Main events:
- Annual General Meeting and Buffet Dinner Party
- Birthday Party for His Majesty King Charles
- Various Lectures and Talks Seminars and Courses
- Visits to see sports events and music concerts
- Outings and other social contributious etc.
Membership (as of December 2023):
72 corporate members (168 representatives individuals)
561 individual members
Officers (as of April 2024):
- Honorary President:
- Her Excellency Julia Longbottom CMG, His Majesty's Ambassador to Japan
- President
- Naoya Araki（Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc. / Chairman & CEO）
- Senior Vice-President:
- Carolyn Davidson, His Majesty's Consul-General, Osaka.
- Vice-President:
- Stephen Boyd (Mukogawa Wemen's University / Ex－Professor)
Shigeyoshi Ohsaki（Nara Medical University /Honorary Professor）
Shingo Torii (Suntory Holdings Limited / Vice Chairman) - Auditors:
- Shinichi Higaki (The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. / Executive Senior Officer)
Katsuhiko Takagi (Daikin Industries Ltd. / Applied Solutions Business Headquarters Executive Advisor) - Secretaries:
- Nick Campbell / The University of Dublin,Protesser&Fellow Emeritus
Toshiharu Takeda（Daiwakenkozai Co., / President）
- 1935:
- Founding meeting (14th May, at the Shin Osaka Hotel)
- '41～'45:
- (Second World War)
- '52:
- Post-war resurrection of the Society
- '61:
- Reception for Princess Alexandra on the occation of her visit to Japan（Miyako Hotel, Kyoto）
- '70:
- Reception for Prince Charls on the occations of his visit to Japan（Miyako Hotel, Kyoto）
- '75:
- Reception for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on the occations of her visit to Japan（Miyako Hotel, Kyoto）
- '77:
- Reception to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee (Royal Hotel, Osaka)
- '81:
- AGM and dinner party are held in the presence of Princess Chichibu (Kobe Portpia Hotel)
- '85:
- Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Society, attended by their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa and by the British Ambassador, Sir Stanley Giffard and Lady Giffard (Club Kansai)
- '86:
- Reception for Prince Charles and Lady Diana on the occasion of their visit to Japan （Miyako Hotel, Kyoto）
- '88:
- Reception for the Lord Mayor of London, attended by the Mayor of Osaka (Century Club).
- '91:
- (the Japan Festival 1991 held in the UK)
- '95:
- The Great Hanshin Earthquake. We cancelled 60th Anniversary Celebrations, and donated 1 million yen to the victims.
- '98:
- ("UK98" held in Japan)
- 2002:
- Queen Elizabeth's Golden Anniversary. Celebratory Birthday Party held at the Kobe Club, co-sponsored by the British Consulate
- '05:
- Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Society (Hotel Hankyu International)
- '11:
- The Great East Japan earthguake. We donated 1.5 million yen to the victims.
- '13:
- The First JBSK Day （Hankyu Umeda Main Store）
- '15～'17:
- The 80th Anniversary of the Society events
・Set up of Social Action Group
・U.K. Tour and Reunion Party in London
・Publication of 80th Anniversary Booklet - '20:
- We donated 0.5 millon yen to medical staff for Covid 19 in Osaka and Hyogo Pref.
- '23:
- Party for the Coronation and the Birthday of His Majesty King Charles
- '24:
- We donated 0.3 millon yen to Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
AGM and Party
After the each fiscal year, we hold the AGM where is a report of the year's activities and of plans for the following year, together with a treasurer's report. The AGM is the most important event of the society. Then the buffet-dinner party follows, which is a fine opportunity for members to get to know each other more.
The King's Birthday Party
We hold an annual party for His Majesty's birthday. This is an event to pray for the prosperities of Japan and U.K. at the same time since the both have respective monarchs.
Charity Bazaar
Every October on JBSK Day, we hold a charity bazaar, where we sell various goods donated by corporates and individuals who support our object, and we would donate the part of the profit to NPOs active in local social welfare and also would be utilized through our activities for social contribution.
Lectures and Talks
These cover a wide variety of subjects relating in one way or another to the UK, and are given by a wide variety of people, whether Japanese or British residents in Japan, some of them experts in their fields, others people who have had interesting or unusual experiences. It is also an opportunity to get to know the lecturers.
Other
Other events are also organized at the suitable time such as a welcome party and a farewell party for the Consul Generals etc., an event to appeal the society activities such as JBSK Day, volunteers at welfare facilities, outings, Xmas party and so on.
