Press Releases from Japan | 公益財団法人フォーリン・プレスセンター（FPCJ）

Schedule

October 12 - 13, 2023

Press Tours (Notices)

Osaka Press Tour
October 5, 2023

Press Briefings (Notices)

Japan’s Contributions to Achieving the SDGs and Climate Change Issues (Briefer: ...

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Press Briefings (Reports)

Video Report: Preparing for Increasingly Serious Weather Disasters—Measures to Reduce Damage from Heavy Rain (Prof. Satoru Oishi, Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University)

Date:September 26, 2023

In recent years, global warming has led to typhoons and localized, intense heavy rains ove...

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Press Briefings (Notices)

Japan’s Contributions to Achieving the SDGs and Climate Change Issues (Briefer: Amb. AKAHORI Takeshi, Assistant Minister for Global Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)

Date:October 5, 2023

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are international goals to create a better, susta...

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Press Tours (Notices)

Osaka Press Tour

Date:October 12 - 13, 2023

As there are already more applications for this press tour than there are positions availa...

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Press Briefings (Reports)

Video Report: 10 Years After Passing the Childhood Poverty Act—Changes to Inequality for Children in Japan and the Functions of Children’s Cafeterias as New Social Infrastructure (Mr. Makoto YUASA, Project Professor, University of Tokyo/President and CEO, Certified NPO Nationwide Children’s Cafeteria Support Center, Musubie)

Date:September 22, 2023

According to the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions released by the Ministry of Hea...

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Press Briefings (Reports)

Video Report: Marine Pollution from Plastic Waste—Japan’s Current Situation and Challenges　(Prof. Hideshige Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Date:September 15, 2023

Eight million tonnes of plastic waste are released into the world’s oceans every year, and...