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.
With Robert Blasiak and Stuart Ayre
Date: September 27, 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open 6:00 for socializing)
Place: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo) Room 204 (Map) (http://wesley.or.jp/english/access/index.html)
Fee: No charge
This SWET talk will feature presentations by German-to-English...
Date: September 18 (Friday)
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway (Toei) stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with...
“Excess Baggage”: Karen Ma on Writing Transnational Fiction
Potluck dinner
Date: July 17, 2015 (Friday)
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (Talk with Karen Ma 7:30–8:15, followed by a Q&A)
Place: Wesley Center, Room 205
Fee: Free of charge, open to SWET members and their guests
RSVP:...
It's summer, so let's enjoy dining al fresco on a rooftop in Umeda. This family event is open to members and friends of SWET and JAT, and their families and friends. Don't miss a great chance to catch up with...
Leader: Sheila McNellis Asato
Date: July 12, 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m. (followed by Summer Party nearby at 6:30 p.m. Details here.)
Venue: U’s2, Umeda, Osaka Tel: 06-6345-1325 (Map)
Address: 大阪府大阪市北区梅田2-1-18 (5 minutes' walk from Umeda Sta./JR Osaka Sta.)
Fee: 1,000 yen SWET members, 1,500 yen JAT members; 2,000...
Date: June 17, 2015 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; Use the A2 exit of Jinbocho subway station; turn left at street level and walk about 12 steps; look for the (very) small “Books on Japan” flag over the...
Date: May 20, 2015 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; use the A2 exit of Jinbocho subway station; turn left at street level and walk about 12 steps; the "Books on Japan" flag hangs over the doorway...
International House of Japan, Tokyo
Note: The same talk will be given at
J. F. Oberlin, Machida Campus
What is translation, and what is a literary translation? After a half-century of translating, Professor Carpenter is still looking for answers to...
Instructor: Barry Lancet, author of Japantown and Tokyo Kill
Date: May 10, 2015 (Sunday)
Time: Lecture session 2:00-3:30 p.m.; Workshop session 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Lecture and/or workshop fee: 1,000 yen
Place: Wesley Center, Room 204
RSVP: If you want to have an ms...
The Central Japan Literature Society announces its inaugural event, details below. Please join them for an afternoon of discussion and sharing involving literary works. (For this meeting, most work will be in English; other languages are possible if accompanied by...
