Trinity Japan Bonenkai Thursday 21 December 2023
        Trinity Japan Bonenkai Thursday 21 December 2023
        Trinity Japan Bonenkai Thursday 21 December 2023
        Trinity Japan Bonenkai Thursday 21 December 2023
        Trinity Japan Bonenkai Thursday 21 December 2023
        Trinity Japan Bonenkai Thursday 21 December 2023

        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 and prepayment until Thursday 14 December 2023. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

        Trinity Japan on youtube:

        https://www.youtube.com/trinityjapan?sub_confirmation=1

        To register

        All Trinity College Cambridge Fellows, students, alumni or members living in or visiting Japan are more than welcome to join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

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        • Bonenkai in Tokyo (Friday 16 December 2022)

          Bonenkai in Tokyo (Friday 16 December 2022)

          All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome

          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022
          Trinity Japan bonenkai year end dinner 16 December 2022

          On Friday 16 December 2022 at 6:00pm we will have our annual Trinity in Japan bonenkai (year end party) in Tokyo.

          • 6:00pm – 8:30 discussion and dinner
          • nijikai

          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. We will meet in central Tokyo.

          Registration and prepayment until Friday 9 December 2022. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

          Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.

          Register for our Youtube channel to view recordings of our discussion meetings:

          https://www.youtube.com/trinityjapan?sub_confirmation=1

          To register

          If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

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          • 10 Dec 2021 Bonenkai (year end meeting)

            10 Dec 2021 Bonenkai (year end meeting)

            All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome

            On Friday 10 December 2021 at 7:00pm we will have our bonenkai year end dinner party here in Tokyo:

            • 7:00pm – 9:30pm dinner
            • nijikai

            Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. We will meet in central Tokyo.

            Registration and prepayment until Friday 3 December 2021. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

            Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.

            Register for our Youtube channel to view recordings of our discussion meetings:

            https://www.youtube.com/trinityjapan?sub_confirmation=1

            To register

            If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

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            • Trinity in Japan bonenkai, 18 Dec 2020

              Trinity in Japan bonenkai, 18 Dec 2020

              All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome

              On Friday 18 December 2020 at 7:30pm we will have our bonenkai year end party:

              • 7:30pm – 9:30pm dinner
              • nijikai

              Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. We will meet in central Tokyo.

              Registration and prepayment until Friday 11 December 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

              Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.

              Register for our Youtube channel to view recordings of our discussion meetings:

              https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_I77ZuU_ce8ZKVdAysPWkA?sub_confirmation=1

              Trinity in Japan bonenkai 2020
              Trinity in Japan bonenkai 2020

              To register

              If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

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              • 18 December 2019 bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra

                18 December 2019 bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra

                Trinity in Japan Christmas, Year End and bonenkai meeting

                All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni welcome

                On Wednesday 18 December 2019 at 7pm we will hold our Trinity in Japan ‘forget the year’ bonenkai dinner meeting.

                Ambassador Ra, who served as South Korean Ambassador to the UK and to Japan will join us.

                Location: in central Tokyo.

                • 7pm – 9:30pm kaiseki (Japanese banquet) dinner
                • after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby

                The fee including kaiseki dinner and unlimited drinks will be YEN 10,000, nijikai drinks etc are separate.

                All members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni – living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.

                Registration and prepayment until Friday 13 December 2019. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

                Usually we go for nijikai after dinner drinks nearby.

                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
                18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra

                To register and enquiries:

                If you are Trinity College Cambridge member – Fellow, Past Fellow, student or alumni living in or visiting Japan please join us.

                To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:

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                • Informal bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018

                  Informal bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018

                  All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome

                  Informal Trinity bonenkai. Members are welcome to bring one guest.

                  On Tuesday 25 December 2018 at 7pm we’ll meet for an informal bonenkai. There is no fixed charge, and we’ll split the cost expected to be around YEN 5000 each.

                  All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome and each member is very welcome to bring one guest.

                  Registration is flexible, but in order to reserve space in the busy bonenkai period, please let me know by Friday 21 December if you attend.

                  Informal Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                  Informal Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                  Informal Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                  Informal Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                  Informal Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 25 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo

                  To register:

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                  • Bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018

                    Bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018

                    All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome

                    Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo

                    • 7pm – 9:30pm dinner meeting
                    • after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby

                    The fee including dinner and unlimited drinks will be YEN 10,000, nijikai drinks etc are separate.

                    All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.

                    Registration and prepayment until Tuesday 11 December 2018. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

                    Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                    Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                    Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                    Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo
                    Trinity bonenkai year end meeting Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 7pm in Tokyo

                    To register and to contact us:

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                    • Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven

                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven

                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai in Tokyo Friday 15 December 2017 at 7pm with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven

                      All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome

                      Trinity Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven is planning to join our bonenkai dinner!

                      The fee is again YEN 10,000 including a kaiseki menu and unlimited drinks for about 2 hours, please prepay the fee as always. Usually we go for nijikai nearby. (with kind support from the College, we may be able to offer a subsidized rate for students, interns or comparable, please let me know when you register in case you like to be considered).

                      Registration and prepayment deadline is Friday 8 December 2017. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven
                      Trinity in Japan bonenkai year end meeting on Friday 15 December 2017 with Senior Research Fellow Dominic Lieven

                      Dominic Lieven

                      Senior Research Fellow at Trinity, Professor Faculty of History

                      Professor Dominic Lieven’s most recent book Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia was selected as FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015, and was awarded the Pushkin House Prize – watch interviews with Professor Dominic Lieven here.

                      Professor Lieven’s recent book “Russia against Napoleon. The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814“, won the Wolfson History Prize and the Annual Prize of the Fondation Napoléon for the best foreign work on the Napoleonic era.

                      CIRSD Conference on WWI: Panel “What Kind of Failure?” – Prof. Dominic Lieven

                      Dominic Lieven: Dismantling Anglophone Hegemony Is a Costly Enterprise:

                      BOOKS:

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                    • Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016

                      Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016

                      Meet one of the most eminent scholars of Russian and European history

                      On Thursday 8 December 2016 at 19:00 Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven will join us again.

                      Professor Dominic Lieven is THE most eminent scholar and author of Russian history and much more, you can find more detail here and watch some of his video lectures below:

                      more about Dominic Lieven below

                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016
                      Trinity in Japan Bonenkai with Trinity Senior Research Fellow Professor Dominic Lieven on 8 December 2016

                      Dominic Lieven’s most recent book: Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia

                      Professor Dominic Lieven’s most recent book Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia was selected as FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015, and was awarded the Pushkin House Prize – watch interviews with Professor Dominic Lieven here.

                      Professor Lieven’s recent book “Russia against Napoleon. The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814“, won the Wolfson History Prize and the Annual Prize of the Fondation Napoléon for the best foreign work on the Napoleonic era.

                      CIRSD Conference on WWI: Panel “What Kind of Failure?” – Prof. Dominic Lieven

                      Dominic Lieven: Dismantling Anglophone Hegemony Is a Costly Enterprise

                      Here are some more of Professor Dominic Lieven’s works

                      To join (Trinity College Cambridge members only):

                      The fee is again YEN 10,000 including a kaiseki menu and unlimited drinks for about 2 hours, please prepay the fee as usual. Usually we go for nijikai nearby.

                      Registration and prepayment deadline is Friday 2 December 2016. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.

                      Trinity in Japan 27 Oct 2016
                      Trinity in Japan dinner meeting

                      If you are Trinity College Cambridge member living in or visiting Japan and like to register:

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