Press Events

Monday, June 22, 2020, 13:00 - 14:00 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English / Speaker will join online.) ​​​​​​​Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler Democracy and Press Freedom in The Philippines   Last week a court in Manila found Maria Ressa, one of...

Monday, June 22, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 Michael Mroczek, Chairman of the European Business Council in Japan (The speech and Q & A will be in English) Relaxing Travel and Entry Bans in Japan and Europe As countries around the world cautiously eye reopening and returning to some...

Friday, June 19, 2020, 13:00 - 14:00 Shogo Watanabe, Attorney, Izumibashi Law Office Koichi Kodama, Attorney, Representative of Attorneys Fighting Against Detention, Hammersmith Oath Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Lawyers Supporting Irregular Migrants Speak against Japan's Tighter Immigration...

Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 13:00 - 14:00 Takashi Tachibana, Tokyo Gubernatorial Candidate Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Tokyo Gubernatorial Candidate   ​​​​​​​ Takashi Tachibana, chief of the Party To Protect Citizens From NHK (NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To)...

Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 Taisuke Ono, Tokyo Gubernatorial Election Candidate Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.  Tokyo Gubernatorial Candidate   ​​​​​​​     The election for governor of Tokyo on July 5th might appear to...

Monday, June 15, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 Kenji Utsunomiya, Tokyo Gubernatorial Candidate (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Tokyo Gubernatorial Candidate Kenji Utsunomiya travelled an unusual road to his candidacy for Tokyo governor. He was born and raised in a farming...

Tuesday, June 09, 2020, 16:00 - 17:00   ​​​​​​​ Ryo Kuroki, Author Nobuo Gohara, Lawyer, Former Prosecutor Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has long said she graduated from Cairo University in 1976, but claims have surfaced...

Thursday, June 04, 2020, 12:00 - 13:00 Makoto Sakurai, Leader of Japan First Party Masakazu Kimura, Attorney at Law Kazuhiro Nakamura, Campaign Director and Secretary General Tokyo Gubernatorial Candidate ​​​​​​​ Makoto Sakurai is the leader of the Japan First Party and well known for his views on issues concerning...

Wednesday, June 03, 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 ​​​​​​​ Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Joshua Wong & Agnes Chow, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists and Au Nok-hin, Former Legislative Councilor The Future of Hong Kong Last week the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of Chinagave its approval to a new national...

Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 14:00 - 15:00 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.  "Parody in Japan" by Kunitoshi Oka, Lawyer   ​​​​​​​ This month's spat between the FCCJ and Tokyo Olympic officials over the cover of the club's Number 1 Shimbun has...