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Friday, January 26, 2018, 19:00 - 21:00 The FCCJ PAC "Hacks & Flacks" New Year Party FCCJ PAC新年賀詞交歓会 19:00 - 21:00 Friday, January 26, 2018 *Doors Open: 18:30 The FCCJ's "Hacks & Flacks" New Year Party is the best annual professional networking opportunity in Japan for journalists and...

Friday, January 26, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00   Takeo Hoshi, Chair of the Board, Tokyo Foundation Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Economic Outlook 2018"   Japan's ratio of job openings to applicants has risen to its highest in decades, the stock...

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 12:00 - 14:00 “The 20th anniversary of the Toyota Prius and the Future of Eco-Cars” Language:The speech and Q & A will be in English. The Toyota Prius, the world's first mass-produced hybrid car, turned 20 in December. Since the car's 1997 launch,...

Friday, January 19, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Co-authors of "Tsuikyu-ryoku (The ability to pursue problems)" Language:The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation   The most fundamental job of a reporter is to pursue truth, which governments or companies might not want the...

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Yuichiro Tamaki, President, the Party of Hope (Kibo no To) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Japan's fragmented opposition camp has been struggling to regroup after its electoral debacle in October, which followed...

Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English   With the rise of the alt-right movement in the U.S. and the resurgence of neo-Nazism in Europe, the Simon Wiesenthal Center should have its hands full. The center's original...

Monday, December 18, 2017, 14:30 - 15:30   Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's gamble in forcing a snap election in October amid cronyism scandals that shook leadership paid off with his ruling coalition maintaining...

Friday, December 15, 2017, 11:30 - 12:30   Expert on modern slavery and Human trafficking. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Modern Slavery and the Private Sector"   Matthew Friedman, CEO of the NGO The Mekong Club and an expert on modern slavery...

Thursday, December 07, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 How Japan's Legal System is Tearing International Same-sex Couples Apart Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with English interpretation     While Japan is accepting of foreign spouses to both Japanese and foreigners, the...

Thursday, December 07, 2017, 13:30 - 14:30     Language: Speech and Q&A will be in English.     Following U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, H.E Ambassador Mr. Waleed Siam, Representative, Permanent General Mission of Palestine will hold urgent press conference...