Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Tetsuo Saito, Chief Representative Komeito 11:00-12:00 Monday, October 20, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.  Japanese Politics After The LDP-Komeito Divorce The departure from the ruling coalition of Komeito following the election of Sanae...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Ibuki, Magician 12:00-13:20 Thursday, Octber 16, 2025 ⋆Lunch will start at 12:00 and the speech will start at 12:30. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Meet The Japanese Magician Who Dazzled His Way To A...

PRESS CONFERENCE Will Takaichi Become Japan's Next Leader?  Chiyako Sato, Expert Senior Writer, Editorial Board, The Mainichi Shimbun  Masato Kamikubo, Professor, College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English or Japanese...

PRESS CONFERENCE A defector diplomat exposes North Korea's regime Lee Ilkyu, Former Counsellor, The Embassy of DPRK to Cuba  14:00-15:00 Thursday, October 9, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Korean with English interpretation. Lee Il Gyu, a former senior North...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Rescheduled Aonishiki, Sumo Wrestler 11:30-13:00 Thursday, October 9, 2025 This event has been rescheduled due to the speaker's schedule. ⋆Lunch will start at 11:30 and the speech will start at 12:00. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's next prime minister Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University 11:00-12:00 Monday, October 6, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. On the first working day after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...

PRESS CONFERENCE Ryosei Akazawa,  Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Japan-U.S. Trade Deal Japan signed a trade...

PRESS CONFERENCE North Korea's Power Play: First Russia, Now China, What’s Next? Jenny Town, Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center and the Director of "38 North" 11:00-12:00 Friday, September 26, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Kim Jong Un's...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Natsuko Toda, Film Subtitle Translator 12:00-13:30 Thursday, September 25, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Natsuko Toda, Japan’s Subtitle Queen" English-language film buffs in Japan need no introduction to Natsuko Toda. She has been called "the most...

PRESS CONFERENCE How to Think About Scandals in Japan: Fuji TV and Suntory CEO Igor Prusa, Ph.D. et Ph.D., Ambis University Prague & Metropolitan University Prague 13:00-14:00 Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Language: The speech and Q&A will be in English. Japan has seen two big...