Press Events

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 Andre Calantzopoulos CEO, Philip Morris International Inc. Language: Speech and Q&A will be in English "Transitioning to a Smoke-Free Society" Tighter regulations across the world and a shrinking smoking population are closing in on tobacco companies worldwide. To stay in business,...

Thursday, October 18, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yuqing Xing, Professor of Economics, GRIPS "US-China Trade War – the Real Story!" What is shaping up to be a disastrous conflict can still be averted if only China grasps the fact that the battle front is narrower than it appears...

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE Hiroyasu Ito Chairperson of the Toyosu Market Association 15:00-16:00 Tuesday, October 16, 2018 (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "Farewell Tsukiji; Hello Toyosu Fish Market" The legendary Tsukiji fish market is gone. The new...

Tuesday, October 09, 2018, 11:30 - 12:30 Yusaku Maezawa #dearMoon Host Curator / Entrepreneur and CEO of ZOZO "SpaceX BFR's First Private Moon Passenger" A half-century after astronauts first waked on the moon, Yusaku Maezawa, an internet entrepreneur from Chiba prefecture, has agreed to make the same journey...

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 Hideki Moronuki, Senior Fisheries Negotiator, Fisheries Agency and Alternate Commissioner to The International Whaling Commission(IWC) Japan submitted several changes to the recent International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Florianopolis, Brazil, that could have paved the way for a resumption of commercial...

Friday, September 14, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia Paul Midford, Professor, Norwegian University for Science and Technology Marie Söderberg, Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies "Can Japan and Europe Provide Alternative Leadership in a Changing World Order?" Language: The speech and...

Thursday, September 13, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 YOSHIKI, Composer, Songwriter, Pianist, Rock Drummer and Leader of X Japan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English with Japanese Interpretation "X Japan's Yoshiki - Rock Icon and Global Star" Growing up, X Japan drummer Yoshiki no...

Wednesday, September 05, 2018, 13:00 - 14:30 Taiga Ishikawa, Member of the Toshima Ward Assembly, Facilitator of Association of the LGBT Municipal Representatives Aya Kamikawa, Member of the Setagaya Ward Assembly, Facilitator of Association of the LGBT Municipal Representatives Kanako Otsuji, Member of House of Representatives (CDP), Representative...

Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yuichiro Tamaki, President, the Democratic Party for the People Keisuke Tsumura, Member of the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party for the People Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Two candidates for the...

Monday, August 27, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 "Fisheries Agency Lawsuit: Money for Whaling, Not Tsunami Victims?" Ren Yabuki, Director, NGO LIA (Life Investigation Agency) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan's Fisheries Agency obtained...