Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Yoshimasa Hayashi, Liberal Democratic Party 10:00-11:00 Thursday, September 9, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. Who Will be Japan’s Next Prime Minister?   Yoshimasa Hayashi has long been considered a future prime minister, but he has one weakness;...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Justice for Victims of North Korea's "paradise on earth" campaign" Eiko Kawasaki, plaintiff, North Korea defector, survivor of the "paradise on earth" campaign/North Korea repatriation program Kenji Fukuda, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs of the North Korea repatriation program litigation 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, September...

PRESS CONFERENCE: Osamu Okuda, President & CEO at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 14:00-15:00 Friday, August 27, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Does the world still need a drug to treat COVID-19?  Efforts to control the COVID-19...

PRESS CONFERENCE: Koichiro Tanaka, Professor, Keio University 11:00-12:00 Friday, August 27, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. One of the biggest regime-change surprises in recent history was the swift fall of Kabul and the Afghan government to the Taliban. The...

PRESS CONFERENCE Kyoji Yanagisawa, New Diplomacy Initiative Board Member / Former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Shigeru Handa, Defense Journalist & Sayo Saruta, New Diplomacy Initiative President 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, August 11, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Is...

PRESS CONFERENCE (via Zoom): Tomorrow Tadatoshi Akiba, Former Mayor of Hiroshima city 15:00-16:00 Friday, August 6, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English * Speaker will join the event online. Hiroshima and the Olympics International Olympic President Thomas Bach paid a...

PRESS CONFERENCE Koji Wada, Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health, International University of Health and Welfare 16:00-17:00 Thursday, August 5, 2021 The speech will be in English and QA will be in Japanese with English interpretation Japan's Current COVID-19 Outbreak: What's...

PRESS CONFERENCE Raja Sapta Oktohari, Chairman of Indonesia National Olympic Committee 10:00-11:00 Wednesday, August 4, 2021 This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Professional Activities Committee

PRESS CONFERENCE Yukio Fujiki, Chairman of Fujiki Corporation  Former Chairman of Yokohama Harbor Transportation Association  11:00-12:00 Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. "I will not let Yokohama become a gambling den" Yukio Fujiki...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Caught between the Olympics and the Pandemic"  Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa 17:00-17:45 Friday, July 30, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation / Speaker will join the event online.) As in much of Japan, yet...