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.
Special guest Alan Gleason
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Discussion starts at 7:00.
Place (new venue): Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. We will be on the...
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• Rob Goss, on a SWET special interest group for travel writers
• Getting down to Brass Tacks on the Japan Style Sheet, 3rd edition
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Discussion starts at 7:00.
Place: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website...
Streamlining and Professionalizing Your Translation
Special guest: Beth Cary
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Discussion starts at 7:00.
Place (new venue): Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to...
Date: March 14, 2018
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. (Discussion starts at 7:00)
Place: new venue: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
(See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. We will...
December's Early Bird Talk Shop Special
With Leza Lowitz and Holly Thompson
Date: December 5, 2017 (Tues.)
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. (Doors open for visiting at 6:00)
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo;
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at...
With Jeff Robbins
Date: October 28, 2017 (Sat.)
Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m. (Dinner afterward at Italian restaurant Pacioccone. Set meal is 3500 yen.)
Place: (near Kyoto Station) Omiya campus of Ryukoku University (Ask at the gate)
Fee: 500 yen for members of SWET and...
Date: October 18, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for social hour)
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 look for...
This year, the 11th annual Japan Writers Conference will be held in Tokyo at Ekoda Campus of the Nihon University College of Art, October 8 & 9. (Please note that this is a Sunday and a Monday, with Monday being a national holiday.)...
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...
