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Dr. Sasa International envoy for the civilian government of Myanmar 14:10-15:50 Friday, April 9, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. Resisting the Tatmadaw's bloody rule in Myanmar Dr. Sasa, has become a key figure in Myanmar's "Spring Revolution" of resistance...

Makoto Watanabe, Editor in Chief, Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa 13:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 07, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Digging Around in Japan's Underbelly Makoto Watanabe was a reporter in the special investigative section at the Asahi...

PRESS CONFERENCE Kozo Hasegawa, President of GLOBAL-DINING, INC. 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, March 30, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Kill Bill vs. Koike: Restaurateur fights back against Tokyo's COVID-19 measures"  　 The operator of a restaurant famous for inspiring a fight...

Shoichi Ibusuki, Lawyer, Makoto Iwahashi, NPO Posse Yasunori Matsui, Advisor of START (Nagoya based volunteer group) 14:00-15:30 Friday, March 26, 2021 The speech and Q&A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation The full text will be posted shortly.The government says a revised...

The Targeting of Journalist Takashi Uemura Shinji Nishijima, Director of Documentary "Target" Takashi Uemura, Publisher of Weekly "Shukan Kinnyobi" & Former reporter, The Asahi Shimbun 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, March 24, 2021 The trailer will be in Japanese with English subtitle and Q & A will be...

​​​​​​​"Restoring Democracy in Myanmar" Kyaw Kyaw Soe, a Board Director of "Union of Myanmar Citizens Association in Japan"  Zaw Min Htut, President, Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan Muranushi Michimi, Professor of Gakushuin University 15:00-16:00 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 The speech and Q & A will...

Wataru Akahata, CEO of VLP Therapeutics Japan, LLC Takuya Yamamoto, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition Yasumasa Iwatani, department chief at Nagoya Medical Center Yasutoshi Kido, professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University Naoto Uemura, professor at the medical school...

Atsushi Sakahara, Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack Victim/Film Director 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, March 16, 2021 The trailer will be in Japanese with English subtitle and Q & A will be in English. *The trailer of "Me and the Cult Leader: A Modern Report on the Banality of...

Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima ​​​​​​​Ten Years Since Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation *Mr. Uchibori will join the event online. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that shook northeast Japan on...

Katsunobu Sakurai, Former Mayor of Minamisoma "Ten Years After Fukushima"  The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation *Mr. Sakurai will join the event online. On March 11, 2011, Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai watched from his office window as a massive...