Press Events

Thursday, August 23, 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 Takashi Ohkuma, the Head of Niigata City Lagoon Environment Research Institute, Professor Emeritus of Niigata University Yukiko Kada, Former President of the Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology, Former Governor of Shiga Prefecture Language: Speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with...

Wednesday, August 01, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Jon Mitchell, Special Correspondent, Okinawa Times, Award Winner of FCCJ's Freedom of the Press Lifetime Achievement Award Language: The Speech and Q & A will be in English "Freedom of Information Act: a Tool to Probe U.S. Intel/Military Operations in Japan"...

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 15:00 - 16:30 Hideko Hakamada, Elder Sister of Iwao Hakamada Katsuhiko Nishijima, Chief Council of Hakamada Defense Lawyers Osamu Murasaki, Member of Defense Councils Shosei Nitta, Former Champion of East Pacific Bantamweight Koichi Wajima, Former WBA and WBC Champion of Super Welter Weight Plus:...

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....