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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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)
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)
Video Report: What Role Should Japan Play Now, 80 Years After World War II (Prof. Hiroshi Nakanishi, Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Government)
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)
Video Report: Measures Against Overtourism—Making Japan a Sustainable Tourism Destination (Dr. Toshinori Tanaka, Associate Professor, Kyushu University)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)