On the threshold of its twenty-fifth year, SWET has a long history to be proud of and a future to think about. What have we accomplished? What have we lost and gained? Where are we going? Gathering to celebrate the New Year is a good time to pause and remember as well as contemplate what the future holds.

Congratulatory Address: Kato Mikio, Executive Director, International House of Japan

Highlight: Guest Authors Introduce Their Books

• Donald Richie, [url=http://www.stonebridge.com/JAPANJOURNALS/JapanJournal.html]The Japan Journals[/url] (Stone Bridge Press, 2004)
• Fred Schodt, [url=http://www.stonebridge.com/RANALD/ranald.html]Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan[/url] (Stone Bridge Press, 2003)
• Leza Lowitz, [url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/0935086323]Green Tea to Go: Stories from Tokyo[/url] (Printed Matter Press, 2004)

Copies of their books will be on sale.

Date: January 22, 2005 (Sat.)

Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Place: International House of Japan, 5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku
106-0032. ([url=http://www.i-house.or.jp/ihj_e/index.html]Access information[/url])

Fee: 5,000 yen per person (non-members 6,000 yen); 2,000 for children
under 13.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by Jan.  18 by [url=https://www.swet.jp/contact.php?mt=events]e-mail[/url] or by fax to 03-3430-1740.