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.

  • Two Years until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games—Leveraging the Games as an Opportunity for Societal Change

    Date August 22, 2018
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  • Moving Towards Legalizing Integrated Resorts Including Casinos (Dr. Ichiro Tanioka, President of Osaka University of Commerce)

    Date July 4, 2018
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  • The Japanese Economy and the 2018 Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform (Ms. Tomoko Hayashi, Deputy Director-General of Economic Research Bureau, Cabinet Office)

    Date June 20, 2018
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  • Japanese Response to US-China Trade Tensions (Keio Univ. Prof. Fukunari KIMURA) 

    Date June 27, 2018
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  • 25 Years of J.League—Plans for Regional and Global Contributions (Mr. Mitsuru Murai, Chairman of the J.League (Japan Professional Football League))

    Date June 7, 2018
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  • Meaning of Imperial Succession Ceremonies(The Asahi Shimbun Senior Staff Writer Eiichi Miyashiro)

    Date May 29, 2018
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  • Situation of the Korean Peninsula and Japan (Prof. Narushige MICHISHITA, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS))

    Date April 23, 2018
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  • Towards the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Mr. Toshiro Muto, CEO, Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games)

    Date March 29, 2018
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  • Japan’s Hidden Attractions—How to Make Japan a Tourism Nation (Mr. David Atkinson, CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd.)

    Date April 9, 2018
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  • Revising the Basic Energy Plan (Dr. Takeo Kikkawa, Professor, Department of Management of s Technology (MOT), Tokyo University of Sciences Graduate School of Business Administration)

    Date April 13, 2018
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  • Recovery in Fukushima, 7 Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident (Mr. Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture)

    Date March 7, 2018
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  • Development and Implementation of Nursing-Care Robots (Dr. Hirohisa Hirukawa, Director, Robot Innovation Research Center, AIST)

    Date February 2, 2018
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