Press Events

  Patrick Ramage, Director, Marine Conservation, International Fund for Animal Welfare (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Taking Stock of Japan's Resumption of Commercial Whaling" Japan is due to resume commercial whaling on July 1 after a 30-year break. The move...

Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) & Chair, Think20 (T20) Japan Denis Hew, Director, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Policy Support Unit, APEC Secretariat Sayuri Shirai, Professor, Keio University & Former Bank of Japan Policy Board member  Nella Hendriyetty, Senior Capacity Building and...

    James Stern, Former Executive Vice President of Corporate Security and Investigations, Wynn Resorts and Former FBI agent Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Casinos, Yakuza and Challenges Facing Japan's IR Resorts" James Stern, retired FBI...

    "An Insider's View of North Korean Diplomacy" Thae Yong Ho, Former North Korean Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Thae Yong Ho has first hand experience of how North Korean diplomacy...

  Masatsugu Asakawa, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "The Global Economy and the G20" The global economy is in peril as world leaders prepare for this month's...

  Paul John Dizon, President of NAMASUFA (Filipino labor union) Jamila Seno, Board of Director of NAMASUFA (The speech and Q & A will be in English and Tagalog with English interpretation) "Plight of Sumitomo Group Banana Workers" Since the end of 2018, around 900...

PAC Evening Meeting Bob Sapp, Pro Fighter and Actor (The speech and Q & A will be in English) Cocktail Party: 18:30-19:00 Speech: 19:00-19:20 Q&A session: 19:20-20:00 "Being a Foreign Entertainer in the Japanese TV Industry" Internationally known to MMA fans as "The Beast", Bob...

    PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Mark Karpelès, Former CEO of Mt. Gox Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.     Mark Karpeles was CEO of what was once the world's largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox. The...

  Joshua Walker, Global Head of Strategic Initiatives and Japan, Office of the President, Eurasia Group (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Japan's Global Role: A View from Washington" Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was...

    Future of Malaysia-Japan relationship Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English with Japanese simultaneous interpretation. The role of lambasting governments in power has typically gone to disaffected students and other youth...