Press Events

Thursday, January 19, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   Thomas Schmid, National Chair of Democrats Abroad Japan Alexander Gonzalez, Democrats Abroad Delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.   Democrats Abroad Japan (DAJ) will hold a candlelight ...

Thursday, January 19, 2017, 13:00 - 14:00   Putting a Stop to Karoshi: Death From Overwork Language: The speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   Matsuri Takahashi was just 24 when she killed herself in December 2015. She had joined Dentsu, Japan's largest advertising ...

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 "Fukushima Voluntary Evacuees on Verge of Losing Homes" Language: Speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. In March, six years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, over 28,000 so-called "voluntary evacuees" are scheduled to lose their housing support and could be forced ...

Monday, January 16, 2017, 12:00 - 14:00 "How Trump's Presidency can impact" Fumiaki Kubo, Barton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo Toshihiro Nakayama, Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University Kumi Yokoe, Political Analyst Language: The speech and ...