JSPS London : Events

A Japan-Scotland symposium that brought together thinkers from across academia, culture and society to inspire more holistic understandings of mind, selves and world for the critical and creative development of our technologies, cultures and societies.

Fission-Fusion Perspectives and Complex Issues

Report edited by Dr Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh

Appendix Art Workshop

Report written by Dr Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh and Dr Goro Murayama, University of Tokyo

Posted on 20 May 2026

JSPS London Pre Departure Seminar and Evening Reception

Non-academic

12:30-19:00, Tuesday 4^th November 2025, JSPS London (by invitation only).

Event Programme

Presentations from this event:

Preparing for your research trip

Mr Taiki Satow, Deputy Director, JSPS London

JSPS Programmes and after your Fellowship

Ms Asuka Nishida, International Programme Associate, JSPS London

Experiences as a JSPS Fellow

Professor Keith Willison, Imperial College London

The Latest Activities of the UK and Ireland JSPS Alumni Associations

Professor Andrew Quantock, Alumni Association Chair (Cardiff University)

Funding opportunities from other Japanese organisations:

The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation's Funding Programmes for Research in Japan

Ms Susan Meehan, Scholarship and Grants Officer

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation's Funding Programmes for Research in Japan

Mr Charles Bodsworth, Chief Executive

Posted on 05 November 2025

Ireland-Japan Seminar: Caring Communities in Japan and Ireland: collaboration, engagement and intergeneration relations for realising Ageing in Place

Academic

Date and Time: 10:00-16:00 Tuesday 28th October 2025

Venue: Quinn School of Business – Belfield Campus, University College Dublin

This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.

The aims of this event are to bring together academics, practitioners and early-career researchers in the two countries, and to discuss the current policy and practice in this area where life sciences (public health nursing) and social sciences (public policy and social work) intersect.

Building on our long-term commitment and strong track record of successful partnership, this cross-disciplinary initiative will cement the two countries’ research communities in this area. It is also designed to create a learning platform for addressing common challenges and opportunities surrounding community-based initiatives, by and for older people internationally.

For further information, please contact the event host below.

Dr Naonori Kodate

https://people.ucd.ie/naonori.kodate

Programme

Posted on 28 October 2025

UK-Japan Seminar: Chalcogenide nanoelectronics and photonics: a vehicle for collaboration and exchanges between Birmingham and Japan

Academic

Date and Time: 9:00-17:45 Tuesday 30th September 2025

Venue: Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham Campus

This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.

The aim of this event is to foster collaborative research between Birmingham and Japan in the field of chalcogenide nanoelectronics and photonics.

By bringing together leading experts and complimentary skillsets from the UK and Japan we will discuss ways to jointly further develop active chalcogenide materials for applications in data storage, optical routing, computing, displays, photovoltaics, and infrared detectors.

For further information, please contact the event host below.

Dr Robert E Simpson

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/eese/simpson-robert

Programme

Posted on 30 September 2025

UK-Japan Seminar: Interactive theorem prover + Generative AI in maths seminar 2025

Academic

Date and Time: 13:00-17:00 17 September 2025

Venue: Room Laver 320 University of Exeter

This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.

The purpose of this seminar is to investigate ways in which the Interactive Theorem Prover & generative AI can effectively support mathematicians' practice and mathematics education.

Interactive theorem prover + Generative AI in maths seminar 2025

For further information, please contact the event host.

Posted on 04 September 2025

UK-Japan Seminar:Integrating Biological Sciences and AI for Next-Generation Immunotherapy

Academic

9:00AM -6:30PM, Tuesday 22nd July 2025

(Door open:8:30AM-)

Venue: Imperial College London – Flowers Building, G47A, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ

This seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme.

The seminar event, “Integrating Biological Sciences and AI for Next- Generation Immunotherapy,” is scheduled for 22nd July 2025 at Imperial College London, ranked 9th globally. It brings together leading researchers from the UK and Japan across multiple disciplines—Immunology, Molecular Biology, Virology, and Computational Science/AI—to drive innovations in immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major breakthrough in cancer treatment, recognised by the 2018 Nobel Prize. Historically, Japan has made significant contributions to immunology research, including key discoveries that paved the way for modern immunotherapy. Yet, there is a growing need for more integrated, cross-disciplinary collaborations to tackle the complexity of the immune system. This seminar aims to spark new bilateral dialogues between the UK and Japan, uniting scientific strengths and resources to foster novel therapeutic strategies and approaches.

Programme

Posted on 04 July 2025

JSPS London Pre Departure Seminar and Evening Reception

Non-academic

12:30-19:00, Wednesday 23^rd April 2025, JSPS London (by invitation only).

Event Programme

Presentations from this event:

A History of the JSPS Alumni Association for the UK and Republic of Ireland

Professor Naoto Kobayashi, Director, JSPS London

Preparing for your Research Trip

Dr Yumiko Myoken, Deputy Director, JSPS London

JSPS Programmes and After your Fellowship

Mr Yusuke Nishida, International Programme Associate, JSPS London

Experiences as a JSPS Summer Research Fellow

Ms Narin Aker (University College London)

Research Environment in Japanese Institutions

Dr Stephen Lyth (University of Strathclyde)

Latest Activities of the UK and Ireland JSPS Alumni Association

Professor Alessandra Devoto (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Funding opportunities from other Japanese organisations:

The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation's Funding Programmes for Research in Japan

Ms Susan Meehan, Scholarship and Grants Officer

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation's Funding Programmes for Research in Japan

Ms Miwako Hayashi Bitmead, Programmes Executive

Posted on 30 April 2025

UK-Japan Seminar: Robotics, Religion and Ethics

Academic

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday 28^th February 2025

Room: Engineering B_2B.025 M&T, Oxford Road Campus, University of Manchester

This multidisciplinary seminar is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme. The event’s aim is to bring together experts in robotics, machine learning, AI, ethics and religion and who are based in the UK, EU and Japan, to address timely questions and larger debates over the ethical implications of AI and human-robot interactions. This will include discussion on the state of the art current applications of social robots and human-robot interaction in care and religion, and discussion and application of ethics principles and guidelines for future research on ethical AI and robotics systems.

For more information about this seminar including event programme and registration, please visit the following link:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofmanchester5/1489400

Posted on 09 December 2024

JSPS- Academy of Medical Sciences Joint Workshop

Academic

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JSPS London co-organised the workshop with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences on 16-17 October 2024, focusing on how to improve the resilience of health and public health systems in light of climate and environmental change. The workshop was attended by more than 40 researchers based in UK and Japan as well as related policy-makers.

The aims of the workshop were to:

・Bring together multisectoral expertise across the fields of climate and health, public health systems resilience, health inequalities, and planetary health

・Comprehensively identify and share country-specific initiative successes and challenges, knowledge, and expertise relating to this to learn from these and how they can be applied in Japan and the UK

・Understand where knowledge and research gaps lie and identify opportunities to address these in both countries

・Provide an opportunity for networking and a platform to share experiences between experts from Japan, the UK and internationally, and to identify the added benefit of international collaboration for this topic

Posted on 01 November 2024