Press Events

Live 'Podcast' Event Trash Taste: Japan-based YouTubers  17:00-19:00 Thursday, June 17, 2021 Language will be in English. Trash Taste and the new wave of YouTubers in Japan What do you get when you put a Japanese-Australian computer engineer, a Thai-British electrical engineer and a Welsh-speaking mechanical...

H.E. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma,  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Japan 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, June 15, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. How does India see the Indo-Pacific and relations with Japan India, the second most populous country and...

PRESS CONFERENCE Against The Olympics Yukio Edano, Leader of Constitutional Democratic Party 11:00-12:00 Friday, June 11, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. With the Tokyo Olympics less than two months away, the government of Yoshihide Suga...

L.G.B.T.Q Rights for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and Beyond Fumino Sugiyama, Co-chair of Tokyo Rainbow Pride Yuri Igarashi, Director, J-ALL Gon Matsunaka, Founder and President of Pride House Tokyo 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, June 9, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with...

Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 15:00-16:00 Thursday, June 3, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English/ Speaker will join the event online. The Alignment of the Taiwan-Japan Partnership in the Face of Modern Challenges Japan...

Demanding Joint Custody of Children  Takanori Hashimoto, Daisuke Nakano, Akira Ueno,  Vincent Fichot and Tommaso Perina 12:00-13:00 Tuesday, June 1, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. Up to 70 percent of Japanese children whose parents...

"Diplomatic solutions to Myanmar crisis" Christine Schraner Burgener, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Under-Secretary-General 16:00-17:00 Friday, May 28, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. With no end in sight to the crisis in Myanmar, the focus...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Cancel to the Olympics"  Naoto Ueyama, Chairman, Japan Doctors Union 13:00-14:00 Thursday, May 27, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. With the start of the Tokyo Olympics just two months away, the capital...

Bones of Contention: The Legal Battle for the Return of Ryukyuan Remains Tsuyoshi Tamagushiku, Descendant of King family of Ryukyu Kingdom, a Plaintiff of Lawsuit against Kyoto University Yasukatsu Matsushima, Professor of Ryukoku University, Plaintiff Leader of Lawsuit against Kyoto University　 11:00-12:00 Thursday, May 27,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Filippo Pedretti, M.A. student at University of Padua/Ca' Foscari University of Venice Giulia Luzzo, M.A. student at University of Turin 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, May 26, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. International students stranded outside Japan While many nations...