Press Events

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,...

PRESS CONFERENCE "The Impacts of Russian Energy Sanctions on Japan and Global Markets" Taisuke Abiru, Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Foundation Yuriy Humber, President of Yuri Group Tom O’Sullivan, Mathyos Energy & Koichiro Tanaka, Keio University 14:00-15:30 Monday, March 14, 2022 Language: The speech and Q...

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...