Book Breaks

Book Break : Stephen Mansfield, author of “Tokyo: A Biography”

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 18:15 - 20:20

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 18:15 - 20:30 Stephen Mansfield A tribute to one of the world’s great capitals, the book is also a critical history, a candid, realistic account of a city whose past is often obfuscated by the distortions of nostalgia. Tracing the...

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FCCJ GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:30

Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 18:30 To All Regular Members: FCCJ GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 6:30pm, Wednesday, March 8, 2017 There will be a General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, March 8, at 6:30pm. The Agenda is as follows: (1) FY2017 Budget and Business Plan Proposal (Term: April 2017...

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Book Break: Hiromi T. Rogers, author of “Anjin - The Life & Times of Samurai William Adams, 1564-1620 : As Seen Through Japanese Eyes”

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 18:15 - 20:30

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 18:15 - 20:30 A Japanese scholar has combined her study of Western accounts with years of research in Japan to tell the full story Hiromi T. Rogers Author and an Exeter Ph.D. Much has been written about William...

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New Year Owarai (Laughter) Party at the FCCJ

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 A 2017 New Year Owarai Party, featuring a laughter yoga workshop, a laughter expert talking about the benefits of laughter in mind and body, and Rakugo in Japanese and English! As the saying goes, fortune comes in by a merry gate....

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Book Break: Alex Kerr, author of "Another Kyoto"

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 18:15 - 20:30

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 18:15 - 20:30 (PHOTO BY YUJI ONO) Alex Kerr Another Kyoto is a "spoken" rather than a written book. It came about as a collaboration between Kyoto-based journalist Kathy Arlyn Sokol and writer Alex Kerr. As Kathy and Alex walked...

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