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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...

PRESS CONFERENCE Junichiro Koizumi, Former Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan, Former Prime Minister of Japan Yui Kimura, Deputy Secretary of the Federation of Promotion of Zero-Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy (Genjiren)   11:00-12:00 Thursday, January 27, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sergiy Korsunsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, January 26, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Ukraine-Japan relations at a time of crisis On January 26, Ukraine and Japan will be celebrating 30 years...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Alleged Abuse in Japan's Technical Trainee Program" Mr. X, Vietnamese trainee & Mitsugu Muto, Chairman of Labor union Fukuyama Union Tampopo 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Vietnamese and Japanese with English interpretations and speakers...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sabr S. Yessimbekov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Japan 14:00-15:00 Friday, January 21, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Aftermath of the Protests in Kazakhstan Anti-government protests flared across Kazakhstan in January, as...