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Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 11:00 - 12:00 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election Series (LDP) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation The Club sent the invitations to Tokyo Chapters of major political parties in connection with the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election. Hakubun...

Monday, June 19, 2017, 13:00 - 14:00 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election Series (DP) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation The Club sent the invitations to Tokyo Chapters of major political parties in connection with the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election. Jin...

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 11:00 - 12:45 （＊Time has been changed. ）Constitutional Revision and the State of Current Politics in Japan Langugae: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Japanese politics is at a crossroads. On the Constitution Day this year Prime...

Monday, June 12, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00  "Seeking Peace on the Korean Peninsula" Kim Young Woong, Michel Chossudovsky & Kiyul Chung Language:The speech and Q & A will be in English and Korean with interpretation The prospects for a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula don’t seem bright....

Tuesday, June 06, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 "Understanding Kim Jong-un's Regime" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation As North Korea forges ahead with a flurry of tests to further its nuclear weapons and missile programs, prompting G-7 leaders to vow...

Monday, June 05, 2017, 12:00 - 14:00 Speaking Truth to Power : Former METI Bureaucrat Language: The Speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Shigeaki Koga will forever be associated in the Japanese public mind with a televised diatribe to millions of viewers about the...

Thursday, June 01, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 Situation of Korean Peninsula and Further Development Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English Defying UN sanctions and US warnings, North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on May 21 for the eighth time this year, or the...

Tuesday, May 30, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 "Uber, ride sharing and the taxi industry in Japan" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation One of the most profound social developments of recent years is the rise of the 'sharing economy', exemplified...

Friday, May 26, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 "Geo-Political and Military Operational Challenges facing Japan and its Allies" Language: The Speech and Q&A will be in English Japan's international defense trade show has attracted a lot of media attention over the past two years, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s...

Thursday, May 25, 2017, 14:30 - 15:30 "Foreign Detainees on Hunger Strike" Foreigners held at immigration centers in Tokyo and Nagoya have been going on hunger strikes to protest against their detentions and conditions in the facilities. More than 20 people, of nationalities including Iranian, Turkish and Vietnamese,...