For foreign journalists, FPCJ holds press briefings on important topics that help them understand the current Japan. This page shows past briefings.
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Video Report: Bringing Foreign Workers to Japan—Initiatives for the Employment for Skill Development Program (①Immigration Services Agency ②Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Video Report: The 2025 Deaflympics, Held in Japan for the First Time (①Mr. Naoki Kurano, Secretary General, Secretariat of Organising Committee of 2025 Summer Deaflympics ②Mr. Maki Yamada, Deaflympics athlete)
Video Report: Japan Moving Towards Expanding Acceptance of Foreign Workers (Mr. Toshihiro Menju, Visiting Professor, Kansai University of International Studies)
Video Report: Protecting Japan’s Festivals (Prof. Satoru Ishigaki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University)
Video Report: Creativity of Japanese Researchers as Seen through the Ig Nobel Prize (Prof. Kiyoshi Furusawa, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Rikkyo University)
Video Report: Is This Abnormal Weather Due to Climate Change? (Dr. Yukiko Imada, Associate Professor, Division of Climate System Research, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo)
Video Report: 80th Anniversary of the UN: Challenges for Disarmament and Japan’s Role (Ms Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations)
Video Report: The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) (Mr. Toshihiko Horiuchi, Director-General / Assistant Minister (Ambassador), African Affairs Department, MOFA and Mr. Takahiro Hanada, Director-General, Secretariat for TICAD9, MOFA)
Video Report: What Role Should Japan Play Now, 80 Years After World War II (Prof. Hiroshi Nakanishi, Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Government)
Video Report: Is Japan Truly Safe? The Gap Between Popular Perception and the Reality of Public Order in Japan (Prof. Koichi Hamai, Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University)
