Press Events

PANEL DISCUSSION (Zoom Event) WOMEN IN JAPANESE MEDIA: Views from the Front Lines Yoko Hani, Editor-in-chief, Fujin no Tomo Hiroko Aihara, Freelance Journalist, formerly staff writer of Fukushima Minyu Shimbun Magdalena Osumi, Staff Writer, The Japan Times Grace Lee, Tokyo Correspondent, Feature Story News Yoshiko...

Press Conference: Explanation of Sexual Assault Claim Shoko Arai Former Assemblywoman of Kusatsu, Gunma 11:00 - 12:00, December 18, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) Until her dismissal in a recall election on December 6, Shoko Arai,...

Press Conference: Time to End Illegal Manga Sales Ken Akamatsu Managing Director of the Nihon Manga-ka Kyokai (An association of manga illustrators in Japan) & popular manga artist Atsushi Ito Shueisha publishing company Kensaku Fukui lawyer (The speech and Q & A will be in...

Press Conference: Nobutada Kuroiwa Mayor of Kusatsu 13:00 - 14:00, December 14, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.)       How to attend: Please register at front@fccj.or.jp with your name, name of media outlet, FCCJ membership...

Press Conference: Preventing Miscarriages of Justice Tadashi Ara President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations Seiho Cho Officer/Attorney at Research Office for Criminal Affairs of Japan Federation of Bar Associations Megumi Wada Officer/Attorney at Research Office for Criminal Affairs of Japan Federation of Bar Associations 13:00...

Press Conference: "Preventing a medical system meltdown in Tokyo amid a fresh COVID-19 spike" Haruo Ozaki Chairman of Tokyo Medical Association Friday, December 04, 2020, 15:00 - 16:00 With novel coronavirus infections surging to new highs across Japan, the government has heeded medical advice to...

Press Conference: Being Disabled in Japan Eiko Kimura Member of the House of Councilors Yasuhiko Funago Member of the House of Councilors 15:00 - 16:00, December 03, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) The cabinet office says...

Press Conference: The Government's Decision to Refuse the Science Council of Japan's Nominations Yukio Himiyama Board Member of the Association of Japanese Geographers, President of International Geographical Union & Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido University of Education Youichi Kibata Chair of the International Connections Committee of...

Press Conference: Going Carbon Neutral Mika Ohbayashi Director, Renewable Energy Institute Tom O'Sullivan Founder of Mathyos Hisayo Takada Programme Director, Greenpeace Japan Kimiko Hirata KIKO network            13:00 - 14:00, November 30, 2020   In his inaugural speech to parliament on October 26, Prime Minister...

Press Conference: The State of the COVID-19 Vaccine Race Ryuichi Morishita Professor of Department of Clinical Gene Therapy, Center of Medical, Innovation and Translational Research School of Medicine, Osaka University 15:00 - 16:00, November 26, 2020 (The speech will be in English.) With COVID-19 cases...