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Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 "Election Analysis" Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of Asia Pacific Initiative Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition refrained a two-third majority in Sunday's general election in his fifth winning streak since he came...

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 11:00 - 12:00 "Future of DP and its party subsidies" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Hiroyuki Konishi, Member of House of Councilors and Vice Director-General of Executive Officeof the Democratic Party, will come to the club to...

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 Author of "Black Box" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Freelance journalist Shiori Ito sent shockwaves through Japan when she went public in late May with allegations that she had been raped. Sadly, it...

Monday, October 23, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   Zaw Min Htut, Executive Director, Rohingya Advocacy Network in Japan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Rohingya issue in Myanmar"   The rapidly unfolding tragedy of Rohingya refugees fleeing the alleged atrocities of the armed...

Monday, October 23, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 "Election Result Analysis" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English   Weeks before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the Diet, Abe’s strong powerbase showed sign of erosion. The scandal surrounding Kake and Moritomo, in which he did favors to...

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 12:00 - 14:00 "Election Insight" Language: The Speech and Q&A will be in Englsih Despite initial speculations that Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's newly founded Kibo no To, or the Party of Hope, might bring another political remapping to Japan's political dynamics,early polls show that...

Monday, October 16, 2017, 15:30 - 16:30 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation While reciprocal insults and threats between the USA and DPRK seem to have given way to serious, albeit still very secretive, negotiations, there is still need to...

Monday, October 16, 2017, 13:45 - 14:30 The Election Series Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation The Club sent the invitations to the major political parties in connection with the 48th general election of members of the House of Representatives Kazuo Shii,...

Friday, October 13, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 "Election Insight" Language: Speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The election that kicked off earlier this week is expected to remap the Japanese political landscape. The snap election, which many say was called without any legitimate reason,...

Thursday, October 12, 2017, 14:30 - 16:00 "The Truth About The Rohingya" The speech and Q & A will be in Burmese with Japanese and English interpretation in relay Myanmar has been entering the global headlines in recent weeks for unfortunate reasons. The country's Rohingya Muslim minority has...