We host seminars twice a year—primarily online in recent years— to deepen understanding of human trafficking, learn about the realities faced by victims, and explore effective ways of providing support. Simultaneous English interpretation is provided, enabling participants from across Japan as well as Talitha Kum members throughout Asia to join.
Upcoming Online Seminar
- Online Seminar (Upcoming)
Chairperson Sr. Shizue Hirota will explain the background behind our organization’s establishment and Talitha Kum’s global activities. Following this, Ms. Motoko Yamagishi, an expert in supporting immigrants and refugees, will deliver a lecture on the challenges foreign nationals face within Japanese society. Please join us！
Previous seminars
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June 7, 2025 |
Online Seminar: Modern Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia and Challenges of Sexual and Economic Exploitation among Youth in Japan |
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November 9, 2024 |
Online Seminar: Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking of Children and Young Women: Toward an Exploitation-Free Society |
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June 2024 |
Online Seminar: Sustaining Support for Women in the Sex Industry: Realities and Support for Hard-to-Visualize Sexual Exploitation |
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November 2023 |
Online Seminar: Toward a Society that Welcomes Refugees: Insights from the Arrupe Refugee Center |
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May 2023 |
Online Seminar: Human Trafficking of Japanese-Filipino Children (JFC) and Their Mothers |
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October 2022 |
Online Seminar: Collaboration toward Supporting Foreign Technical Intern Trainees and Abolishing the Program |
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May 2022 |
Online Seminar: Challenges of the Technical Intern Training Program and the New Foreign Worker Intake System: From the Church’s Efforts toward Institutional Reform |
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September 2021 |
Online Seminar: One Year Later: The Impact of COVID-19 on Human Trafficking |
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April 2021 |
Talitha Kum Asia Webinar (Hosted by TK Japan): Migrant Workers and Exploitation |
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October 2020 (Sapporo) |
Seminar: Human Trafficking and Initiatives of the Church in Japan: Realities and Support for Vietnamese Technical Intern Trainees |
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September 2020 |
Online Seminar: The Impact of COVID-19 on Human Trafficking: Global and Domestic Situations, and the Future of the Church |
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May 2019 (Yotsuya, Tokyo) |
Workshop: Talitha Kum English Speaking Group Workshop |
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November 2018 (Koriyama) |
Seminar: Current Status and Support for Technical Intern Trainees |
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February 2018 (Nagoya) |
Seminar: Current Status and Support for Human Trafficking in Japan |
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June 2017 (Yotsuya, Tokyo) |
Inaugural Commemorative Lecture: Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking and Myself Speaker: Bp. Goro Matsuura |
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July 2016 (Shiomi, Tokyo) |
Preparatory Seminar: Training Workshop for Priests, Missionaries, and Religious |