Press Events

Thursday, July 19, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Hitoshi Kuninaka, Vice President, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Director General, JAXA ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) Makoto Yoshikawa, Associate Professor, JAXA ISAS and Mission Manager of Hayabusa2 Project Team Language: The speech and Q & A will...

Wednesday, July 18, 2018, 14:30 - 16:00 The speech and Q&A will be in English Yasushi Akashi, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations*Absence Yasunobu Sato, Professor, The University of Tokyo Michiya Kumaoka, Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image Maiko Ichihara, Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University There is growing...

Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 David Bonnet, Managing Partner, Delta State Holdings Limited Language: The speech and Q&A will be in English "Japan's Road to Casinos" The Integrated Resort Implementation Bill eased its way through the Diet in June, opening up the way for Japan to...

Friday, July 13, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 The speech and Q&A will be in English "Recent Developments in Yemen (Port City of Al Hodeida) and the Gulf Energy Supplies to Japan and East Asia" The war in Yemen, including recent developments in the port city of Hodeida, has...

Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 13:30 - 14:45 Speech and Q&A will be in English and Japanese with Englsish interpretation Patrik Jonsson, Chairman, Japan Based Executive Committee, PhRMA Amy Jackson, Japan Representative, PhRMA Kazuhiko Nishizawa, Chief Senior Economist, the Japan Research Institute "How the Pharma Industry Can Help Japan...

Thursday, July 05, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 The speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Hitoshi Nogawa, Leader of the Plaintiff Group Shiki Tomimasu, Plaintiff's Lawyer's Group, Attorney-at-Law  "A Lawsuit Against Deprivation of Japanese Citizenship: Challenging Japan's Restriction on Dual Citizenship" The FCCJ will host...

Wednesday, July 04, 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 The speech and Q&A will be in English Trade wars, currency wars (perhaps), infrastructure wars (between China and Japan) and perhaps other conflicts all threaten Asia's economy as the region seeks to cope with the fallout from Trumponomics and other challenges....

Tuesday, July 03, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 Giulio Pugliese, Lecturer in War Studies (Japan and East Asian Security) King's College London Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Japan-China Power Politics" With events moving rapidly on the Korean Peninsula, China is already taking credit...

Monday, June 25, 2018, 15:00 - 16:30 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English "Shosha Business and Outlook for Japan's Trade: Trade Wars – Lesson From the Past" Trade is the foundation of economic activity, one that builds prosperity and peace. Yet the term...

Friday, June 22, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 The speech and Q&A will be in English "North Korea – the 'Next Big Thing' for the East Asian Economy? " With the immediate threat of conflict on the Korean peninsula put "on hold" by the recent Singapore summit between US...