Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE "Hunger Strike Against Henoko on 50th anniversary of Okinawa's Return to Japan" Jinshiro Motoyama, Former Representative of "Henoko" Okinawa Prefectural Referendum 11:00-12:00 Friday, May 13, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) As Japan prepares to ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Implications for Japan of Russia's War on Ukraine" Robert Ward, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Japan Chair; Director of Geo-economics and Strategy Yuka Koshino, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Research Fellow for Security and Technology Policy Bill Emmott, Chairman of the IISS Trustees; ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Is Japan's government targeting foreign executives? Nobuo Gohara, Lawyer, Former Prosecutor 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. First it was Carlos Ghosn and Greg Kelly of Nissan Motor Corp. and ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "50 years since the reversion of Okinawa" Denny Tamaki, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture 10:00-11:00 Friday, May 6, 2022 (Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Governor is joining the event remotely.)   May 15 marks the 50th anniversary ...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Discrimination against Refugees in Japan" Actions for Afghanistan Reiko Ogawa, Chiba University; Refugee Assessor at Japan's Ministry of Justice Norimasa Orii, Chair of the Board, Pathways Japan 13:00-14:00 Friday, April 22, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Japan ...

Panel Discussion (Hybrid Event) Full Exposure: International Women in Photo Awards 2022 Huda Abdulmughni, Finalist, Kuwait, X-ray-No.0-10687   Maryam Firuzi, Laureate, Iran, Scattered Memories of a Distorted Future Maki Hayashida, KG+ Discovery Award, Japan, Beyond the Mountains    Gala Font De Mora Marti, Prix Cervantes ...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Mark Karpeles, CEO of UNGOX, Inc. 12:00-13:30 Monday, April 11, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. There is a Japanese saying, "The foundation of success is failure." Nobody knows that better than Mark Karpeles, the former chief ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Two young Ukrainian YouTubers raise awareness for their homeland Sawayan, YouTuber 11:00-12:00 Thursday, March 31, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The world is watching in horror the horrific images and stories of Russia's ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan and the US Declaration of 'Genocide' against Rohingya Zaw Min Htut, President, Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan (BRAJ) 15:00-16:00 Friday, March 25, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. For weeks, the focus of the world's attention ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Tadatoshi Akiba, Former Mayor of Hiroshima City 11:00-12:00 Thursday, March 17, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Ukraine and the Scourge of Nuclear Weapons With the risk of the conflict in Ukraine spiraling into a nuclear war, ...