officially recognized group: Trinity College, Cambridge University
Registration and pre-payment before 21 August 2026.
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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:
On Friday 31 October 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo. Professor Dominic Lieven has kindly agreed to give us a short talk and discuss around the topic “Do wars always end in negotiations?”
Dominic Lieven is Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity
College Cambridge, Fellow of the British Academy, and Honorary
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Dominic Lieven was Distinguished Professor in International History at the London School of Economics LSE, 1978-2011.
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 24 October 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
On Saturday 20 September 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo – please note its Saturday this time –
Amanda Talhat (Trinity 2006) will join us this time. Amanda studied Natural Sciences and then stayed for a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, all at Trinity.
Amanda is research leader at Nestlé, most recently leading a group of 50+ as Head of Physics and Technology at Nestlé.
You’ll be able to ask Amanda everything you always wanted to know, and never dared to ask, about food!
Registration and prepayment until one week before by Friday 12 September 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
On Friday 29 August 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 22 August 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
On Friday 11 July 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 4 July 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
Lunch meeting with Frank Stajano, Professor of Security and Privacy, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Director and Founder of Cambridge Cyber, for discussions on cybersecurity, e-money and other topics in Tokyo.
On Friday 27 June 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo.
Three Cambridge medical students (two from Trinity) doing clinical electives in Tokyo, one stem-cell PhD researcher, and pharma/medical device professionals joined us, for discussions on neurosurgery, cancer surgery, stem-cell research, medical devices, and UK/Japan comparisons.
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 20 June 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
On Friday 30 May 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 23 May 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
Discussing Japan’s economic growth, national debt, Piero Sraffa and Trinity with Peter Poole-Wilson (Trinity 1988) 24 May 2025.
More about Trinity Fellow Piero Sraffa here: Lord John Eatwell on “Piero Sraffa: the Trinity enigma who placed a time bomb under economic theory”, 21 May 2021
Discussing corporate governance reforms, decarbonization, and investments in Japan with Joyce Yim (Trinity 1991) over Trinity dinner in Tokyo on 22 May 2025.
Trinity Japan discussing investing in AI and ventures in Japan, 9 May 2025 and 11 May 2025
Meeting with Trinity Fellow Per Ola Kristensson in Yokohama on 3 May 2025 with discussions on AI, Trinity in Japan and many other topics.
Per Ola Kristensson is Professor of Interactive Systems Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Per Ola leads the Intelligent Interactive Systems group, at the Engineering Design Centre, and he is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Inspired Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge
On Friday 25 April 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 18 April 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
On Thursday 3 April 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Friday 28 March 2025. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who 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:
On Thursday 20 February 2025 at 6pm we’ll meet for dinner in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until one week before on Thursday 13 February 2025. 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:
Trinity Japan dinner with Trinity PhD alumnus Ambassador Ra Jong-Yil on 18 December 2024.
Ambassador Ra Jong-Yil served as South Korea’s ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2003 and as its ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2007, and is former head of the Republic of Korea’s national intelligence service.
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
He is also Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall Cambridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_Jong-yil
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.
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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:
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Black_(rheumatologist)
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roly_Keating
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Location: central Tokyo, I will inform registered participants of the location and other details
Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 17:00 in Tokyo
All Trinity Fellows, alumni, members, students globally are welcome to join us.
Fee to include drinks party, dinner and unlimited drinks (from a limited menu): to be advised. (nijikai will be extra)
Registration and prepayment: required until Thursday 5 September 2024. For registration please use the form below.
Professor Stephen Toope is currently the 5th President and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
From 2017 – 2022, Professor Toope was the 346th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Professor Toope (Trinity 1983) graduated with a PhD in arbitration law from Trinity College Cambridge in 1987, and on 21 October 2016 was elected Honorary Fellow of Trinity.
Professor Toope graduated with an A.B. degree in English Literature and European History from Harvard College, and graduated with law degrees in common law and civil law from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1983.
Professor Toope has served in a long list of leadership positions including Dean of McGill University Faculty of Law, Head of the Trudeau Foundation, 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, Director of the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs, 346th Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, and now President and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), as well as a sequence of distinguished Professorships, and honorary positions and distinctions.
all Trinity Fellows, alumni and members are very welcome. Please state your connection to Trinity.
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We founded Trinity in Japan on 5 September 2014 – we will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Trinity in Japan with an event in Tokyo on Friday 6 September 2024.
Highlight of our 10 year celebration will be Ivan Sorrentino addressing one of the most charming and puzzling aspects of Japan – the general level of English in Japan. Ivan read Chemistry and Maths at Trinity, and for the last 30 years in the English language teaching industry in Japan, most in leading roles at Cambridge University Press.
All Trinity Fellows, alumni, members, students globally are welcome to join us.
Registration and prepayment before Friday 30 August 2024. I will send prepayment details to those who register with me.
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. These factors include motivation, teaching styles, assessment types, recognition and washback. Given this backdrop, what are the possible ways forward for Japan?
Head of Regional Marketing, Northeast and Southeast Asia Pacific
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
Ivan is the Head of Regional Marketing for the English language teaching and learning materials and exams at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, based in Tokyo. Although his current geographical remit covers countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, and Australia, the earlier part of his career was focused on Japan promoting materials and teaching methodologies aimed at prioritizing communicative competence and active learning over rote memorization.
In addition, his remit includes Recognition, where companies, educational institutes, ministries, and immigration departments recognize Cambridge exams as one of the key admission criteria.
Ivan Sorrentino (Trinity 1988) graduated with a BA in Chemistry and Mathematics from Trinity College and Cambridge University.
Dean of Chapel and Fellow,
Director of Studies in Theology,
Chair of Alumni Relations and Development, Trinity College
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Banner
http://trinitycollegechapel.com/whos-who/michael-banner/
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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 Japan:
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. These factors include motivation, teaching styles, assessment types, recognition and washback. Given this backdrop, what are the possible ways forward for Japan?
Head of Regional Marketing, Northeast and Southeast Asia Pacific
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
Ivan is the Head of Regional Marketing for the English language teaching and learning materials and exams at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, based in Tokyo. Although his current geographical remit covers countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, and Australia, the earlier part of his career was focused on Japan promoting materials and teaching methodologies aimed at prioritizing communicative competence and active learning over rote memorization.
In addition, his remit includes Recognition, where companies, educational institutes, ministries, and immigration departments recognize Cambridge exams as one of the key admission criteria.
Ivan Sorrentino (Trinity 1988) graduated with a BA in Chemistry and Mathematics from Trinity College and Cambridge University.
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 1945.
Reyhan Silingar’s PhD thesis topic:
Mobilising Monarchy: Emperor Hirohito and Japan’s Imperial House Diplomacy, 1921-1975
Based on her immersion into researching Japan’s Emperor and Imperial Household, Reyhan recently published some of her views on the Japanese Imperial Majesties visit to the UK in June 2024.
Read Reyhan Silingar’s article here:
Reyhan Silingar, “Monarchical Diplomacy in Japan-UK Relations – A recent state visit by Emperor Naruhito recalls the long history of monarch-to-monarch relations in Japanese and British foreign policy”, The Diplomat, August 15, 2024,
https://thediplomat.com/2024/08/monarchical-diplomacy-in-japan-uk-relations
Reyhan’s page at the University of Cambridge
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 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:
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 week before on Monday 15 July 2024. I will send location details, payment and account details for prepayment to those who register.
As a UK Foreign Office diplomat Michael was career diplomat for eight years in Lagos, the British Mission to the United Nations, and in the Foreign Office. He worked at the Foreign Office as a special adviser to the foreign secretary, Douglas Hurd, dealing mainly with the politics of the European Union and the Balkans. Michael worked with Swedish politician Carl Bildt, High Representative for Bosnia, as his special adviser and chief spokesman. Michael also worked as Journalist and television producer.
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