Press Events

Press Conference: Japan's New Opposition Force in the Post-Abe Era Yukio Edano Leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) 13:00 - 14:00, September 23, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) Yukio Edano returns to the FCCJ amidst...

Press Conference: Towards a Diverse, Inclusive LDP Tomomi Inada Member of the House of Representatives, LDP 11:00 - 12:00, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.)   Former Defense Minister Tomomi Inada is well known...

Press Conference: Post-Abe Japan Tsuneo Watanabe Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Michael Thomas Cucek Assistant Professor, Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ) Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) *Mr. Cucek is joining this event online....

Press Conference: "LDP Presidential Candidate" Shigeru Ishiba, Member of the House of Representatives, LDP Friday, September 11, 2020, 13:00 - 14:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.)   Yoshihide Suga, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's loyal enforcer since...

Press Conference: The Iconoclast Tobias Harris  Japanese politics analyst & Senior Vice President, Teneo 10:00 - 11:00, September 03, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) *Speaker is joining this event online. The timing of a new biography on Shinzo Abe...

Press Conference: Shutting Down Political Discussion in Thailand Pavin Chachavalpongpun Associate Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Friday, August 28, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) *Speaker will join the event online. If Pavin Chachavalpongpun...

Hiroshi Watanabe, President of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. *Mr. Watanabe will join the event online. Despite the devastating impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on the global economy there has (so far)...

Press Conference: Audrey Tang Digital Minister of Taiwan Monday, July 27, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in English. )  *Ms. Tang will join the event online.   While Japan's 79-year-old minister for science and technology openly admits he...

Press Conference: Child abuse in Japanese sport Kanae Doi Japan Director, Human Rights Watch Keiko Kobayashi Japan Judo Accident Victims Association Takuya Yamazaki Sports lawyer, Executive Committee Member of World Players Association Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 15:00 - 16:00 (The speech and Q & A...

Press Conference: End Japan's Travel Ban on Non-Residents Michael Mroczek Chairman of the European Business Council in Japan Christopher J. LaFleur Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 13:00 - 14:00 (The speech and Q & A will be...