Past Events

Date: August 25, 2023Time: 7:30 pm–9:30 pm JSTLocation: Zoom onlineMax: 100 participants (Registration deadline: August 22, 2023, 23:59 (JST) Online Networking with New JAT Board of Directors Join the JAT Directors for an online networking event. Learn what the JAT Directors hope to achieve in their terms, and share your own ideas and hopes for the future of JAT. This event is open to both JAT...

IJET is finally back!IJET-31 (the first IJET conference in four years) will take place on the 24th and 25th of June 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo. The theme of this year’s conference will be “On stage or backstage—翻訳通訳の可視性”, a consideration of when the translator should remain behind the scenes and anonymous, and when he or she should instead assume a more prominent role.A...

JAT Kansai (KAT) Pre-IJET Meeting and Evening Dine-and-Drink Event Date and location: Sunday, June 11th, Osaka, UmedaTime and place: 6:00 p.m. meeting startMeeting fee: None Meeting content: Mixed topics1. General J-E short text translation small group workshop2. Discussion on use of MT/AI tools to aid translation3. IJET preview of talks, what to expect Gather at JR Osaka Umeda Sakurabashi Gate...

JATLAW Online Lecture: Title: Legal Translation Viewed from Comparative Law PerspectivesDate:　Saturday, May 20, 2023Time: 15:30-17:30 (JST)Location:　Online (Zoom） Tickets: JAT members ¥0 / Non-members ¥3,000Tickets available until: 15:00, Sunday, May 14 , 2023(JST)This online lecture will be held in Japanese About the Lecture: Japan transplanted European law and drafted codes in Japanese...

Spring JAT regular networking event Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023Time: 17:00 – 18:30 (Japan time)Doors open: 16:45Moderator: Takeshi Miyahara, Chisako Inoshita, Chiaki Yano, Yukari Watanabe, Yumeko Futaki, Heidi KarinoLocation: Zoom Tickets: JAT members ¥0 / Non-members ¥500Inquiries: JAT PR Team [email protected] available until: Thursday, April 20, 2023, 23:59 *Please be sure to enter your...

Date: January 20, Friday, 2023Time: 12:00 to 13:00 JST (Networking: 12:00 to 12:45; Yoga: 12:45 to 13:00)Location: Online (Zoom)JATBOOK: Networking and YogaNetworking and Yoga will be held in Japanese. Please click here for this session’s Japanese information.JATBOOK Moderators Nakazawa Kanna and Yano ChiakiYoga Instructor Nakazawa Kanna Moderator profiles Nakazawa Kanna Worked as an in-house...

About the event: For better or worse, Covid-19 touched legal translation professionals just as much as everyone else. After a challenging three years, at last, things are starting to move on in the world. Are you ahead of the curve or curious about new ideas? Either way, why not join us for a chat with other JATLAW colleagues? Face-to-face interaction has been out of the question during...

JATTAC: Online Year-end Networking Party Come and celebrate 2022 with fellow linguists at JATTAC year-end networking Bonenkai. Tokyo Activities Committee (TAC) are hosting their annual event online again this year, giving more people the chance to participate regardless of location. The event is free for JAT members and \500 for non-members and is a great chance to catch up with old friends and...

WebinarThis session will be presented in Japanese. Please click here for this session’s Japanese information.

Professional Japanese-English Conferences on Translation (ProJECTs) are one-day conferences organised by JAT to cover various aspects of translation and the translation business. We will hold an in-person ProJECT from 9:00 to 5:00 on Saturday November 19, 2022 at Forum 8 in Shibuya. The theme is "Reconnect". For more details and registration (reduced rate till the end of October), please...