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.

  • Present and Future of Japan-Russia in 2018 (Mr. Shinji Hyodo, Director, Regional Studies Department, The National Institute for Defense Studies)

    Date December 7, 2018
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  • CHAdeMO Fast Charging Protocol for Electric Vehicles – Joint Development with China to Create a Global Standard(Mr. Makoto Yoshida, Secretary General of CHAdeMO Assoc./General Manager at Nissan Motor Corp.)

    Date November 30, 2018
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  • Opinions of the Japanese Public on the Imperial Family (Dr. Hideya KAWANISHI, Nagoya Univ. Associate Professor)

    Date November 28, 2018
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  • TPP11 and Japan-EU EPA—Creation of New Free Trade Areas Led by Japan (Dr. Fukunari KIMURA, Professor, Keio University)

    Date November 26, 2018
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  • [CHANGE of SCHEDULE: Oct. 26 → 22(Mon)14:00] Japanese Politics and 150th Anniversary of Meiji Restoration (Dr. Yuichiro Shimizu, Professor, Keio University)

    Date October 22, 2018
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  • The Present and Future of Japan-China Relations (Dr. Akio Takahara, Professor at the Faculty of Law/ Dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

    Date October 19, 2018
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  • Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2’s Unprecedented Mission (Dr. Yuichi Tsuda, Associate Professor, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)

    Date October 12, 2018
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  • Strategy for Japanese Economic Recovery (Dr. Haruo SHIMADA, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. Board of Trustees Chairman)

    Date October 3, 2018
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  • How to Prepare for a Major Earthquake (Prof. Naoshi Hirata, University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute)

    Date September 28, 2018
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  • The Korean Peninsula and Japan (Dr. Junya NISHINO, Keio Univ. Prof. & Director of Keio Center for Contemporary Korean Studies)                     

    Date September 21, 2018
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  • LDP Leadership Election and Japanese Domestic Politics (Dr. Yu UCHIYAMA, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences )

    Date September 14, 2018
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  • (What New Data Shows about) Japan’s Changing Societal Structure and Support by Families and Communities (Mr. Nobuyuki Izumida, Director, Department of Empirical Social Security Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)

    Date August 30, 2018
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