Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Challenging 'Hostage Justice': A Legal Stand Against Prolonged Detention Takashi Takano, Attorney at Law Tomoya Asanuma, Nurse/Filmmaker 10:00-11:00 Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. Japan's criminal prosecution system has...

PRESS CONFERENCE Lawyers representing plaintiffs seeking damages from the church Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Chief Lawyer at Secretariat, Lawyers from Across Japan for the Victims of the Unification Church Masaki Kito, Deputy Lead Lawyers & Katsuomi Abe, Deputy Chief Lawyer at Secretariat 12:00-13:00 Friday, March 28, 2025...

PRESS CONFERENCE Tomihiro Tanaka, The President of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification   15:00-16:00 Thursday, March 27, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. In a landmark decision Tuesday, the Tokyo District Court ordered the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Kyotango and the Secret to Long, Healthy Lives Hitoshi Yaku, President, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Satoaki Matoba, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Yasushi Nakayama, Mayor of Kyotango city 13:00-14:00 Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Language: The speech and...

PRESS CONFERENCE Paul Mashatile, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa 14:30-15:30 Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. South Africa is one of a number of countries that have faced scrutiny and criticism by the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's role in Ukraine Galyna Mykhailiuk and Oleh Seminskiy, Members of Parliament of Ukraine 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Amid a spell of frenzied diplomatic activity over a potential ceasefire in the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Japan's place in the global AI race Yutaka Matsuo, Professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Technology Management for Innovation 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English...

PRESS CONFERENCE Objections to the Assisted Reproductive Medicine Bill Minato Ayahara, Co-Representative of Famiiro Network for Unconventional Kinship in Japan Yudai Kono, Kinoe Legal Lawoffice, Lawyer 　 Chiaki Shirai, Staff of Famiiro Network for Unconventional Kinship in Japan, Shizuoka University 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Language:...

PRESS CONFERENCE: Cancelled Shiori Ito, Journalist and Director / Producer of BLACK BOX DIARIES Yasuko Morooka & Hajime Kambara, Lawyers 13:30-14:30 Thursday, February 20, 2025 The press conference with Shiori Ito and lawyers and the screening of Black Box Diaries has been cancelled. We apologize...

PRESS CONFERENCE Ethical concerns over Shiori Ito documentary Katsuhiko Tsukuda, Yoko Nishihiro and Yukiko Tsunoda Lawyers Journalist Shiori Ito's film "Black Box Diaries", which details her own sexual assault by a prominent Japanese reporter, has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the upcoming...