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

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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April 7, 2021

Video report: Increasing US-China Tension and the Future of Japan-China Relations (Dr. Akio Takahara, Professor, The University of Tokyo)

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March 23, 2021

Video report: Tax Reform in Japan after COVID-19—Will Inequality Be Reduced? (Dr. Shigeki Morinobu, Research Director, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research)

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March 17, 2021

Video report: Japanese-South Korean Relations in 2021 (Dr. Kan Kimura, Kobe Univ. Professor/Director of Center for Asian Academic Collaboration)

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March 4, 2021

Video report: The current situation of Fukushima Daiichi NPS (METI/TEPCO)

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March 3, 2021

Video report: The Future of Japan-US Relations Under the New Biden Administration (Dr. Mieko Nakabayashi, Professor, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University)

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March 1, 2021

Video report: Carbon Neutral in 2050—The Current State of and Challenges for Japan’s Energy Policy (Dr. Takeo Kikkawa, Professor, International University of Japan)

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February 22, 2021

Video report: Minister for Reconstruction Katsuei Hirasawa Discusses the Current State of and Challenges for Reconstruction Ten Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake

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February 10 - 17, 2021

Video report: Fukushima Governor Discusses Reconstruction, Ten Years After the Nuclear Accident (Mr. Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture)

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February 8, 2021

Video report: Making Japan Into a Global Financial Center (Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Financial Services Agency)

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January 14, 2021

Video report: Japanese Foreign Policy in 2021 (Dr. Ken Jimbo, Professor, Keio University)

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January 12, 2021

Video Report: Minister for Administrative Reform and Regulatory Reform Taro Kono—How Japan Will Change with Administrative and Regulatory Reform

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January 8, 2021

Video report: The Japanese Economy in 2021—Recovering from the COVID-19 Recession (Mr. Taro Saito, NLI Research Institute)

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January 7, 2021

Video report: Forecasting Japanese Politics in 2021 (Dr. Harukata Takenaka, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

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