Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Protesting against China's human rights oppression Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress Qelbinur Sidik, Concentration Camp Survivor Kanae Doi, Japan Director, Human Rights Watch Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan Olhunud Daichin, Vice Chairman, South...

PRESS CONFERENCE Turning Point for the German Military Clemens von Goetze, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan Ingo Gerhartz, Chief of the German Air Force   17:30-18:30 Thursday, September 29, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be...

PRESS CONFERENCE Lessons of History: What the World Can Learn From Kosovo Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, September 28, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   Japan was the third Asian country to recognize...

PRESS CONFERENCE “The continuing fallout from America's use of Agent Orange” Masako Sakata, Filmmaker & Jon Mitchell, Author 14:00-15:00 Friday, September 16, 2022 (The speech and Q&A will be in English.)   Photographer Greg Davis was a stalwart of the FCCJ and died young from...

PRESS CONFERENCE No State Funeral for Shinzo Abe Ken Takada, Joint Representative of the "Don't Wage War, Don't Destroy Article 9! Joint Action Committee Masaki Ina, Advisor, Peace Research Institute, International Christian University Masaki Gouro, Representative Caretaker of National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales...

PRESS CONFERENCE “What a Taiwan crisis would mean for Japan and the region” Amanda Hsiao, Senior Analyst for China, Crisis Group 11:00-12:00 Friday, September 9, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   A Taiwan crisis would lead to an emergency...

PRESS CONFERENCE “A Bad Bet: Osaka's Opposition to a Casino Resort” Tadakazu Konishi, Former vice governor of Osaka prefecture Tomoaki Nomura, Former Sakai-city council member (LDP) Kaori Takeda, Director of NPO AM-net 14:30-15:30 Thursday, September 8, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be...

PRESS CONFERENCE “Wrestling Championship in Aid of Ukraine; Challenge for Peace” The Great Sasuke & Masato Tanaka, Professional wrestlers Mitsuko Ishii, Member of the House of Councilors Hideo Arai, Championship Promoter Ksenia Kolesnikova, Ukrainian evacuee 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, September 7, 2022 (The speech and Q &...

PRESS CONFERENCE Tetiana Yatsenko, Senior researcher, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine Olena Nesterenko, MD, Head of the Department of Clinical Transfusiology of Blood Service Center, National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Ohmatdyt”, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kyiv Oleksandra Riabets, medical student, Bogomolets National...

PRESS CONFERENCE “The Kishida Administration's Foreign Policy Faces Rising Global Tensions” Shikata Noriyuki, Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs 11:00-12:00 Friday, August 19, 2022 (The speech will be in English)   Chinese ballistic missiles thought to have splashed down in what Japan sees as its exclusive...