Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Free Toru Kubota   Yuki Kitazumi, Journalist  Teppei Kasai, Program Officer, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch Myint Swe, President of the Federation of Workers’ Union of the Burmese Citizen in Japan 13:00-14:00, Wednesday, October 26, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Truth to Power Ai Weiwei, Artist  11:45-13:30 Monday, October 24, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Ai Weiwei's work across multiple disciplines including poetry, photography, sculpture and documentary, has made him perhaps the most famous contemporary artist...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's Economic Security in the age of increasing tension between China and the USA Mariko Togashi, Research Fellow for Japanese Security and Defense Policy, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Akira Igata, Project Lecturer, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Yanking the Tiger’s Tail - Reporting in China Peter Langan, Former Senior Editor, China Desk at the South China Morning Post Michael Smith, North Asia correspondent, the Australian Financial Review 11:00-12:00 Thursday, October 13, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be...

PRESS CONFERENCE Escaping the Clutches of a Cult Sayuri Ogawa, Unification Church Defector 14:00-15:00, Friday, October 7, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Sayuri Ogawa (pseudonym), 26, is a so-called second-generation follower of the Unification Church. She...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's Biggest Foreign YouTuber Chris Broad, YouTuber 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, October 5, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   Strict border controls have forced overseas fans of Japan to enjoy and experience the country and its culture via YouTube....

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...