PRESS BRIEFINGS (NOTICES)

The FPCJ holds briefings given by Cabinet ministers, high-ranking government officials and leading experts in various fields about four times a month so foreign journalists can better understand **today's**
Japan. About 20 to 30 foreign journalists usually attend these press briefings giving background on current issues in Japan.
Confirm the schedule here.

  • The 2025 Problem—The Near Future of Japan’s Aging (Mr. Yoh Satoh, Relife-Project Senior Administrator, The Asahi Shimbun)

    Date December 21, 2016
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  • Japan’s East-Asia Diplomacy (Mr. Yoshiki Mine, President, Institute for Peaceful Diplomacy)

    Date November 22, 2016
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  • Issues for and Future Outlook of Greater Participation by Women in Japanese Society (Dr. Machiko Osawa, Professor/Director of RIWAC, Japan Women’s University)

    Date November 18, 2016
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  • IoT—Japan’s Strategy and International Competitiveness (Dr. Jun Murai, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)

    Date November 11, 2016
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  • Japan-US Relations After the US Presidential Election (Dr. Yasushi Watanabe, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)

    Date November 10, 2016
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  • Turning Japan’s Declining Population into an Opportunity (Ms. Yumiko Murakami, Head of OECD Tokyo Centre)

    Date October 26, 2016
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  • Towards Working-style Reform (Dr. Naohiro Yashiro, the Faculty of Global Business, Showa Women’s University)

    Date October 17, 2016
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  • North Korean Developments and Relations with Japan (Prof. Shunji Hiraiwa, Kwansei Gakuin University)

    Date October 3, 2016
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  • Present and Future of Japan-China Relations (Prof. Akio Takahara, Faculty of Law/ Vice-dean of Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

    Date September 20, 2016
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  • Present and Future of Japan-Russia Relations (Mr. Shinji Hyodo, Regional Studies Dept. Director of NIDS (National Institute for Defense Studies))

    Date September 9, 2016
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  • The U.S. Presidential Election and the Future of Japan-U.S. Relations (Dr. Toshihiro Nakayama, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)

    Date September 5, 2016
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  • Current State and Future of Japanese Economy (Mr. Mitsumaru Kumagai, Senior Managing Director/ Chief Economist, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.)

    Date August 31, 2016
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