Press Events

Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English   With the rise of the alt-right movement in the U.S. and the resurgence of neo-Nazism in Europe, the Simon Wiesenthal Center should have its hands full. The center's original...

Monday, December 18, 2017, 14:30 - 15:30   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's gamble in forcing a snap election in October amid cronyism scandals that shook leadership paid off with his ruling coalition maintaining...

Friday, December 15, 2017, 11:30 - 12:30   Expert on modern slavery and Human trafficking. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Modern Slavery and the Private Sector"   Matthew Friedman, CEO of the NGO The Mekong Club and an expert on modern slavery...

Thursday, December 07, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 How Japan's Legal System is Tearing International Same-sex Couples Apart Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation     While Japan is accepting of foreign spouses to both Japanese and foreigners, the...

Thursday, December 07, 2017, 13:30 - 14:30     Language: Speech and Q&A will be in English.     Following U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, H.E Ambassador Mr. Waleed Siam, Representative, Permanent General Mission of Palestine will hold urgent press conference...

Monday, December 04, 2017, 14:00 - 15:00   "Saving Okinawa Dugong from US Base Building" Peter Galvin, U.S. plaintiff of Dugong case Yoshikazu Makishi, Okinawan plaintiff of Dugong case Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. In August, conservationists...

Friday, December 01, 2017, 14:30 - 15:30   Takashi Uesugi, Founder of NO BORDER & Producer of News OPED Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. If you wonder why Japan ranked 72nd on this year's Reporters Without Borders press freedom...

Thursday, November 30, 2017, 14:30 - 15:30   "Creator of Spiderman & X-Men at Tokyo COMIC CON" Stan Lee, Tokyo Comic Con's honorary Ambassador & MARVEL's honorary chairman Mitsuaki Munegumi, CEO of Tokyo Comic Con Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation....

Thursday, November 30, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 “Trump in Asia” (Language: Speech and Q&A will be in English) U.S. President Donald Trump's 12-day, five-nation swing through Asia received mixed reviews, ranging from tremendously successful" (his own) to "The Chinese leadership played the president like a fiddle" (Susan Rice,...

Monday, November 27, 2017, 15:00 - 16:30 "The Implication of Saudi Arabia Situation on Japan" Language: The Speech and Q&A will be in English. Regarding the recent developments surrounding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including the anti-corruption campaign, we have invited Hiroyuki Takai, President, Sumitomo Corporation Global Research...