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An updated starting point for practical information about living in Canberra, replacing CJC’s former handbook.
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Japanese-language support for loneliness and isolation overseas
Free, anonymous Japanese-language chat support for people overseas, together with Australian crisis-support contacts.
CJC Annual General Meeting and Annual Lunch Held on 28 September 2025
The CJC Annual General Meeting and Annual Lunch were held at East Hotel in Kingston on Sunday, 28 September 2025.
Book Club Reading List Updated
The CJC Book Club reading list covering 2016–2026 has been updated.
2024 CJC AGM and Annual Lunch report
A record of the CJC Annual General Meeting and Annual Lunch held at the Hellenic Club in Woden on 22 September 2024.
CJC Annual General Meeting & 25th Anniversary Lunch Held
The CJC Annual General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Lunch were held at the Yacht Club in Yarralumla on Sunday, 22 October 2023.
CJC Talk: Wearing kimono in Japan and overseas
A record of Tae Gessner’s 4 March 2023 CJC Talk on the pleasures and possibilities of wearing kimono overseas.
CJC Talk: Australia and sake
A 2022 talk by Tsuyoshi Endo on sake’s popularity in Australia and the new sake culture supported by overseas markets.
CJC Talk: A Japanese correspondent’s experience in Australia
A 2022 talk by then NHK Sydney bureau chief Midori Aoki on reporting in Australia during the pandemic and from Ukraine.
Aoi Suzu’s third selected tanka collection
A record of Aoi Suzu Tanka Group’s third collection, bringing together three years of poems published in the CJC newsletter.
Tone chime performances during stay-at-home restrictions
A 2020 project in which members recorded their parts at home and combined them into shared performances.
CJC Talk: Silk Road patterns and poetry
Poet-calligrapher Noriko Tanaka and artist Savanhdary Vongpoothorn discuss a collaboration inspired by Tōdaiji’s Nigatsudō.