Press Events

  Nobumasa Yokoo, Author and Former Stockbroker (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "Japan's Justice System and the Olympus Affair" Nobumasa Yokoo is one of the key persona in the $1.7bn accounting scandal that erupted at Olympus Corp....

  Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman of Keidanren (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Japan's Answer to the Digital Transformation Race: Society 5.0" IoT (internet of things), machine learning, AI, flying cars, robot care workers, even robot monks... Humanity achieved the first, second...

  Junichiro Hironaka, Carlos Ghosn's Chief Defense Lawyer Sho Kosasa, Lawyer & Eri Hironaka, Lawyer 15:00-16:30 Monday, March 4, 2019 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English Interpretation) "Carlos Ghosn's Lawyers Speak Out" Known as "the Razor" for his record...

    Kumiko Otsuka, President, Otsuka Kagu, Ltd. Hai Bo Chen, President, High-Lines Co., Ltd. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese and Chinese with English interpretation.   Four years after a highly publicized father-daughter feud over the control of...

  Clyde Prestowitz, Economic Strategy Institute (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Talking Trade Wars" As the U.S. and China continue their clash over trade and Japan waits for its own set of talks with the U.S. to commence, 2019 is...

  Denny Tamaki, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture Jinshiro Motoyama, Representative of a Citizens' Group "Henoko Kenmin Tohyo no Kai" (The speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English Interpretation) Okinawa's February 24th referendum on the construction of a controversial US airbase has raised the...

  "Recognition at last for Japan’s Ainu Community?" Yuji Shimizu, Chairperson, Ainu Kotan no Kai Satoshi Hatakeyama, Chairperson, the Monbetsu Ainu Association Hiroshi Maruyama, Chairperson, the Citizens' Alliance for the Examination of Ainu Policy & Emeritus Professor, Muroran Institute of Technology Morihiro Ichikawa, Lawyer...

  Nagwang Tobgay, Legal Officer of the Parents' Committee of "The Learn and Earn Program" Victims Sonam Tshering Dhendup, President of the Parents' Committee of "The Learn and Earn Program" Victims Yumiko Kan, Representative of Nature and Humans Japan (NHJ), NGO (The speech and Q...

    "2019: The Year of Osaka" Ichiro Matsui, Governor of Osaka Prefecture Hirofumi Yoshimura, Mayor of Osaka Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. For Osaka Prefecture and city, 2019 is one of the busiest...

  Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo (The speech will be in English, Q & A will be in Japanese with interpretation) "Designing Tokyo for 2020 – Initiatives for the Year to Come" Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will address the FCCJ on a range of current...