You can communicate with other specialists in clinical care, public & global health and medical anthropology at unformal networking events.

◆◆◆ Upcoming ‘Plaza’ ◆◆◆

19:00-21:00 (JST), Saturday 4 April 2026, Shinjuku / Online
Small Talk: ‘Hospital Internship in Kerala, India’
TAKAYAMA Yoshimasa (Medical student, Tokushima University)

◆◆◆ Past ‘Plaza’ ◆◆◆

Date: Monday 27 October 2025, 18:00–20:00 (JST)
Venue: Shinjuku / Online
Small Talk: The Current State of Health and Medical Care in Vietnam and JICA’s Cooperation
Speaker: Kanako Kon (Japan International Cooperation Agency: JICA)

Date: Monday 6 October 2025, 18:00–20:00 (JST)
Venue: Shinjuku / Online
Small Talk: Why Does Living Help Heal the Wounds of the Soul? — An Ethnography of Rwanda
Speaker: Yuko Otake (Medical Anthropologist, University College London)

Date: Monday 28 July 2025, 19:00–21:00 (JST)
Venue: Online
Small Talk: International Expansion of Telemedicine
Speaker: Shunsuke Takagi (Intensive Care Physician, Yokohama City University Hospital / CROSS SYNC Co., Ltd.)

Date: Saturday 15 February 2025, 19:00–21:00 (JST)
Venue: Online
Small Talk: How Is Identity Formed? — From Fukushima to Outer Space
Speaker: Arisa Okumura-Jimarin (Space Anthropology, University College London / JAXA)

Date: Tuesday 28 January 2025, 19:00–21:00 (JST)
Venue: Online
Small Talk: Working as a Healthcare Professional Outside Japan
Speaker: Yasumi Shibata (Physician based in London)

Date: Friday 12 April 2024, 19:00–21:00 (JST)
Venue: Shinjuku / Online
Small Talk: Kotobuki-chō: From a Clinic in a District of Former Day Labourers
Speaker: Atsushi Kaneko (Physician, Yokohama City University / Kotobuki Health and Welfare Exchange Centre Clinic)

Date: Wednesday 20 December 2023, 18:30–20:30 (JST)
Venue: Akihabara
Small Talk: Frontline Home-Visit Nursing in Laos
Speaker: Kazumi Akao (Representative, Friends JAPAN; Nurse)

Date: Sunday 29 October 2023, 20:00–21:30 (JST)
Venue: Online
Small Talk The Use of AI in Music Therapy Practice
Speaker: Hikari Sandhu (Certified Music Therapist)

Date: Sunday 23 July 2023, 19:30–21:00 (JST)
Venue: Online
Small Talk: Contemporary Medical Anthropology in the United Kingdom
Speaker: Yuko Otake (Medical Anthropologist, University College London)