Welcome Reception for Sweden’s New Ambassador Viktoria Li at Her Residence
On Thursday 13th February 2025, the Japan-Sweden Society (JSS) hosted a reception at the residence of Ambassador Viktoria Li to formally welcome her as the Swedish Ambassador to Japan. The event was attended by JSS members and moderated by Managing Director Stefan Nilsson.
On 6th November 2024, the Japan-Sweden Society hosted its Annual Nobel Dinner at the Tokyo American Club. Professor Svante Pääbo, the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2022, was our distinguished guest speaker. He is Professor of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and also Adjunct Professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). We were delighted to have Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado as our guest of honour at the event.
Courtesy Call on Sweden’s New Ambassador Viktoria Li by JSS Executive Officers
On Wednesday, September 18th 2024, the executive officers of the Japan-Sweden Society (JSS), led by Acting President Seiji Morimoto, Vice President Carl Eklund, and Managing Director Stefan Nilsson, paid a courtesy call to Ambassador Viktoria Li of Sweden.
Farewell reception for Sweden’s Ambassador Pereric Högberg at Tokyo Daijingu
On Wednesday 3rd July 2024, the Japan-Sweden Society (JSS) held a reception for Ambassador Pereric Högberg and his wife Anna at the Matsuya Salon of the Tokyo Daijingu to bid farewell to them.
Lecture on “Sweden and I” by Distinguished University Professor Miyazono of the University of Tokyo at the Residence of Swedish Ambassador
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the Japan-Sweden Society (JSS), in cooperation with Swedish Ambassador Pereric Högberg, hosted a lecture titled "Sweden and I" by Distinguished University Professor Kohei Miyazono of the University of Tokyo at the ambassador's residence. Approximately thirty JSS members and their guests attended the event.
JSS Annual Nobel Dinner with Professor Yamanaka in the presence of Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado
On November 7, 2023, the Society hosted its Annual Nobel Dinner at the Tokyo American Club. Professor Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2012 for his discovery of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, was the guest speaker. The dinner was graced by the presence of H.I.H Princess Takamado as guest of honour at the event.
Lecture by the Nobel Foundation's Chairman
On Saturday 22nd April 2023, The Japan-Sweden Society and Tokyo College co-hosted a lecture by Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman of the Nobel Foundation. The lecture, "Cancer research – Inspiration from the Nobel Prizes", took place at The University of Tokyo.
JSS Annual Nobel Dinner with Dr Yoshino
On December 1, 2022, the Society organized a Nobel lecture by Dr. Akira Yoshino, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2019 for his contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries, a small energy system used to power mobile devices.
Panel discussion on Sweden’s NATO membership co-hosted by JSS and the University of Tokyo
On Monday 31st October 2022, the Japan-Sweden Society held a panel discussion on Sweden’s NATO membership jointly with the University of Tokyo at the Komaba Campus.
Japan’s former Ambassador to Sweden talked about the “Wonders of Sweden”
On 7th July 2022, The Japan-Sweden Society hosted a seminar and networking event at the Embassy of Sweden. A presentation about the wonders of Sweden by Shigeyuki Hiroki, former Japanese Ambassador to Sweden, took place in the Alfred Nobel Auditorium.
