Press Events

Thursday, December 19, 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 Noriyuki Yamaguchi, Former Reporter of TBS Television Inc. Masaaki Kitaguchi, Attorney at Law (The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "Journalist Accused of Rape Speaks Out After Court Ruling" Noriyuki Yamaguchi, ...

Monday, December 16, 2019, 14:30 - 16:00 Robert Feldman, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Masaaki Kanno, Chief Economist, Sony Financial Holdings (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Economic Outlook 2020" 2019 was not an easy year for the Japanese economy. The US-China trade ...

Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 14:00 - 15:00  "Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition at Aichi Triennale 2019"   Takashi Kawamura, Mayor of Nagoya Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.       A couple of months after artworks satirizing Japan's wartime past were ...

Friday, December 06, 2019, 15:00 - 16:00 Patricia Flor, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "The Future of Japan-EU Relations" It has been an encouraging year for relations between Japan and the European Union. After years of ...

Press Confrence: "Creating a more accessible Japan beyond the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics" Katsunori Fujii Chairperson of Japan Council on Disability Wednesday, December 04, 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) The number of wheelchair-friendly hotels ...

Professional Luncheon: "Can Japan be a Country Where Women Shine? Womenomics and More" Bill Emmott, Author of "Japan's Far More Female Future" Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 12:00 - 13:30 (The speech and Q & A will be in English) Six years have passed since Prime ...

Monday, December 02, 2019, 14:00 - 15:00   Kaori Hayashi, Professor, the University of Tokyo Mari Miura, Professor, Sophia University Rhea Endo & Chisato Yamashita, International Christian University student Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.     Women have long had to put ...

Friday, November 29, 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 Shigefumi Matsuzawa, Member, House of Councillors & Former Governor, Kanagawa Prefecture Language: The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation   In summer test events carried out by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ...

Thursday, November 21, 2019, 15:15 - 16:00   Kazunori Saito, Vice-president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations Shinji Oguma, Secretary-general, All-Party Parliamentary Group to Discuss the Future of Capital Punishment in Japan Mario Marazziti, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty                                      Language: The speech and Q & ...

Thursday, November 21, 2019, 13:30 - 14:30   Rex Ziak, Co-founder and President, OBON SOCIETY Keiko Ziak, Co-founder and Board Member, OBON SOCIETY Jarat Chopra, International lawyer Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English interpretation. In battlefields across Asia during World War 2, items ...