Press Events

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...

Press Conference: Tokyo2020 and beyond：Initiatives for a Safe and Secure Tokyo Yuriko Koike Governor of Tokyo 13:30 - 14:30, November 24, 2020 (The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) With the novel coronavirus resurging across...

This event has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. Press Conference: Lieutenant General Kevin B. Schneider Commander, United States Forces Japan Thursday, November 12, 2020, 13:00 - 13:45 Lieutenant General Kevin B. Schneider, Commander, United States Forces Japan *The speech and Q & A will...

Press Conference: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and Japan Glen S. Fukushima Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress 12:00 - 13:00, October 28, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in English) *Mr. Fukushima will join the event online. Many Americans see the...

Press Conference: Even with state of emergency lifted, Japan maintains severe restrictions on pregnant women Yoko Sagara Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Taeko Yamada Babycome representative 15:00 - 16:00, October 27, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English...