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PRESS CONFERENCE A hunger strike with diplomatic implications Vincent Fichot, French father    Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English/ Speaker will join the event online. A French father who quit his job at Nomura to stage a hunger strike near...

PRESS CONFERENCE Statement against the Tokyo Olympics  Chizuko Ueno, Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo Mikio Haruna, Journalist & Yutaka Iimura, Former Ambassador of Japan to France 14:00-15:00 Monday, July 19, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with...

PRESS CONFERENCE "The hidden cost to women of holding the Olympics during the Covid pandemic" Masami Aoki, Japan Medical Women's Association, Executive Director Yoshiko Maeda, CEO, International Women's Year Liaison Group Akiko Matsuo, Flower Demo, Organizer Language: The speech and Q & A will be...

PRESS CONFERENCE Yasuhiro Yamashita, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee 13:00-14:00 Monday, June 28, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation. Vaccinating athletes for a safe Olympics With the Tokyo Olympics fast approaching, the appearance...

PRESS CONFERENCE My Fight against False Doping Allegations Kazuto Ioka, Professional Boxer and WBO Super Flyweight Champion Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.  On New Year's Eve, WBO Super Flyweight Champion Kazuto Ioka knocked out top-ranked contender...

PRESS CONFERENCE Masako Akagi, Wife of Toshio Akagi & Teruyuki Ogoshi, Attorney at Law  10:00-11:00 Thursday, June 24, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. *Please note that any filming or photographs of Ms.Akagi's face is prohibited....

Why the Government's COVID Response went astray Masahiro Kami, Executive director, Medical Governance Research Institute 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Japan's handling of the COVID-19 crisis has been a success by...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's Vaccine Challenges  Ken Ishii, Professor, Division of Vaccine Science, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo　 14:00-15:00 Friday, June 18, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English Japan's slow progress in rolling out Covid-19 vaccines has been...

Former legislative secretary of Isshu Sugawara Nobuo Gohara, Lawyer 12:00-13:00 Friday, June 18, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Japanese Vote-Buying Isshu Sugawara's secretary wants to put the record straight about LDP vote-buying. He says that charges...

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...