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: Japan-China Relations -Measures by Japan to Lessen Tensions-(Dr. Tomoko Ako, Professor, Course Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Division of Social and International Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

    Date December 11, 2025
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  • Video Report: Creating Regional Areas Women Want to Live In (Ms. Ren Yamamoto, Founder, Regional Women Project)

    Date December 10, 2025
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  • Video Report: Is Creating a Virtuous Cycle of Prices and Wages Possible? (Dr. Tsutomu Watanabe, Nowcast Inc. Founder & Director & Organic Data Lab Director/University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics Professor Emeritus)

    Date November 25, 2025
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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)

    Date October 31, 2025
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  • Video Report: Trump Tariffs and the Future of International Trade (Prof. Tsuyoshi Kawase, Professor at the Faculty of Law, Sophia University)

    Date October 30, 2025
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  • 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)

    Date October 20, 2025
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  • Video Report: Japan Moving Towards Expanding Acceptance of Foreign Workers (Mr. Toshihiro Menju, Visiting Professor, Kansai University of International Studies)

    Date September 30, 2025
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  • Video Report: Protecting Japan’s Festivals (Prof. Satoru Ishigaki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University)

    Date September 12, 2025
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  • Video Report: Creativity of Japanese Researchers as Seen through the Ig Nobel Prize (Prof. Kiyoshi Furusawa, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Rikkyo University)

    Date September 10, 2025
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  • 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)

    Date August 26, 2025
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  • 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)

    Date August 18, 2025
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  • 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)

    Date August 14, 2025
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