Press Events

Thursday, February 01, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00 Bitcoin and ICOs...The Future of Cryptocurrencies Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English Over the past year, Japan has emerged as a world capital for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with yen-based trading representing as much as half...

Monday, January 29, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Yasushi Akashi, Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Yayoi Sasada, Japan women's national gymnastics team member of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games Nagisa Osada, Non-fiction writer, Director of Japan Society of Sports Language: The speech and Q & A will be in...

Friday, January 26, 2018, 19:00 - 21:00 The FCCJ PAC "Hacks & Flacks" New Year Party FCCJ PAC新年賀詞交歓会 19:00 - 21:00 Friday, January 26, 2018 *Doors Open: 18:30 The FCCJ's "Hacks & Flacks" New Year Party is the best annual professional networking opportunity in Japan for journalists and...

Friday, January 26, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Takeo Hoshi, Chair of the Board, Tokyo Foundation Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Economic Outlook 2018"   Japan's ratio of job openings to applicants has risen to its highest in decades, the stock...

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00 “The 20th anniversary of the Toyota Prius and the Future of Eco-Cars” Language:The speech and Q & A will be in English. The Toyota Prius, the world's first mass-produced hybrid car, turned 20 in December. Since the car's 1997 launch,...

Friday, January 19, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Co-authors of "Tsuikyu-ryoku (The ability to pursue problems)" Language:The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation   The most fundamental job of a reporter is to pursue truth, which governments or companies might not want the...

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yuichiro Tamaki, President, the Party of Hope (Kibo no To) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Japan's fragmented opposition camp has been struggling to regroup after its electoral debacle in October, which followed...

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...