Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Will Japan Ever Recognize Same-Sex Marriages? Makiko Terahara, Representative Director, Public Interest Incorporated Association Marriage For All Japan Gon Matsunaka, Director, Public Interest Incorporated Association Marriage For All Japan Yuichi Kamiya, Executive Director, Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, J-ALL 13:00-14:00 Thursday, February 16,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Koike Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo 15:00-16:00 Monday, February 13, 2022 (The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) The Challenges Facing Tokyo in 2023; Achieving a Sustainable City In an age of worldwide climate...

PRESS CONFERENCE Adrian Francis, director of "Paper City: Memories of the Tokyo firebombing" 11:00-12:00 Friday, February 10, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) The 'Other' Bombing That Time Forgot The most destructive air raid in history began just after midnight...

PRESS CONFERENCE Mikiko Ishikawa, Director, Japan National Commission for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Junichiro Ohkata, Specially Appointed Professor at Meiji University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.  Tomoko Abe, Member of the House of Representatives, the Constitutional Democratic Party...

PRESS CONFERENCE How avatars will change society Hiroshi Ishiguro, Professor of Osaka University (Honorary Professor) MOONSHOT Project Manager 14:30-15:30 Friday, January 27, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   Hiroshi Ishiguro gained international notoriety for his development of human-like robots,...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Fight Against the Death Penalty in Japan 12:30-13:30 Friday, January 27, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Hiroaki Uno, Executions Pending Request for Retrial, Defense Attorneys'Team,  Yutaka Ueda, Executions with immediate notice, Defense Attorneys' Team Kyouji...

PRESS CONFERENCE Stefano Sannino, Secretary General of the European Union’s European External Action Service 10:00-11:00 Friday, January 27, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   At this time of geo-political turbulence, the EU's position on the war in Ukraine, its...

PRESS CONFERENCE Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, The Simon Wiesenthal Center 15:00-16:00 Monday, January 16, 2023 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Is religious intolerance on the rise around the world? Accessing the seemingly endless list of Uyghurs in China, Christians...

PRESS CONFERENCE Shigeru Ishiba, Member of House of Representatives, LDP 16:00-17:00 Friday, January 13, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Japanese Politics and the Kishida Administration in 2023 Ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Shigeru Ishiba, a...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sexual Harassment in the Ground Self-Defense Forces Rina Gonoi, Former member of the Ground Self-Defense Force 14:00-15:00 Monday, December 19, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) In September, an internal investigation by Japan’s Ground Self-Defense...