Press Events

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...

Press Conference: Battling Coronavirus in Nightlife Districts Kaori Kohga head of the Nightlife Business Association Shinya Iwamuro urologist and public health advocate Monday, July 20, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English. )   Speech: Recent...

Press Conference: A Quarter Century since the Terrorist Attacks-Unchanged nature of Aum Shinrikyo Ayuko Watanabe Director, First Division, Second Intelligence Department, Public Security Intelligence Agency Friday, July 17, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in English. ) Japan's top...

Press Conference: "Reopening Japan to foreign students and scholars" Andrej Bekeš President, the European Association for Japanese Studies Sven Kramer Assistant Professor, Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities Carolin Funck Vice President, Hiroshima University *All speakers will join online. Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 12:00 - 13:00...

Friday, June 26, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Sayuri Shirai, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University & Former Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan Central banks in Japan and around the world...