Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE Jean-Marc Takaki, Director, Association for the protection of Amami's forest, rivers and coastal ecosystems 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, January 18, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) "Saving Japan from Seawalls"  Katoku beach, on the sub-tropical island of Amami-Oshima in the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Next Steps in Space Travel Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of Start Today 11:00-12:00, January 7, Friday 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with simultaneous interpretation) While many on Planet Earth spent much of 2021 avoiding any kind of travel,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Bonji Ohara, Senior Fellow, International Peace and Security Department, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation 15:00-16:00 Friday, December 17, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) The Way Forward For Japan-China Relations  Ties between Japan and China stand...

Luncheon Talk: "Behind the Story" series; What have Foreign Correspondents seen and thought in Japan? Richard Lloyd Parry Asia Editor / Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Times (UK) 13:00-14:30 pm, Wednesday December 15, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) This is...

PRESS CONFERENCE Global Energy Crisis and Japan's Energy Dilemma after COP26 Jun Arima, Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo Hiroyuki Tezuka, Chair, WG on Global Environment Strategy, Keidanren & Fellow, JFE Steel Corporation Frank Hiroshi Ling, Chief Scientist, Anthropocene Institute...

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Kathy Matsui, General Partner, MPower Partners Yumiko Murakami, General Partner, MPower Partners Miwa Seki, General Partner, MPower Partners Masatoshi Fukasawa, Partner, MPower Partners 12:00-13:30 Monday, December 13, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Beyond Womenomics: Can a Female-led...

PRESS CONFERENCE Atsuko Nishiyama, Attorney at Law Hirokatsu Nakajima, Attorney at Law Junko Hayashi, Attorney at Law 10:00-11:00 Monday, December 13, 2021 The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Suspected Racial Profiling by Police --...

PROFESSIONAL DINNER Carlos Ghosn, Former Nissan Motor Co. & Renault CEO and Chairman *Mr. Ghosn is joining this event online. 17:30-20:30 Monday, December 6, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Unfinished Business" Carlos Ghosn was scheduled to speak at the...

PRESS CONFERENCE The Global War Against "Forever Chemicals" Robert A. Bilott, Attorney and author 11:00-12:00 Friday, December 3, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in English and Mr. Bilott is joining this event online.) Environmental crusader Robert Bilott once fought on the...

PRESS CONFERENCE Taro Kono, Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) 15:00-16:00 Thursday, December 2, 2021 (The speech and Q & A will be in English) "What's the next move for Taro Kono?" Taro Kono, once considered something of a...