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Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 13:00 - 14:00 Risk of Unsustainable Seafood Use for Tokyo 2020 Olympics  Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are cursed with issues such as the plagiarism of its emblems and the fierce row between Tokyo...

Monday, February 13, 2017, 15:45 - 16:15   Trump's Impact on China and Uyghur Rights Rebiya Kadeer, President of World Uyghur Congress Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Uyghur with English interpretation.  Rebiya Kadeer is the internationally recognizable face of China’s Uyghur people. As...

Monday, February 13, 2017, 15:00 - 15:30 "Tragedy of Tibet – How to pave a path for the future" Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Lobsang Sangay will speak at the club on the...

Friday, February 03, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 TEPCO's Efforts for Revitalization of Fukushima Takao Onuki, General Manager, Planning & General Affairs Department, TEPCO Fukushima Revitalization Headquarters Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. In a little more than a month, Japan...

Thursday, February 02, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   "Trump and US-Japan relations" Steve Clemons, Washington editor at large, The Atlantic Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Steve Clemons, Editor at Large of The Atlantic and Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE, the premium division of Atlantic...

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 Making Tokyo 2020 Smoking Free Language: The speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Public policy on tobacco smoking has reemerged as a major point of political contention. The Health Ministry has recently been pushing more aggressively than...

Friday, January 27, 2017, 19:00 - 21:00 Doors Open; 18:30 / Party;  19:00 - 21:00   For 364 days of the year we live in an uneasy stand-off, the Hacks (journalists) hungry for news from the Flacks (public relations representatives), and the Flacks quite certain the Hacks will...

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 15:30 - 16:30 Sex discrimation at the 2020 Olympic Golf Tournament venue Languge: The speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English.     The organisers of Japan's Olympics have chosen the Kasumigaseki Country Club as the venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic...

Thursday, January 19, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   Thomas Schmid, National Chair of Democrats Abroad Japan Alexander Gonzalez, Democrats Abroad Delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.   Democrats Abroad Japan (DAJ) will hold a candlelight...

Thursday, January 19, 2017, 13:00 - 14:00   Putting a Stop to Karoshi: Death From Overwork Language: The speech and Q&A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.   Matsuri Takahashi was just 24 when she killed herself in December 2015. She had joined Dentsu, Japan's largest advertising...