Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE How Shareholders Can Promote Corporate Decarbonization   Julien Vincent, 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner  15:00-16:00, Monday, June 27, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English   Can shareholders turn Japan's corporations green? A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Monster of the Boxing Ring Naoya Inoue, professional boxer, WBA・WBC・IBF unified bantamweight world champion 12:30-13:30 Monday, June 27, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Naoya Inoue punched his way into the record books...

PRESS CONFERENCE Kazane Kajiya and Kumi Tsukahara, Action for Safe Abortion Japan 10:00-11:00 Monday, June 27, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Action for Safe Abortion Japan Abortion pills will be approved in Japan later this year. But according to...

Special Screening and Press Conference with director Naomi Kawase, athlete Guem Abraham and Okinawa official Satoru Miyazato 10:00-14:00, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Film screening of "Tokyo Olympics: Side B": 10:00* –...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Japan's Economic Security Strategy and Germany's 'Zeitenwende'  Sandra Detzer, Member of German Parliament 11:30 - 13:00 Thursday, June 16, 2022 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.   The recent flurry of summit meetings in Japan is not a...

PRESS CONFERENCE One Japan Community's Bid for Reconciliation With Korean Residents Akiko Tagawa, the Director of Utoro Peace Memorial Hall Jinwoong Kwak, the co-representative, Utoro Private Fund Shiki Tomimasu, Attorney-at-law, a member of the counsel team for victims of the Utoro Arson Case 14:00-15:00 Wednesday,...

ROUND TABLE H.E. Mr. Mukhsinkhuja Abdurakhmonov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan 11:00-12:00 Wednesday, June 8, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Uzbekistan's reform-minded government is celebrating the lifting of a 13-year boycott of its...

PRESS CONFERENCE Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania 09:15-10:15 Tuesday, June 7, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   Japan and Lithuania are celebrating the 100th anniversary of bilateral relations this year and Lithuania's Minister...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Japanese Government's War on Education Hisayo Saika, "Education and Nationalism" film director 14:00-15:00 Thursday, May 26, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) For decades, textbooks in Japan have been a source of deep controversy....

PRESS CONFERENCE Georgia looks to a future beyond the war in Ukraine Teimuraz Lezhava, Ambassador of Georgia 14:00-15:00 Monday, May 23, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) The impact of the war raging in Ukraine has reached...