Past Events

Date: Friday, April 19 (US); April 20 (Japan), 2024 Time: 7:00–9:30 p.m. EDT; 8:00 a.m. JST Moderator: Mac Gill Join us for a casual virtual meet-up organized around the EDT time zone for networking among wordsmiths in North America in particular. We'll begin with...

Leader: Ruth P. Stevens  Date: March 29 (Fri) Time: 4:00–6:00 p.m. Place: Gulliver Room, Book House Café,  Kitazawa Bldg., Jimbocho. See the cafe website at http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese) for maps. Come out from the Jimbocho subway at exit A1, turn right, and walk...

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, with subsequent sessions planned for the first Tuesday of the month: April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6… Time: 8:00-9:00 p.m. JST Moderator: Daniel Morales

Join us for a casual virtual meet-up to...

Speaker: Diane Hawley Nagatomo

Moderator: Louise George Kittaka

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024

Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (Zoom opens at 9:30 a.m. for pre-meeting visiting)

Drawing on a career that spans more than 30 years in Japan, Diane Hawley Nagatomo shared her experiences...

Date: Saturday, December 16, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (Zoom opens at 9:30 a.m. for pre-meeting visiting)

Advance registration (required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdeyqpzgjGtf1ciZoPg0yM0XQaVx_auZL

Has your workflow changed with the advent of new online tools? How did you carry on during the hottest summer in...

Speaker: David Joiner Moderator: Lisa Wilcut Date: Saturday, November 18, 2023

David Joiner is the author of Lotusland (Guernica Editions, 2015), set in Vietnam, and Kanazawa (Stone Bridge Press, 2022) and The Heron Catchers (forthcoming from SBP, November 2023), both set in Japan....

Friday, September 15, 2023 (Japan); Thursday, September 14 (North America) Hosts: Ruth Stevens and Lynne E. Riggs

Time: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 JST; 8:00 p.m. EDT; 5:00 p.m. PDT Advance registration (required): https://bit.ly/3LbPkvH 

How did a young person in 1970s...

Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (Zoom opens at 9:30 for pre-meeting visiting) Speakers: Any participants who care to share Advance registration (required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scO2tqzstH9Lpnvs-CwVn_8m2kSXC4-tN

As we leave the pandemic, tourism surges ahead and projects gain momentum. Clients with little...

Speaker: Dr. Peter Yanase, project researcher, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Nabunken) Date: Saturday, July 22, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (Zoom opens at 9:30 for pre-meeting visiting) Advance registration (required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoduihqj0uEtbJIPsPuiEeUGae0C8egZtm

A Japanologist with particular interest in philosophy of...

Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon JST Speakers: Any participants who care to share Advance registration (required): https://bit.ly/SWET-Jun-17-2023

How has COVID impacted you personally and professionally? Haven’t been on a train in three years? Moved to the countryside? Missing casual...