Press Events

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 ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Yoshihiko Noda, President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 11:00-12:00 Monday, June 9, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Yoshihiko Noda, President of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and former Prime Minister, ...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Activist Investors in This Year's Shareholder Meetings Nicholas Benes, CEO, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI) 12:00-13:30 Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Not too long ago, corporate Japan treated stockholders as ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Hideaki Higuchi, Former Judge of Fukui District Court 13:00-14:00 Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Courts and Nuclear Power: A Judge Speaks Out Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that the ...

PRESS CONFERENCE Sion Sono, Film director Yuto Hisaeda, Press agent 10:00-11:00 Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Fighting back against accusations of sexual impropriety While accusations of sexual crimes in the entertainment industry ...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON What are Japan's Choices in the New Trump Era?    Kazuto Suzuki, Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo & Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan Ken Jimbo, Professor, Faculty of Policy ...

PRESS CONFERENCE A Female Osaka Prosecutor Accuses Former Boss of Sexual Assault Hikari (pseudonym), The female prosecutor who accused the former head of the Osaka District Prosecutors' Office of sexual assault *Kota Anzai, Attorney at Law Momoko Nojo, Support group for the female prosecutor  10:00-11:30 ...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Elders Speak Out on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Juan Manuel Santos, Chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia Ban Ki-moon, Deputy Chair of The Elders, former UN Secretary General          Elbegdorj Tsakhia, former President and Prime Minister of ...