Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Kaga Kenzo, Film director, Screenwriter Midori Suiren, Actor, Writer Shin Hayasaka, Cinematographer 14:00-15:00 Thursday, December 7, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) The posthumous disgrace this year of pop Svengali Johnny Kitagawa served notice to ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Koji Sugihara, representative, Network Against Japan Arms Trade (NAJAT) Takaki Imai, President of Japan International Volunteer Center Olena Yurchenko, Senior Analyst at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, November 29, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in English ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Damien Veron, Brother of Tiphaine Veron 13:00-14:00 Friday, November 24, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in French with English interpretation.) What Happened to Tiphaine Véron? A French national, Tiphaine Veron was on vacation in Japan when she vanished on ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Zin Mar Aung, The Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar 11:00-12:00 Friday, November 24, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Myanmar's government in-exile The ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Blowing the whistle on Myanmar's junta Kyaw San Han, Former Special Liaison Police Officer (Myanmar Police Force) Sean Turnell, Former Special Economic Advisor of Aung San Suu Kyi Toru Kubota, Documentary filmmaker & Yuki Kitazumi, Journalist 15:00-16:00 Monday, November 20 2023 (The speech ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Takeshi Kitano, comedian, film director, actor, painter, writer, singer 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) * This press conference is fully booked. It has taken the FCCJ nearly 20 years to ...

PRESS CONFERENCE They Don't Treat Us Like Human Beings; Abuse Allegations at Japanese Women's Prisons Teppei Kasai, Asia Program Officer, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch Ayuko Takatoh, Attorney at Law Goro Koto, Director of Japan Advocacy Network for Drug Policy 13:00-14:00 Tuesday, November 14, 2023 ...

Panel Discussion (Hybrid Event) Full Exposure: International Women in Photo Awards 2023 Louise Amelie, Finalist (Professional Category), Germany, Missing Member   Sara Bennett, Laureate (Emerging Category), United States, Looking Inside: Portraits of Women Serving Life Sentences Natalia Garbu, Finalist (Emerging Category), Moldova, ...