Press Events

Friday, February 23, 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 "The Road toward Monetary Union in Europe – Where Next?" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English The European Union is poised to further its long march toward full economic and monetary union by forming a European Monetary...

Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Japan's chief TPP negotiator Kazuyoshi Umemoto, Chief Negotiator, the Government Headquarters for the TPP, Cabinet Secretariat Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. After almost eight years, a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is set to be signed...

Friday, February 16, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation In the 1960s, thousands of Koreans in Japan immigrated to North Korea in the belief that they were going to a "Paradise on Earth."...

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Kouhei Ohtsuka, President, the Democratic Party Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. The Democratic Party (DP), which fell from its place as Japan's top opposition force in last October's general election, is seeking...

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Takehiro Kamiya, Head of Midorigaoka Nursery School Futenma Baptist Church Tomoko Miyagi, President of Parents' Association Yukiko Chinen, Vice president of Parents' Association In December and January...

Thursday, February 08, 2018, 11:30 - 13:30 Fake News in Japan: Fact-checking Japan's Media Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) Over the past year, "fake news" has gained international currency and generated concern and fierce debate among politicians, journalists, and the...

Wednesday, February 07, 2018, 13:40 - 14:35   "A European Perspective on Regional Stability in East Asia"  *Pls. see Security Advisory Language: The speech will be in English and Q & A in German with English and Japanese simultaneous interpretation.   *Security Advisory 1) Doors open 13:10 and...

Friday, February 02, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Yasumi Iwakami, Journalist Kazuyuki Azusawa, Lawyer & Saka Hitone, Lawyer Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   The balance between the freedom of expression, which is protected by the Constitution, and defamation...

Thursday, February 01, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00 Bitcoin and ICOs...The Future of Cryptocurrencies Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English Over the past year, Japan has emerged as a world capital for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with yen-based trading representing as much as half...

Monday, January 29, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Yasushi Akashi, Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Yayoi Sasada, Japan women's national gymnastics team member of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games Nagisa Osada, Non-fiction writer, Director of Japan Society of Sports Language: The speech and Q & A will be in...