Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE80th Anniversary of World War II SeriesToshiei Mizuochi, Chairman of the Japan War-Bereaved Families Association11:00-11:45 Tuesday, July 1, 2025Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.Eighty years after the last shot was fired, ...

PRESS CONFERENCEGilad Cohen, Ambassador of Israel to JapanFriday, June 27, 2025Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.In March 2025, Israel's two-month ceasefire with Hamas ended, and the death toll now exceeds 56,000 in Gaza since the October ...

"Meet the Press"Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, The Times18:30-20:00, Thursday, June 26, 2025We are bringing back “Meet the Press,” an initiative designed to encourage more members of the press to come to the club and meet other members of the club. The ...

CANCELLED: PRESS CONFERENCESpeaking Out Against Political Hate SpeechAkira Maeda, Association of Citizens Condemning Hate Speech by PoliticiansMegumi Komori, Acting Secretary-General, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and RacismThe Professional Activities Committee regrets to announce that the above planned event has ...

PRESS CONFERENCEConfronting Deepfakes: Japan's Next Steps in the Age of AIDai Yamamoto, Senior Project Director, Data & Security Research Laboratory, Fujitsu LimitedKotaro Nakayama, Representative, NABLAS Inc.13:00-14:00 Tuesday, June 24, 2025Language: The speech will be in English and Q & A ...

PRESS CONFERENCEYuichiro Tamaki, Leader of Democratic Party for the People10:30-11:30, Tuesday, June 24, 2025Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation."The DPP and the Upper House Election"In Japan’s October 2024 Lower House election, the ...

PRESS CONFERENCE “Nippon Ishin’s Policy Priorities and Summer Election Strategy" Seiji Maehara, Co-President Nippon Ishin ( Japan Innovation Party ) 9:00-10:00 Thursday, June 19, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Osaka- and Kansai-centric Nippon Ishin ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Global Trade in America's Crosshairs: How We Got Here and Where It's Going Michael Beeman, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Japan is ...

"Meet the Press"Jelani Cobb, Dean, Columbia Journalism School18:00-19:00, Saturday, June 14, 2025The Dean of Columbia Journalism School will visit the FCCJ on Saturday evening to share his thoughts about the state of the industry and its future. Despite the sudden notice about ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Global AIDS response at a crossroads Joseph Tucker, Co-Chair, APACC (Asia Pacific AIDS and Co-Infection Conference)  Eamonn Murphy, Director, Asia Pacific Regional Support Team, UNAIDS Rachel Ong, Regional Coordinator, Global Fund Advocates Network Asia/Pacific, Singapore 11:00-12:00 Thursday, June 12, 2025 Language: The speech ...