Press Events

Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00   Kazuo Shii, Executive Committee Chairperson, Japanese Communist Party Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) has advocated a "democratic revolution" over the years by forging electoral alliances...

Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yoshihiro Yasuda, Aum Asahara's lead counsel during the trial, Attorney, Member of JFBA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Committee The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English Interpretation Japan's judiciary system has come under increasing scrutiny for its...

Friday, April 13, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Sam Rainsy, Former President, Cambodia National Rescue Party The speech and Q & A will be in English No one can talk about Cambodia's turbulent post-Vietnam War history without reference to Mr. Sam Rainsy. An economist and former president of the...

Thursday, April 05, 2018, 13:30 - 14:30   Catherine Jane Fisher, Award Winning Grassroots Human Rights Activist, Author Ryoichi Hattori, Former Member of House of Representatives   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. The award winning grassroots human...

Thursday, March 29, 2018, 17:30 - 18:30   Toyoshi Fuketa, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   The safety of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors was brought into question by the multiple meltdowns at the...

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 14:30 - 15:30 Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize laureate & Founder of Grameen Bank Yuka Kobayashi, CEO and President of Yunus Yoshimoto Social Action Ichiya Nakamura, Professor of Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University Nobutaka Tsubota, Author of "Biri Gal" Masataka Izumi, Yoshimoto...

Monday, March 26, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00   Deployment of Aegis Ashore and Japan’s Defense System Language: The Speech and Q&A will be in English US vice president Mike Pence said during his short visit to Tokyo last month "The United States is committed to provide Japan with...

Monday, March 19, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 Victims and Lawyers are opposing the excution of former AUM members Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation   Seven of 13 former members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult on death row were transferred...

Friday, March 16, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government of Ireland & Anne Barrington, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland in Japan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English with Japanese simultaneous interpretation. "Brexit briefing: Japan, the...

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00   Makiko Tanaka,Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Makiko Tanaka, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, has witnessed at first hand domestic politics dominated by a fierce power rivalry...