Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE "The Right of Foreigners to Receive Welfare" Satoshi Oikawa, Lawyer Keiko Kishi, Director of Chiba Prefecture Community Life Settlement Support Center Siaw Johnson Kwaku, Ghanaian plaintiff 12:00-13:00 Thursday, March 10, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with...

PRESS CONFERENCE: "The EU's view on the Ukraine war" Patricia Flor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to Japan 13:30-14:30 Thursday, March 3, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. As Russian troops close in on the Ukrainian...

PRESS CONFERENCE Kenichi Ido, Attorney, Lead Counsel for the 3.11 Children's Thyroid Cancer Lawsuit Hiroyuki Kawai, Attorney, Co-counsel for the 3.11 Children's Thyroid Cancer Lawsuit 13:00-14:00 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Fukushima Thyroid-Cancer...

PRESS CONFERENCE: TODAY Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan   16:00-17:00 Friday, February 25, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Responding to Russian attack on Ukraine" Rahm Emanuel, United States Ambassador to Japan, will speak to FCCJ today at...

PRESS CONFERENCE Mikhail Yurievich Galuzin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Japan 14:00-15:00 Friday, February 24, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. The Ukraine crisis escalated to a new stage after Russia officially recognized two breakaway...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sergiy Korsunsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan 10:00-11:00 Friday, February 24, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Responding to Russian incursion into breakaway Ukrainian regions Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Korsunsky came to the FCCJ a...

PRESS CONFERENCE Nishihara Haruo, Chairman, Organization to Promote Peace in East Asia and former President of Waseda University Akashi Yasushi, Former UN Under-Secretary-General Taniguchi Makoto, Former Ambassador to UN and former Deputy Secretary-General of OECD 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Language: The speech and Q...

PRESS CONFERENCE How Strict Border Controls are Hurting Japan Christopher LaFleur, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Special Advisor Michael Mroczek, Chairman of the European Business Council in Japan Marcus Schuermann, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Japan Matthew J. Wilson, Dean and...

PRESS CONFERENCE Koike Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo Tokyo’s Future and This Year’s Outlook 14:00-14:40 Tuesday, February 8, 2022 (The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Governor is joining the event remotely.) Two years into the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Mikhail Yurievich Galuzin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Japan 11:30-12:30 Wednesday, February 2, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) The European security situation  Alarming media reports and statements of officials on the concentration of Russian...