Press Events

Demanding Joint Custody of Children  Takanori Hashimoto, Daisuke Nakano, Akira Ueno,  Vincent Fichot and Tommaso Perina 12:00-13:00 Tuesday, June 1, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. Up to 70 percent of Japanese children whose parents...

"Diplomatic solutions to Myanmar crisis" Christine Schraner Burgener, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Under-Secretary-General 16:00-17:00 Friday, May 28, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. With no end in sight to the crisis in Myanmar, the focus...

PRESS CONFERENCE "Cancel to the Olympics"  Naoto Ueyama, Chairman, Japan Doctors Union 13:00-14:00 Thursday, May 27, 2021 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. With the start of the Tokyo Olympics just two months away, the capital...

Bones of Contention: The Legal Battle for the Return of Ryukyuan Remains Tsuyoshi Tamagushiku, Descendant of King family of Ryukyu Kingdom, a Plaintiff of Lawsuit against Kyoto University Yasukatsu Matsushima, Professor of Ryukoku University, Plaintiff Leader of Lawsuit against Kyoto University　 11:00-12:00 Thursday, May 27,...

PRESS CONFERENCE Filippo Pedretti, M.A. student at University of Padua/Ca' Foscari University of Venice Giulia Luzzo, M.A. student at University of Turin 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, May 26, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English. International students stranded outside Japan While many nations...

PRESS CONFERENCE:  Yuki Kitazumi, Journalist 11:00-12:00 Friday, May 21, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation/*Mr. Kitazumi will join the event online Myanmar's Descent into Chaos On April 19, soldiers in Myanmar arrived at the Yangon home of...

PRESS CONFERENCE Human Rights Abuses In Japan's Detention Centers Thomas Ash, Film Director of "Ushiku" 14:00-15:00 Thursday, May 20, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation.  The Japan Diet is debating controversial reforms to the immigration...

Bilateral relationship between Russia and Japan On the map, Russia is Japan's closest neighbor, but politically the two nations could not be further apart. Belonging to rival blocs during the Cold War, Japan and Russia have continued to drift apart in terms of mutual understanding...

PRESS CONFERENCE What Next for Tibet? Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan & East Asia ​​​​​​​Hirano Satoshi, Professor, University of Tokyo Kitai Daisuke, Coordinator, China Team, Amnesty International Japan 11:00-12:00 Monday, May 17, 2021 The speech and Q & A...

Israel Strulov, Charge de affairs, Embassy of Israel in Japan 12:30-13:30 Friday, May 14, 2021 The speech and Q & A will be in English "Arab-Israeli conflict" Israel Strulov, Charge de affairs, Embassy of Israel in Japan will to discuss about current Arab-Israeli conflict.  How...