Press Events

Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00   Hitoshi Oshitani, Professor, Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. It's becoming clear the novel coronavirus that has now infected over 60,000 and has claimed close to...

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00   Kiwami Omura, Head of a group of residents opposing the use of the new routes Hiroshi Sugie, Aviation expert & former JAL pilot Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. "Noise in...

    "Economic Outlook and Challenges in Asia" Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department IMF Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Was the recently declared truce in Trump's trade war with China really a cause for rejoicing, as the...

  "Overview of Asian Development" Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank *Please note that Mr. Nakao will be retiring as president of The Asian Development Bank before the event. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.   What is the real...

Tuesday, February 04, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 Hiroshi Nishiura, Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine "Combatting the New Coronavirus" (The speech and Q & A will be in English) As of Friday, the death toll from the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00   Shoichi Ibusuki, Lawyer Makoto Iwahashi, Posse Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   "Filipino Woman Sue For The Return of Her Passport"     A lot has been written recently about...

Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 "Carlos Ghosn Confidant to Provide Details of Their November and December Meetings" Nobuo Gohara, Lawyer, Former Prosecutor (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) A prominent Japanese attorney and former prosecutor, spent more than 10...

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 12:00 - 13:00   Scott McIntyre, Journalist Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English interpretation.   Japan signed the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in 2013, but problems for foreign – and Japanese parents – persist....

    Zaw Min Htut, Vice President, Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan Michimi Muranushi, Citizen Ambassador, Free Rohingya Coalition Kasai Teppei, Program Officer, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Rohingya crisis and Japan...

Friday, December 20, 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 Akira Yoshino, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Honorary Fellow of Asahi Kasei Corp,Professor at Meijo University's Graduate School of Science and Technology (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "A Highly Charged Story: How Lithium-ion...