Press Events

  "Overview of Asian Development" Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank *Please note that Mr. Nakao will be retiring as president of The Asian Development Bank before the event. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.   What is the real...

Tuesday, February 04, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 Hiroshi Nishiura, Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine "Combatting the New Coronavirus" (The speech and Q & A will be in English) As of Friday, the death toll from the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00   Shoichi Ibusuki, Lawyer Makoto Iwahashi, Posse Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   "Filipino Woman Sue For The Return of Her Passport"     A lot has been written recently about...

Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 "Carlos Ghosn Confidant to Provide Details of Their November and December Meetings" Nobuo Gohara, Lawyer, Former Prosecutor (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) A prominent Japanese attorney and former prosecutor, spent more than 10...

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 12:00 - 13:00   Scott McIntyre, Journalist Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English interpretation.   Japan signed the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in 2013, but problems for foreign – and Japanese parents – persist....

    Zaw Min Htut, Vice President, Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan Michimi Muranushi, Citizen Ambassador, Free Rohingya Coalition Kasai Teppei, Program Officer, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Rohingya crisis and Japan...

Friday, December 20, 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Honorary Fellow of Asahi Kasei Corp,Professor at Meijo University's Graduate School of Science and Technology (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "A Highly Charged Story: How Lithium-ion...

Thursday, December 19, 2019, 15:00 - 16:00   "Verdict Due in High-Profile Rape Case" Shiori Ito, Journalist Yukiko Tsunoda and Tomoko Murata, Attorney at Law     Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation.  One evening in 2015...

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...