Press Events

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 Hideki Moronuki, Senior Fisheries Negotiator, Fisheries Agency and Alternate Commissioner to The International Whaling Commission(IWC) Japan submitted several changes to the recent International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Florianopolis, Brazil, that could have paved the way for a resumption of commercial...

Friday, September 14, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia Paul Midford, Professor, Norwegian University for Science and Technology Marie Söderberg, Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies "Can Japan and Europe Provide Alternative Leadership in a Changing World Order?" Language: The speech and...

Thursday, September 13, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 YOSHIKI, Composer, Songwriter, Pianist, Rock Drummer and Leader of X Japan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English with Japanese Interpretation "X Japan's Yoshiki - Rock Icon and Global Star" Growing up, X Japan drummer Yoshiki no...

Wednesday, September 05, 2018, 13:00 - 14:30 Taiga Ishikawa, Member of the Toshima Ward Assembly, Facilitator of Association of the LGBT Municipal Representatives Aya Kamikawa, Member of the Setagaya Ward Assembly, Facilitator of Association of the LGBT Municipal Representatives Kanako Otsuji, Member of House of Representatives (CDP), Representative...

Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yuichiro Tamaki, President, the Democratic Party for the People Keisuke Tsumura, Member of the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party for the People Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Two candidates for the...

Monday, August 27, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 "Fisheries Agency Lawsuit: Money for Whaling, Not Tsunami Victims?" Ren Yabuki, Director, NGO LIA (Life Investigation Agency) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan's Fisheries Agency obtained...

Thursday, August 23, 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 Takashi Ohkuma, the Head of Niigata City Lagoon Environment Research Institute, Professor Emeritus of Niigata University Yukiko Kada, Former President of the Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology, Former Governor of Shiga Prefecture Language: Speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with...

Wednesday, August 01, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Jon Mitchell, Special Correspondent, Okinawa Times, Award Winner of FCCJ's Freedom of the Press Lifetime Achievement Award Language: The Speech and Q & A will be in English "Freedom of Information Act: a Tool to Probe U.S. Intel/Military Operations in Japan"...

Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 15:00 - 16:30 Hideko Hakamada, Elder Sister of Iwao Hakamada Katsuhiko Nishijima, Chief Council of Hakamada Defense Lawyers Osamu Murasaki, Member of Defense Councils Shosei Nitta, Former Champion of East Pacific Bantamweight Koichi Wajima, Former WBA and WBC Champion of Super Welter Weight Plus:...

Thursday, July 19, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Hitoshi Kuninaka, Vice President, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Director General, JAXA ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) Makoto Yoshikawa, Associate Professor, JAXA ISAS and Mission Manager of Hayabusa2 Project Team Language: The speech and Q & A will...