Press Events

Monday, May 21, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   "Restart of #MeToo Movement in Japan—Inspections and analysis of 140 cases in media industry" Mayumi Taniguchi, Associate Professor of Osaka International University Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   A group called...

Press Conference: "Trump, Russian Intelligence, and Consequences for US Policies towards Japan and Asia" Glenn L. Carle Newsweek Japan Columnist / Former CIA Operations Officer Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 (The speech and Q & A will be in English.) Glenn L. Carle...

Thursday, April 26, 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 "Japonismes 2018" Nakamura Shido, Kabuki Actor, Nakamura Shichinosuke, Kabuki Actor, Hiroyasu Ando, President, the Japan Foundation & Jay Sakomoto, President & CEO, Shochiku Co., Ltd. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English & Japanese with English...

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 "Abe government's support for the Trump Nuclear Posture Review" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English Gregory Kulacki is a respected expert on the People's Republic of China who has lived and worked in China for the...

Monday, April 23, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Ri Pyong Hwi, Associate Professor of Korea University (Japan) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Ri Pyong Hwi, Associate Professor of Korea University (Japan) will come to the Club prior to the forthcoming Inter-Korean...

Thursday, April 19, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 "Japan's plutonium stockpile and the approach to reprocessing" The speech and Q & A will be in English Rather than storing spent nuclear fuel, Japan's policy has been to reprocess it to separate out the plutonium for re-use. This policy, which...

Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00   Kazuo Shii, Executive Committee Chairperson, Japanese Communist Party Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) has advocated a "democratic revolution" over the years by forging electoral alliances...

Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yoshihiro Yasuda, Aum Asahara's lead counsel during the trial, Attorney, Member of JFBA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Committee The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English Interpretation Japan's judiciary system has come under increasing scrutiny for its...

Friday, April 13, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Sam Rainsy, Former President, Cambodia National Rescue Party The speech and Q & A will be in English No one can talk about Cambodia's turbulent post-Vietnam War history without reference to Mr. Sam Rainsy. An economist and former president of the...

Thursday, April 05, 2018, 13:30 - 14:30   Catherine Jane Fisher, Award Winning Grassroots Human Rights Activist, Author Ryoichi Hattori, Former Member of House of Representatives   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation. The award winning grassroots human...