Past Events

Past event notices are listed here in chronological order. Detailed summaries or reports of most past events have been published in the SWET Newsletter between February 1981 until April 2012; for these older events, check the Newsletter Archive.

Text for Tourism: Knowing the Audience, Tending the Details, Using Good Style (This event will be held in both Japanese and English.) 観光客向け資料の考え方:誰が相手か・細部へのこだわり・見てくれの良さ

このイベントは日本語と英語で行います。

Date: September 20, 2017 (Wednesday) Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for set-up and socializing) Place: Room...

SWET Kanto Summer Party and Book Fair: Special Guest Fred Schodt  

Highlight your summer with an afternoon in good company, sharing the pleasures and surprises of potluck and refreshments, hearing the story of a veteran wordsmith's career that speaks to all...

With Wendy Uchimura

Date: June 21, 2017 (Wed.) Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for visiting) Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and...

Workshop: Cultural Translation and the Information Gap

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m. for visiting) Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn...

Date: April 23, 2017 (Sunday) Time: 2:30–5:00 p.m. (doors open, networking at 2:00) Place: TKP Kyoto Shijo Karasuma Conference Center, Conference Room 2A Fee: ¥1,000 for SWET or JAT members; ¥2,000 for non-members Reservation and Inquiries (日本語 ok): SWET Kansai Access: http://www.kashikaigishitsu.net/facilitys/cc-kyoto-shijokarasuma/access/ 京都府京都市下京区仏光寺通室町東入釘隠町247番コーエーレオ To...

Date: April 15, 2017 (Saturday) Time: 4:00–6:00 p.m. (doors open, networking at 3:00) Place: Room 205, Wesley Center, 6-10-11, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062. Access map here. Fee: ¥500 SWET/JAT/SCBWI members; ¥1,000 non-members Reservation and Inquiries: SWET Topic: From opposite shores of...

Visitor: Katherine (Roo) Heins, freelance editor, proofreader, tea ceremony teacher and martial artist. Date: March 15, 2017 (Wed.) Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12...

Ideas and Plans for 2017

• Events (plenty of ideas*; making them happen) • Greater interactivity on the SWET website • Compiling Wordcraft: The SWET Files 2017 Date: February 22, 2017 (Wed.) Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho,...

Presenter: Alex Farrell Date: February 12, 2017 (Sunday) Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m. (followed by dinner nearby; details to follow) Place: Room 1, TKP Kyoto Shijo-Karasuma Kaigishitsu, Imon-Shijo Bldg, 7F (access map: http://www.kashikaigishitsu.net/facilitys/kg-kyoto-shijokarasuma/access/) Fee: ¥1,000 SWET/JAT members; 1,500 yen JTF members, 2,500 yen non-members Reservation and...

Date: December 26, 2016 (Monday) Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Fee: Potluck and BYOB RSVP: Please let us know you are coming! Place: Sumida Riverside Tower, 2F Meeting Room, Shinkawa 1-28-7, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-003. About 10 minutes walk from Kayabacho (Hibiya and Tozai Line)...