Press Events

  Jamie Joseph, Head Coach of the Japan National Rugby Team (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Japan's Coach Looks Ahead to the Rugby World Cup" The first Rugby World Cup in Asia is now less than a month away. While...

  Reiner Hoffmann, President, German Trade Union Confederation Rikio Kozu, President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation (The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation) "The Future of Labor at a Time of Hyper-Automation" What kind of future does labor...

  "Katsura Sunshine Goes Off-Broadway to Push Rakugo's Globalization"   Katsura Sunshine, "Rakugo" comic storyteller Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English with simultaneous interpretation.   Canadian Katsura Sunshine has performed rakugo, the 400-year-old traditional Japanese art of comic storytelling, in...

    John Baker, Chief Program Officer of WildAid Airi Yamawaki, Director, Co-founder of Tears of the African Elephant, Director of WildAid Japan Masayuki Sakamoto, Lawyer/ Executive Director of Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund Hideyuki Miura, Journalist/ Nonfiction writer Language: The speech and Q &...

  Takashi Tachibana, Leader of the Party to Protect Citizens From NHK (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "Does Japan Really Need Saving from NHK?" Forget the consumption tax hike, constitutional reform, issues with the nation's pension system,...

  Christian Whiton, Senior Fellow, Center for the National Interest (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Trade Talks and U.S. Actions" Amid nearly unprecedented political turmoil in Washington, the U.S. is fighting a trade war against China, engaging in lower-profile trade...

  Koichi Kodama, Attorney, Representative of Attorneys Fighting Against Detention, Hammersmith Oath Ippei Torii, Executive Director of NPO Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan Eriko Suzuki, Vice Chair of Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan & Professor, Kokushikan University   Language: The speech and Q & A...

  Lee Young-Chae, Professor, Keisen University Rui Matsukawa, Member of the House of Councillors Liberal Democratic Party Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. Tensions between Japan and Korea go back decades, if not centuries....

  Jules Boykoff, U.S. Olympian, Author of "Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games" Anne Orchier, Organizing member of "NoOlympics LA" Misako Ichimura, Member of "Hangorin no kai NoOlympics2020" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.     Should...

  Mario Garrett, Professor of Gerontology, San Diego State University (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "The Politics of Alzheimer's Disease and the Impact on Japan" Japan isn't getting any younger -- and neither is the world. Aging was one of...