Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Whose Salmon? Ainu Nation Lawsuit and International Indigenous Maritime Rights Masaki Sashima, President, Raporo Ainu Nation (Japan) Aslak Holmberg, President of the Saami Council (Finland) Russ Jones, Hereditary chief of the Haida Nation (Canada) May 29, Monday, 13:00-14:00 (Press Conference) (The speech and ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Alleged Kitagawa Victim Calls for Anti-Abuse Law Yasushi Hashida, Former member of Johnny's Jr., actor and dancer May 26, Friday, 14:00-15:00 (Press Conference) (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) On May 14, the talent agency Johnny ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Dhondup Wangchen, Tibetan Documentary Filmmaker in Exile May 26, Friday, 11:00-12:00 (10 min screening + Press Conference) (The speech and Q & A will be in Tibetan with English interpretation) Leaving Fear Behind: A Tibetan Filmmaker Talks About Living Under Chinese Rule   ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Shaking up Japan's Criminal Justice System" Shinobu Yamagishi, Former President & CEO, Pressance Corporation Kana Sasakura, Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University/  Executive Director, Innocence Project Japan Saroop Ijaz, Senior Counsel, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch May 25, Thursday, ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Former Malaysia PM Mahathir Moots New Government Model" Mahathir bin Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia May 24, Wednesday, 11:00-12:00 (Press Conference) (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who was Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "A Journey for Leveling Up Korea-Japan Relations" Park Cheol-Hee, Chancellor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy May 16, Tuesday, 15:00-16:00 (Press Conference) (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Park Cheol-Hee is the man of the moment in long-fraught ties between Japan ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "What Fossil Fuel Financing Means for Emerging Economies" Gerry Arances, Executive Director, Center for Energy, Ecosystems and Development, Philippines Makiko Arima, Oil Change International, Japan finance campaigner Sarmin Bristy, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network, Bangladesh Dwi Sawung, Friends of the Earth Indonesia, ...

PRESS CONFERENCE: Cancelled Ali Mohamed Ahmed Osman Mohamed, Charge d'affaires of the embassy of the republic of the Sudan in Tokyo   13:00-14:00 Monday, May 1, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) The Professional Activities Committee regrets to announce that ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Myanmar in Freefall" Thomas Andrews, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar April 28, Friday, 12:00-13:00 (Press Conference) (The speech and Q & A will be in English with simultaneous interpretation.) Despite once promising signs of democratic buds ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Shoichi Ibusuki and Chie Komai, Attorneys at law supporting Ms. Wishma's family Heydar Safari Diman, Iranian refugee applicant 11:00-12:00 Thursday, April 27, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) The Death that Shook Japan: Wishma Rathnayake ...