Press Events

Friday, March 16, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government of Ireland & Anne Barrington, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland in Japan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English with Japanese simultaneous interpretation. "Brexit briefing: Japan, the...

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00   Makiko Tanaka,Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Makiko Tanaka, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, has witnessed at first hand domestic politics dominated by a fierce power rivalry...

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00     Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English Co-Authors of “The Nuclear Zero Proposal by Koizumi, Koike is Fake” Despite its seemingly inflammatory title, Kaneko and his two collaborators have set out on the seemingly difficult...

Monday, March 12, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30   Lanugage: The speech and Q & A will be in English Corporate Govenance Reforms in Japan While many Japanese corporations are still admired around the world, too many have for years suffered sluggish growth and low profitability. A string of...

Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Federation of Promotion of Zero-Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy (Genjiren) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with simultaneous interpretation As Japan prepares to mark the seventh anniversary of the March 11 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster, former Prime Minister...

Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00 Currency Turmoil; Analysis on Current States and Future Prospects Language: The speech and Q&A will be in English Global equity markets suffered a mini meltdown or "flash crash" a month ago but then appeared to recover their composure quite quickly. Currency...

Friday, March 02, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Hatije Toma, a Kurdish Asylum Seeker Takeshi Ohashi, Lawyer & Masanori Kashiwazaki, SYI membe   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English & Japanese with English interpretation   Japan has gained a notorious international reputation for...

  Friday, March 02, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 Preventing Cryptocurrency Heists Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English This year another cryptocurrency exchange announced to the world that it had been the victim of a heist, the second major one in Japan, and the...

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 15:30 - 16:30 "North Korea after PyeongChang Olympics" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Disarming is probably not the right word to use in the context of Korea, but that is the stunning effect Kim Yo...

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 13:30 - 14:30   Yuzuru Hanyu, PyeongChang Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Gold Medalist Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. *Initial reservations are limited to two tickets and may be subject to further change. Yuzuru Hanyu,...