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.
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Anime Tourism and Stimulating Local Economies—Trips to Locations from Anime Which Attract Fans from Around the World（Associate Professor Takeshi Okamoto, Department of Applied Sociology, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Human Studies, Kindai University）
The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Creating a Virtuous Cycle of Commodity Price and Wage Increases (Dr. Tsutomu Watanabe, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics)
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)
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)
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)
100 Years Since the Great Kanto Earthquake, Urban Disaster Prevention and Preparedness for an Earthquake Under Tokyo (Prof. KATO Takaaki, University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science)
Japan and the EU: Recent Developments and Joint Leadership in Challenging Times (H.E. Mr. Jean-Eric PAQUET, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Japan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Mr. KODAMA Kazuo, Former Ambassador of Japan to the European Union from 2016-2020 and President of the FPCJ)
Hiroshima’s Initiatives for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons After the G7 Hiroshima Summit and 78 Years Since the Atomic Bombing（Mr. Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of the City of Hiroshima）
