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The Japan Society of the United Kingdom, founded in 1891, is an organisation that fosters British-Japanese relations. It is the oldest such organisation dedicated to inter-cultural understanding and positive relationships between a European Country and Japan. The society is also known as the ''Japan Society of London'', or simply as ''The Japan Society''.


History

The society grew out of a meeting of the International Congress of Orientalists, held in
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on 9 September 1891, when a resolution was passed calling for the formation of a society "for the encouragement of
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese studies and for the purpose of bringing together all those in the United Kingdom and throughout the world who are interested in Japanese matters". The society's founder, Arthur Diosy (1856-1923), was a debonair figure, who spoke fluent Japanese, and wrote several books including ''The New Far East.


Membership

The society reports that it has a membership in excess of 1,000 individual and corporate members, 45% of which are Japanese.


Merger

In October 2007, the UK charity Japan 21, merged into the society, which adopted its educational and grassroots activities relating to Japan, alongside the society's business-related, academic and cultural activities.


Publications

* From 1957 to 1985, the society published: * From 1892 to 1941, the society published: * Publication dates for ''Transactions and Proceedings''
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See also

* Japan–United Kingdom relations *
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*
Hugh Cortazzi Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi, (2 May 1924 – 14 August 2018) was a British diplomat. He was also a distinguished international businessman, academic, author and prominent Japanologist. He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan ...
* The
Japan–British Society The Japan–British Society (or ) was founded in 1908 "to encourage the study of things British and to promote cordial relations between the peoples of Great Britain and Japan." It is the oldest bilateral organization in Japan, promoting interna ...
*
Joseph Henry Longford Joseph Henry Longford (25 June 1849 in Dublin – 12 May 1925 in London) was a British consular official in the British Japan Consular Service from 24 February 1869 until 15 August 1902. He was Consul in Formosa (1895–97) after the First ...
- Vice-President in 1922 *
Walter Weston Walter Weston (25 December 1861 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman and Anglican missionary who helped popularise recreational mountaineering in Japan at the turn of the 20th century. Background and early life Weston was born 25 Dece ...


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