Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE 11:00-12:00 Monday, August 8, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Legal Battles Continue over TEPCO and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Cause Yuichi Kaido, Co-chair of the National Association of Lawyers for a Nuclear Power Free Japan...

PRESS CONFERENCE “Time for ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine War” Haruki Wada, Chair, Group of Concerned Japanese Historians & Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Atsushi Okamoto, Former President of Iwanami Shoten Publishers Kumiko Haba, President, International Studies Association Asia Pacific  Kenji Isezaki, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Jingu Gaien redevelopment controversy Citizens Ask Governor Koike to Go Back to the Drawing Board   Rochelle Kopp, Organizer of the online petition: ‘Protect Jingu Gaien's trees! Rethink the development plan!’  Naoko Nishikawa, Organizer of Jingu Gaien wo Mamoru Yushi Net & Editor-in-Chief,...

PRESS CONFERENCE On the Breadline in Japan's Public Sector Yuriko Watanabe and Noriko Seyama,  Representatives of the National Women's Network on Non-Regular Government Employees (Hamu-Net) 11:00-12:00 Monday, August 1, 2022 Language: The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Activities of the Unification Church in Japan Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Masaki Kito and Yasuo Kawai, Attorney at Law 12:30-13:30 Friday, July 29, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation)   The July 8th murder of former...

PRESS CONFERENCE Dylan Tanner, Executive Director and Co-Founder of InfluenceMap 11:00-12:00 Friday, July 29, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Climate Change and Lobbying of Japan Inc.: Between promise and reality The British think-tank InfluenceMap is not afraid to take...

PRESS CONFERENCE Makishima Karen, Minister for Digital 15:00-16:00 Tuesday, July 26, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.)   Karen Makishima had her work cut out for her when she took over as the minister in charge of Japan's Digital Agency,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Satoko Kishimoto, Mayor of Suginami 11:00-12:00 Thursday, July 21, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Suginami's Bicycling Female Mayor The sweeping victory for Japan's ruling coalition in July 12th general election suggested to some that the nation’s politics...

PRESS CONFERENCE Albert Park, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, July 13, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) "Navigating The Headwinds To Asia's Economy" The Asian Development Bank once described itself as being the "family doctor" of Asia and...

PRESS CONFERENCE “Advancing News Diversity in Asia” Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Journalist & President, the Asian American Journalists Association Misook Lee, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies  Baye McNeil, Author & Columnist (Joining the event remotely.) Madoka Nakano, Freelance Journalist &...