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: 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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  • Video Report: What Role Should Japan Play Now, 80 Years After World War II (Prof. Hiroshi Nakanishi, Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Government)

    Date August 1, 2025
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  • Video Report: Japan’s Latest Science and Technology Policy (Mr. KIUCHI Minoru, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy)

    Date July 30, 2025
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  • 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)

    Date July 29, 2025
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  • Video Report: Measures Against Overtourism—Making Japan a Sustainable Tourism Destination (Dr. Toshinori Tanaka, Associate Professor, Kyushu University)

    Date July 25, 2025
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  • Video Report: 80 Years After World War II—The Realities of War Shown by Analyzing US Military Footage (Mr. Yusuke Orita, Aerial Warfare History Researcher)

    Date July 24, 2025
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  • Video Report: Outlook for the 27th House of Councillors Election and the Future of Japanese Domestic Politics (Dr. Yu Uchiyama, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

    Date July 16, 2025
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  • Video Report: Forecast for the Situation in Iran and the Middle East, and Its Impact on Japan (Mr. Masamichi Saito, Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Institute of Japan)

    Date July 11, 2025
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  • Video Report: The Situation in Russia and the War in Ukraine — Can an Exit Strategy for the War Be Found? (Mr. Toyohisa Kozuki, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Russia)

    Date June 5, 2025
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  • Video Report: Japan’s Food Security (Dr. Kazuhito Yamashita, Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies)

    Date June 3, 2025
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  • Video Report: Strengthening Japan’s Relations with Countries in the Global South through TICAD 9 (Mr. Kenju Murakami, Deputy Director-General/Deputy Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)

    Date May 22, 2025
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