Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's First Transgender Candidate for Mayor Karen Yoda, Candidate for Shinjuku mayor 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, November 2, 2022 (The speech will be in English and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) Among the candidates lined up to contest local elections on November ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Tokyo Recognizes Same-Sex Partnerships    Soyoka Yamamoto, Representative of Partnership Act for Tokyo Gon Matsunaka, Vice Representative of Partnership Act for Tokyo 13:00-14:00 Tuesday, November 1, 2022 (The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Ingrida Simonyte, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Lithuania-Japan Strategic Partnership Forged in the Complicated Times: New Opportunities for Cooperation and Joint Response to Global Challenges 14:30-15:30 Friday, October 28, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) The Prime ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Peter Heidt, Head of the delegation and the member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag 13:00-14:00, Friday, October 28, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Systemic Competition, Human Rights & ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Free Toru Kubota   Yuki Kitazumi, Journalist  Teppei Kasai, Program Officer, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch Myint Swe, President of the Federation of Workers’ Union of the Burmese Citizen in Japan 13:00-14:00, Wednesday, October 26, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will ...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Truth to Power Ai Weiwei, Artist  11:45-13:30 Monday, October 24, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Ai Weiwei's work across multiple disciplines including poetry, photography, sculpture and documentary, has made him perhaps the most famous contemporary artist ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's Economic Security in the age of increasing tension between China and the USA Mariko Togashi, Research Fellow for Japanese Security and Defense Policy, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Akira Igata, Project Lecturer, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Yanking the Tiger’s Tail - Reporting in China Peter Langan, Former Senior Editor, China Desk at the South China Morning Post Michael Smith, North Asia correspondent, the Australian Financial Review 11:00-12:00 Thursday, October 13, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Escaping the Clutches of a Cult Sayuri Ogawa, Unification Church Defector 14:00-15:00, Friday, October 7, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Sayuri Ogawa (pseudonym), 26, is a so-called second-generation follower of the Unification Church. She ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's Biggest Foreign YouTuber Chris Broad, YouTuber 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, October 5, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   Strict border controls have forced overseas fans of Japan to enjoy and experience the country and its culture via YouTube. ...