Press Events

Israel Strulov, Charge de affairs, Embassy of Israel in Japan 12:30-13:30 Friday, May 14, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English "Arab-Israeli conflict" Israel Strulov, Charge de affairs, Embassy of Israel in Japan will to discuss about current Arab-Israeli conflict.  How ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Making Sense of the Arab-Israeli conflict H.E.Mr. Waleed Siam, Ambassador, Representative, The Permanent General Mission of Palestine H.E. Ms. Lina Annab, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. The ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Responding to Myanmar: Five Recommendations for the Japanese Government Yasushi Akashi, Sukehiro Hasegawa and Tadamichi Yamamoto  Former Special Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kenzo Oshima, Former Ambassadors of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations 14:00-15:00 Friday, April ...

The Foreign Media in Japan: Past, Present, and Future and how it sees Kansai Wednesday, April 21st 18:30- 20:00 SPEAKERS Isabel Reynolds, President, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan/Correspondent, Bloomberg News Walter Sim, 2nd Vice-President, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan/Japan Correspondent, The Singapore Straits Times Ilgin ...

Hideko Hakamata, Sister of Iwao Hakamata Katsuhiko Nishijima, Hakamata case lead attorney, Attorney at law Japan's Death Penalty on Trial 13:00-14:00 Monday, April 19, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation In 2014, the Shizuoka District Court ordered ...

Exposing Academic Fraud Etsuko Taketani, Professor, University of Tsukuba Yukari Yoshihara, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba 11:00-12:00 Thursday, April 15, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.  The Times Higher Education university rankings are a key marker of global academic ...

Dr. Sasa International envoy for the civilian government of Myanmar 14:10-15:50 Friday, April 9, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. Resisting the Tatmadaw's bloody rule in Myanmar Dr. Sasa, has become a key figure in Myanmar's "Spring Revolution" of resistance ...

Makoto Watanabe, Editor in Chief, Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa 13:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 07, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Digging Around in Japan's Underbelly Makoto Watanabe was a reporter in the special investigative section at the Asahi ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Kozo Hasegawa, President of GLOBAL-DINING, INC. 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, March 30, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Kill Bill vs. Koike: Restaurateur fights back against Tokyo's COVID-19 measures"  　 The operator of a restaurant famous for inspiring a fight ...

Shoichi Ibusuki, Lawyer, Makoto Iwahashi, NPO Posse Yasunori Matsui, Advisor of START (Nagoya based volunteer group) 14:00-15:30 Friday, March 26, 2021 The speech and Q&A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation The full text will be posted shortly.The government says a revised ...