Press Events

Tuesday, March 07, 2017, 12:45 - 13:45 "Unequal Impact: Women and children’s human rights violations and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster"  Kendra Ulrich, Senior Global Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace Japan Kazuko Ito, Lawyer & Secretary General, Human Rights Now Noriko Matsumoto, Representative of a Support Center for...

Thursday, March 02, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 What happened to the residents in the immediate wake of the disaster, including their actions, their thoughts, and their feelings. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   Now six years on from...

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 14:30 - 15:30 A leading supporter and opponent of casino legalization debate the merits Takashi Kiso, CEO, International Casino institute Yoichi Torihata, Professor of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Shizuoka University Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English...

Monday, February 27, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 The Current Situation of Fukushima Daiichi and the Challenges Ahead Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Six years have passed since three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown. The...

Friday, February 24, 2017, 13:00 - 14:00 Kyoji Yanagisawa, Tomohiro Yara, Shigeru Handa & Akhiro Sado Language: Speech and Q&A will be in English The end of the administration of Barack Obama and the emergence of Donald Trump as President of the United States may seem like it...

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 Developing Ninja Business Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation With in-bound tourism hitting historic highs and the world's interest in Japan's history and traditions growing, the region's...

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 A-bomb Survivor Studies and A Look at Fukushima from Scientific & Human Perspectives Language : The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. March 11th is the anniversary of the Great East...

Monday, February 20, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 US-Japan Diplomacy in the Trump Era Language: Speech and Q&A will be in English At their early February meeting in the U.S., Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told new US President Donald Trump that "we (Japan) will contribute to President Trump's growth...

Friday, February 17, 2017, 10:30 - 11:30 Kim Jong Nam and his Death Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Yoji Gomi, Senior Staff Writer, Tokyo Shimbun and author of "My Father, Kim Jong Il, and I: Kim Jong Nam's Exclusive...

Thursday, February 16, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 A comparative international analysis of the successes and failures of unconventional policy. Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Unconventional monetary policy (UMP) as practiced by the world's leading central banks in recent years has had mixed...