Press Events

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...

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...