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PRESS CONFERENCE The LDP Presidential Election Shigeru Ishiba, Member of House of Representatives, LDP 14:30-15:30 Friday, September 6, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election takes place on September 27th with ...

PRESS CONFERENCE When the Big One Comes Shinichi Kuriyama, Director of International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University 15:00-16:00 Monday, September 2, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. In August, Japan's Meteorological Agency issued ...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON The first Japanese player to play in the Majors Masanori Murakami, First Japanese Major League Baseball player 12:00-13:30 Monday, September 2, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation September 2 (September 1 in the United ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Trouble in Amami: A Call for UNESCO to Investigate Jean-Marc Takaki, Association for the protection of Amami's forest, rivers and coastal ecosystems 11:00-12:00 Thursday, August 29, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English Amami Oshima Island, located southwest ...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Latest from the Middle East from Key Player Badr Abdulatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates, Arab Republic of Egypt 17:00-18:00 Friday, August 23, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Earlier this week, Saudi Foreign ...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Current State of Japan-Russia Relations Muneo Suzuki, A member of House of Councillors 14:00-15:00 Thursday, August 8, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Last month, veteran lawmaker Muneo Suzuki traveled to Moscow and ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sexual Assaults in Okinawa Denny Tamaki, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture 16:30-17:30, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Following revelations that a 25-year old U.S. Air Force serviceman and a 21 year ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Preventing the remains of war dead being used in the building of the US base at Henoko Takamatsu Gushiken, Head of "Gamafuyaa (Cave Diggers)" 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Language:The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation The ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Hiroshima Watch – A Check on Nuclear Responsibility Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor, Hiroshima Prefecture Gareth Evans, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia Kiichi Fujiwara, Project Professor, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University and Professor Emeritus, ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Arrests of 89 members of Kansai District Ready-Mixed Concrete Union Yuji Yukawa, Executive committee chairman, Kansai District Ready-Mixed Concrete Branch of the All Japan Construction and Transport Workers Solidarity Union Genki Shimada, CEO, Imasu Sangyo Co., Ltd. Masahito Nakai, Lawyer 13:00-14:00 Thursday, July ...