Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Hideaki Higuchi, Former Judge of Fukui District Court 13:00-14:00 Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Courts and Nuclear Power: A Judge Speaks Out Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sion Sono, Film director Yuto Hisaeda, Press agent 10:00-11:00 Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Fighting back against accusations of sexual impropriety While accusations of sexual crimes in the entertainment industry...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON What are Japan's Choices in the New Trump Era?    Kazuto Suzuki, Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo & Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan Ken Jimbo, Professor, Faculty of Policy...

PRESS CONFERENCE A Female Osaka Prosecutor Accuses Former Boss of Sexual Assault Hikari (pseudonym), The female prosecutor who accused the former head of the Osaka District Prosecutors' Office of sexual assault *Kota Anzai, Attorney at Law Momoko Nojo, Support group for the female prosecutor  10:00-11:30...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Elders Speak Out on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Juan Manuel Santos, Chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia Ban Ki-moon, Deputy Chair of The Elders, former UN Secretary General          Elbegdorj Tsakhia, former President and Prime Minister of...

PRESS CONFERENCE David Ha, CEO of Sakana AI Co., Ltd. 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Sakana AI: Navigating Japan's AI Landscape Despite its global high-tech reputation, Japan has struggled to keep pace with developments...

SCREENING & PRESS CONFERENCE Documentary "Though I’m His Daughter"   Yo Nagatsuka, Filmmaker and writer 13:00-15:30 Thursday, May 8, 2025 ⋆ Screening will start at 13:00 and will not be livestreamed. Livestream will start at 15:00. Language: The Documentary will be in Japanese with English...

PRESS CONFERENCE Rape Allegations at Japan's Catholic Church Tokie Tanaka Kazue Akita, Attorney at Law 14:30-15:30 Friday, May 2, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Tokie Tanaka, a 63-year-old nurse, is suing the Catholic church in...

PRESS CONFERENCE America is Trying to Mug Us Shinji Oguma, Member of the House of Representatives, CDP 13:00-14:00 Monday, April 28, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. In the three months since taking office, US President...

CANCELLED: PRESS CONFERENCE Gon Matsunaka, Director of Marriage For All Japan / LGBTQ+ Activist Takako Uesugi, Co-representative of the Tokyo lawsuit 'Freedom to Marry For All' / Director of Marriage For All Japan Keigo Komamura, Professor of Law, Keio University and Keio Law School   The...