From Japan straight out to the world: the web site for news and information

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 the current situation in Japan. About 20 to 30 foreign journalists usually attend these press briefings giving background on current issues in Japan.
Confirm the schedule here.

Check Press Briefings (Reports) for video reports of past briefings.

Archive

• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011

December 14, 2020

How Will COVID-19 Affect Japan’s Labor Market and Work Culture in 2021?

• 
• 

December 10, 2020

The Potential of Japanese Manga and Anime Shown by the Blockbuster Demon Slayer (Ms. Yuka Ijima, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Daito Bunka University)

• 
• 

December 8, 2020

The Future of Free Trade in 2021—Japanese Leadership and the Response of the New US Administration (Dr. Fukunari Kimura, Professor, Keio University)

• 
• 

December 3, 2020

The World’s Fastest Supercomputer, Fugaku, Taking Aim at COVID-19 (Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka, Director, RIKEN Center for Computational Science)

• 
• 

November 27, 2020

Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Returns to Earth in World First Accomplishment (Dr. Makoto Yoshikawa, Mission Manager, Hayabusa2 Project Team)

• 
• 

November 18, 2020

Housing Conditions and Real Estate Market in Japan (Mr. Yoichi Ikemoto, Editor in Chief, Recruit Housing Info Magazine SUUMO)

• 
• 

November 13, 2020

The US Presidential Election and Japan’s New Cabinet (Dr. Toshihiro Nakayama, Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)

• 
• 

October 28, 2020

Will the Pandemic Prompt Regional Revitalization and Ease Overconcentration in Tokyo? (Mr. Yutaka Okada, Senior Economist, Research Department – Public Policy, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.)

• 
• 

October 15, 2020

The New Administration and Japanese Security Policy (Prof. Nobukatsu KANEHARA, Faculty of Law Department of Political Science, Doshisha University)

• 
• 

October 8, 2020

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Japanese Corporate Activity (Mr. Shougo Maruyama, Information Reporting Section Manager, Teikoku Databank, Ltd. Tokyo Head Branch)

• 
• 

October 2, 2020

How Will the Japanese Economy Recover from the Pandemic? (Dr. Keiichiro Kobayashi, Research Director, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research)

• 
• 

October 1, 2020

The US Presidential Election and Japan-US Relations (Dr. Yasushi Watanabe, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)

• 
• 

September 29, 2020

The Korean Peninsula and Japan in 2020 (Dr. Junya Nishino, Keio Univ. Prof. & Director of Keio Center for Contemporary Korean Studies)

• 
• 

September 11, 2020

[CHANGE of SCHEDULE from Sept 16 to Sept 11] Post-Abe and Domestic Japanese Politics (Dr. Yu UCHIYAMA, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

• 
• 

August 4, 2020

75 Years Since the Bombing—Nagasaki’s Hopes, Prayers, and Lessons

• 
• 

July 31, 2020

“Challenge Zero”- New action by Japanese companies in the field of climate change

• 
• 

July 27, 2020

Hiroshima Survivor’s Thoughts 75 Years After the Atomic Bombing (Ms. Keiko Ogura)

• 
• 

July 15, 2020

Post-COVID-19 Geopolitics—The Future of US-China Tension and Japan’s Role (Dr. Akihiko Tanaka, President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

• 
• 

July 14, 2020

Japanese Diplomacy 75 Years After World War II (Dr. Masayuki Tadokoro, Keio University)

• 
• 

June 30, 2020

Japanese Society and Families After COVID-19—Responding to Changes (Professor Masahiro Yamada, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University)

• 
• 

June 24, 2020

Post-COVID-19 Geopolitics —Japan’s Role in The Future of International Health Cooperation (Prof. Kayo Takuma, Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Tokyo Metropolitan University)

• 
• 

June 19, 2020

Was Japan’s COVID-19 Response a Success? Preparing for a Second Wave (Dr. Kazuhiro Tateda, Toho Univ. Prof./President of Japan’s Infectious Diseases Assoc. )

• 
• 

May 27, 2020

The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Japanese Economy (DIR Senior Executive Managing Director Mitsumaru Kumagai)

• 
• 

May 15, 2020

The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Japanese Economy (Mr. Yasuhide Yajima, NLI Research Institute Chief Economist)

• 
• 

February 25, 2020

FY2019 Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (METI/TEPCO)

• 
• 

February 18, 2020

Nine Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake and TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Accident, Fukushima’s Recovery and the 2020 Olympics

• 
• 

February 14, 2020

Tokyo’s Efforts Towards Society 5.0, a Super-Smart Society (Mr. Miyasaka Manabu, Vice Governor of Tokyo)

• 
• 

January 15, 2020

Japan Cultural Expo – Nihonhaku (Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Nakaoka & President of Japan Arts Council Kawamura)                         

• 
• 

January 8, 2020

Japanese Politics in 2020: The 8th Year of the Abe Administration (Dr. Harukata TAKENAKA, GRIPS Prof.)

• 
•