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Bones of Contention: The Legal Battle for the Return of Ryukyuan Remains Tsuyoshi Tamagushiku, Descendant of King family of Ryukyu Kingdom, a Plaintiff of Lawsuit against Kyoto University Yasukatsu Matsushima, Professor of Ryukoku University, Plaintiff Leader of Lawsuit against Kyoto University　 11:00-12:00 Thursday, May 27,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Filippo Pedretti, M.A. student at University of Padua/Ca' Foscari University of Venice Giulia Luzzo, M.A. student at University of Turin 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, May 26, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. International students stranded outside Japan While many nations...

PRESS CONFERENCE:  Yuki Kitazumi, Journalist 11:00-12:00 Friday, May 21, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation/*Mr. Kitazumi will join the event online Myanmar's Descent into Chaos On April 19, soldiers in Myanmar arrived at the Yangon home of...

PRESS CONFERENCE Human Rights Abuses In Japan's Detention Centers Thomas Ash, Film Director of "Ushiku" 14:00-15:00 Thursday, May 20, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation.  The Japan Diet is debating controversial reforms to the immigration...

Bilateral relationship between Russia and Japan On the map, Russia is Japan's closest neighbor, but politically the two nations could not be further apart. Belonging to rival blocs during the Cold War, Japan and Russia have continued to drift apart in terms of mutual understanding...

PRESS CONFERENCE What Next for Tibet? Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan & East Asia ​​​​​​​Hirano Satoshi, Professor, University of Tokyo Kitai Daisuke, Coordinator, China Team, Amnesty International Japan 11:00-12:00 Monday, May 17, 2021 The speech and Q & A...

Israel Strulov, Charge de affairs, Embassy of Israel in Japan 12:30-13:30 Friday, May 14, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English "Arab-Israeli conflict" Israel Strulov, Charge de affairs, Embassy of Israel in Japan will to discuss about current Arab-Israeli conflict.  How...

PRESS CONFERENCE Making Sense of the Arab-Israeli conflict H.E.Mr. Waleed Siam, Ambassador, Representative, The Permanent General Mission of Palestine H.E. Ms. Lina Annab, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. The...

PRESS CONFERENCE Responding to Myanmar: Five Recommendations for the Japanese Government Yasushi Akashi, Sukehiro Hasegawa and Tadamichi Yamamoto  Former Special Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kenzo Oshima, Former Ambassadors of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations 14:00-15:00 Friday, April...

The Foreign Media in Japan: Past, Present, and Future and how it sees Kansai Wednesday, April 21st 18:30- 20:00 SPEAKERS Isabel Reynolds, President, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan/Correspondent, Bloomberg News Walter Sim, 2nd Vice-President, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan/Japan Correspondent, The Singapore Straits Times Ilgin...