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.

  • Video Report: Traditional Sake Making Added to Intangible Cultural Heritage List! Protecting Traditional Culture and Passing It On to the Next Generation(①Shuso Imada, General Manager, Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center ②Tatsuya Ishikawa, Head Brewer, Tsukinoi Sake Brewery/Chair, Japan Toji Guild Association/Vice-chair, Preservation Society of Japanese Koji-based Sake Making Craftmanship)

    Date December 18, 2024
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  • Video Report: Japanese Convenience Stores: 50 Years of Evolution and the Next 50 Years (Mr. Hiroaki Watanabe, President, Yaramaika Marketing)

    Date December 10, 2024
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  • Video Report: Issues and Outlook for Green Transformation in Japan —Decarbonization and Stable Energy Supply in the 7th Strategic Energy Plan(Dr. Sumiko Takeuchi, Member of the Board of Directors and Senior Fellow, International Environment and Economy Institute /Specially Appointed Professor, Tohoku University)

    Date December 5, 2024
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  • Video Report: Loneliness and Isolation in Japanese Society and Measures to Respond (Professor Mitsunori Ishida, Contemporary Human Studies, School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University )

    Date December 3, 2024
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  • Video Report:Normalization of Wages, Commodity Prices, and Interest Rates: Current Status and Outlook(Dr. Tsutomu Watanabe, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics)

    Date November 19, 2024
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  • Video Report: The Future of Japan-US Relations Based on the Results of the US Presidential Election (Mr. Tetsuo KOTANI, Professor, Faculty of Language and Cultures, Meikai University/Senior Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

    Date November 14, 2024
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  • Video Report: The House of Representatives Election—The Prospect of Political Reform (Dr. Izuru Makihara, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo)

    Date October 25, 2024
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  • Video Report: Outlook for US Presidential Election and Future of Japan-US Relations (Dr. Satoru Mori, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)

    Date October 11, 2024
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  • Video Report: Results of the Summit of the Future 2024(Ms. Kaoru Nemoto, Director, United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo; Mr. Takuma Kajita, Director, United Nations Planning and Administration Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA)

    Date October 3, 2024
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  • Video Report: 70 Years of International Cooperation—The History and Future of JICA’s Cooperation (Dr. TANAKA Akihiko, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency)

    Date October 1, 2024
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  • Video Report:Series on Demographic Change:Nagasaki Stadium City As a Key for Stimulating the Economy and Developing the City(Mr. Shiro Suzuki, Mayor of Nagasaki/Mr. Yutaka Orime, Executive Officer, Regional Creation Nagasaki )

    Date September 25, 2024
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  • Video Report: The LDP Leadership Election and Domestic Japanese Politics(Dr. Yu UCHIYAMA, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

    Date September 24, 2024
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