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Press Briefings (Reports)

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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December 13, 2023

Video Report: 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）

November 16, 2023

Video Report: 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation—Issues and Outlook （Dr. Mie Oba, Professor, the Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University）

November 7, 2023

Video Report: 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)

October 23, 2023

Video Report: The Logistics 2024 Problem and the Future of Sustainable Logistics (Mr. Masaru Hojo, Director General Manager JILS Research Center)

October 23, 2023

Video Report: IAEA Safety Review Mission to Japan (IAEA senior officials)

October 5, 2023

Video Report: 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)

September 26, 2023

Video Report: 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)

September 22, 2023

Video Report: 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)

September 15, 2023

Video Report: Marine Pollution from Plastic Waste—Japan’s Current Situation and Challenges　(Prof. Hideshige Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

August 22, 2023

Video Report: 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)

July 19, 2023

Video Report: 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)

July 18, 2023

Video Report: 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）

July 13, 2023

Video Report: A Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Hopes for World Peace and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (Ms. Keiko Ogura)

July 4, 2023

Video Report: Japan’s Energy Strategy－Achieving Carbon Neutrality and Enhancing Energy Security (Mr. Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)

June 28, 2023

Video Report: Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy in Light of US-China Tensions（Dr. Ryo Sahashi, Associate Professor of International Politics, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo）

June 9, 2023

Video Report: Revision of Japan’s Development Cooperation Charter （Mr. KUSAKABE Hideki, Deputy Director-General / Deputy Assistant Minister, International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA）

May 31, 2023

Video Report: The Situation in Ukraine and Japan, the current state and the future outlook (Dr. Atsuko Higashino, University of Tsukuba)

May 12, 2023

Video report: Updates on Priority Policies of the Kishida Administration (Mr. SHIKATA Noriyuki, Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office of Japan)

May 10, 2023

Video Report: Rebuilding an International Order Based on the Rule of Law（Professor Nobukatsu Kanehara, Doshisha University, Faculty of Law）

April 19, 2023

Video Report: Creating an Environment Conducive to Women Working, and Child-Related Policies （Ms. Seiko NODA, Member, House of Representatives）

April 13, 2023

Video Report: Japan-South Korean Relations for a New Age (Dr. Junya Nishino, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University/ Director of Keio Center for Contemporary Korean Studies)

April 12, 2023

Video Report: Japan’s Energy and Climate Policy Ahead of the G7 Hiroshima Summit (Japan Climate Initiative – JCI)

March 29, 2023

Video Report: The Revision of Development Cooperation Charter – How Japan can Meet the Expectations of the International Community (Ms. Akiko Yuge, Professor, Hosei University)

March 9, 2023

Video Report: Twelve Years after the Earthquake, Governor Masao Uchibori Discusses Fukushima’s Reconstruction: The Challenges Ahead （Mr. Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture）

March 3, 2023

Video Report: Current situation and future outlook for the decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi NPS (METI/TEPCO)

February 20, 2023

Video Report: The Changes to Japanese Society Brought On by Oshikatsu（Mr. Atsuo Nakayama, Founder & CEO of Re entertainment）

January 23, 2023

Video Report: Population Decline and Immigration Policy—Making Japan a Popular Destination for Immigration　（Mr. Toshihiro Menju, Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE))

January 20, 2023

Video Report: IAEA’s Safety Review Mission to Japan to Assess the Regulatory Aspects of the Plan to Discharge ALPS Treated Water into the Sea (Briefer: IAEA)

January 11, 2023

Video Report: Outlook for Domestic Japanese Politics in 2023 (Dr. Harukata Takenaka, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

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