Press Events

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...

Press Conference: WBA Champ Kyoguchi Puts Boxing Back on the Bill in Osaka Hiroto Kyoguchi WBA Super World Light Flyweight Champion Hitoshi Watanabe Chairman of Watanabe Promotion Tsuyoshi Yasukochi Executive Director of Japan Boxing Commission Hiroshi Mizohata Chairman of Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau 11:00...

Press Conference: Science Council of Japan Controversy Masanori Okada Professor, Waseda University Takaaki Matsumiya Professor, Ritsumeikan University Sadamichi Ashina Professor, Kyoto University (Zoom) Ryuichi Ozawa Professor, Jikei University School of Medicine (Zoom) 14:30 - 15:30, October 23, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will...

Press Conference: H.E. Dr. Grant Pogosyan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Japan 15:00 - 16:00, October 21, 2020 The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Last month, an old and violent conflict on the edge of Europe...

Press Conference: H.E. Dr. Hasan Murat Mercan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey H.E. Mr. Gursel Ismayilzada Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan 11:00 - 12:00, October 21, 2020 (The speech will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Q...