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PRESS CONFERENCE: POSTPONE Keiko Iizuka, Senior Political Writer, Yomiuri Shimbun Gearoid Reidy, Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion Japan Politics: What Next? This event will be postponed. Please wait for further announcement.  Professional Activities Committee

PRESS CONFERENCE Mike Studeman, National Security Fellow, MITRE,  Former Rear Admiral and Commander of the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence 14:00-15:00 Friday, October 25, 2024 The speech and Q & A will be in English. The recent Chinese military exercises near Taiwan have intensified concerns...

PRESS CONFERENCE Nobuyuki Baba, Representative, Japan Innovation Party 14:00-15:00 Thursday, October 24, 2024 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation The Osaka/Kansai-centered Japan Innovation Party heads into the Oct. 27th election as Japan's second-largest opposition party. However, it finds...

PRESS CONFERENCE Terumi Tanaka, Co-Chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations) 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Can Nuclear Weapons be Abolished? Founded 11 years after US...

PRESS CONFERENCE Money Politics, Japanese Voters, and the Oct. 27th Election Tomoaki Iwai, Professor emeritus, Nihon University Rintaro Nishimura, Associate, Japan Practice, The Asia Group 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English or Japanese with English...

PRESS CONFERENCE Hiromi Yamaji, Group CEO, Japan Exchange Group, Inc. 11:00-12:00 Thursday, October 17, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. After a slump of over three decades, Japan's stock market has risen steadily over the past several years, taking...

PRESS CONFERENCE Why Japan wants to continue whaling Hideki Tokoro, CEO Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha,Ltd. 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The arrest of environmental activist Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's Cryptocurrency Dream Fades Mark Karpeles, Karpeles Lab Inc. CEO 11:00-12:00 Friday, October 11, 2024 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Mt. Gox, once the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange....

PRESS CONFERENCE How to save Jingu Gaien's trees from redevelopment plans Yasuyoshi Okada, President, Japan National Commission for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Mikiko Ishikawa, Director, Japan National Commission for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, October 9,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Gulf Coast Residents Demand Japan Stop Supporting LNG Facilities Juan Mancias, Tribal Chair, Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas Rebekah Hinojosa, Co-Founder, South Texas Environmental Justice Network Ruth Breech, Senior Campaigner for Climate & Energy, Rainforest Action Network 15:00-16:00 Monday, October 7, 2024 Language: The...