Speaking requests

Toimikke accepts requests for talks and training sessions.

Daishiro Sasaki, our Representative Director, experienced homelessness himself before moving to the side of those providing support. He now works on the ground on communication poverty and on emergency support for hardship that has become harder to see. He can speak about people the statistics do not capture, both from direct experience on the ground and from the data we have accumulated.

What we can speak about

• Communication poverty — the isolation that begins when a phone is cut off, and the idea that communication is a human right
• Gig work and unstable housing — what life is really like for people working while living in internet cafés
• Emergency support in practice — building places of refuge with citizens and ICT (Sekai Bivouac)
• Outreach that lands — delivering support information as short videos (“Welfare Uncle”)
• Public assistance today — why applications rise while the number of recipients does not

Fees and coverage

Fee

We adjust to your budget. Please start by asking.

Area

In person across the Tokyo metropolitan area (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba). Online anywhere in Japan.

Format

Talks, training sessions, panel appearances and similar. Please ask.

How the process works

1. Get in touch — use the form below with the date, place, audience and your budget
2. We reply — we check the request and reply within three working days
3. We work out the details — topic, length and how the session will run

Previous appearances

We are covered regularly on television, in newspapers, on radio and in online media.

• NHK Close-up Gendai / Asaichi / Tokoro-san! Jiken desu yo / NHK News Shutoken Network
• Fuji TV The Non-Fiction (twice)
• ABEMA Abema Prime
• TOKYO MX Hori Jun Gekiron Summit
• The Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and Tokyo Shimbun
• TBS Radio Jinken TODAY

• Full list of media coverage (Japanese)

How to get in touch

Please use the form below, including the date, place, audience and your budget.

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