Press Events

SCREENING and PRESS CONFERENCE Ai Weiwei, Artist "Coronation" China's Pandemic Crackdown ​​​​​​​Screening and Q & A will be in English. Screening: 15:00-16:55 / Press Conference: 17:00-17:45 Unlike his previous works, "Coronation", the latest documentary by world-famous Chinese artist and performer Ai Weiwei, which uses exclusive...

PRESS CONFERENCE Michiko Kodama and Masako Wada, Assistant Secretary Generals,  Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) Akira Kawasaki, International Steering Group member,  International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons  The speech and Q...

Kunihiko Miyake, Special Advisor to the Cabinet ​​​​​​​Research Director, the Canon Institute for Global Studies The speech and Q & A will be in English. After a rollercoaster four-years for Japan and the rest of Asia under U.S. President Donald Trump, many observers are expecting...

PANEL DISCUSSION (Zoom Event) WOMEN IN JAPANESE MEDIA: Views from the Front Lines Yoko Hani, Editor-in-chief, Fujin no Tomo Hiroko Aihara, Freelance Journalist, formerly staff writer of Fukushima Minyu Shimbun Magdalena Osumi, Staff Writer, The Japan Times Grace Lee, Tokyo Correspondent, Feature Story News Yoshiko...

Press Conference: Explanation of Sexual Assault Claim Shoko Arai Former Assemblywoman of Kusatsu, Gunma 11:00 - 12:00, December 18, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.) Until her dismissal in a recall election on December 6, Shoko Arai,...

Press Conference: Time to End Illegal Manga Sales Ken Akamatsu Managing Director of the Nihon Manga-ka Kyokai (An association of manga illustrators in Japan) & popular manga artist Atsushi Ito Shueisha publishing company Kensaku Fukui lawyer (The speech and Q & A will be in...

Press Conference: Nobutada Kuroiwa Mayor of Kusatsu 13:00 - 14:00, December 14, 2020 (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.)       How to attend: Please register at front@fccj.or.jp with your name, name of media outlet, FCCJ membership...

Press Conference: Preventing Miscarriages of Justice Tadashi Ara President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations Seiho Cho Officer/Attorney at Research Office for Criminal Affairs of Japan Federation of Bar Associations Megumi Wada Officer/Attorney at Research Office for Criminal Affairs of Japan Federation of Bar Associations 13:00...