Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE: Hunger Strike to Stop Landfill Off Henoko Takamatsu Gushiken, head of "Gamafuyaa (Cave Diggers)" Tsuyoshi Kitaueda, Citizen's network for peace in Okinawa *Speakers will join the event online. 11:00-12:00 Thursday, March 4, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese...

Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Distinguished Professor, Tokai University Former Chairman, the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, March 2, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be...

"Ten Years After Fukushima - Nuclear Power in Japan" Junichiro Koizumi, Former Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan, Former Prime Minister of Japan The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation FCCJ is proud to welcome two former Prime Ministers...

PRESS CONFERENCE Hanako Kishida, Deputy Chairperson, Minpo Roren Women's Caucus Mami Yoshinaga, President, Shimbun Roren Kawori Sakai, President, Shuppan Roren Chie Matsumoto, Organizer, Women in Media Network Japan 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, February 10, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese...

PANEL DISCUSSION (Zoom Event): Full Exposure: International Women in Photo Awards Tamara Eckhardt, Finalist, Germany, The Children of Carrowbrowne Ana Maria Arevalo Gosen, Finalist, Spain, Dias Eternos ("Eternal Days") Dina Oganova, Finalist, Georgia, Me Too Mara Sanchez Renero, Laureate, Mexico, Ilukiak ("Close to the Sky")...

SCREENING and PRESS CONFERENCE Ai Weiwei, Artist "Coronation" China's Pandemic Crackdown ​​​​​​​Screening and Q & A will be in English. Screening: 15:00-16:55 / Press Conference: 17:00-17:45 Unlike his previous works, "Coronation", the latest documentary by world-famous Chinese artist and performer Ai Weiwei, which uses exclusive...

PRESS CONFERENCE Michiko Kodama and Masako Wada, Assistant Secretary Generals,  Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) Akira Kawasaki, International Steering Group member,  International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons  The speech and Q...

Kunihiko Miyake, Special Advisor to the Cabinet ​​​​​​​Research Director, the Canon Institute for Global Studies The speech and Q & A will be in English. After a rollercoaster four-years for Japan and the rest of Asia under U.S. President Donald Trump, many observers are expecting...