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: 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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  • Video Report: The Future of AI and Buddhist Teachings (Dr. Seiji Kumagai, Vice Director and Professor, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University)

    Date May 16, 2025
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  • Video Report: 60th Anniversary of Normalization of Japan-South Korea Diplomatic Relations: Present and Future of Japan-South Korean Relations (Dr. Tadashi Kimiya, Former Professor, Project Researcher, University of Tokyo)

    Date May 14, 2025
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  • Video Report: Ukraine’s Current Situation and Future Outlook—Japan’s Role(Mr. Kuninori Matsuda, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine)

    Date April 25, 2025
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  • Video Report: Japan’s Economic Security Policy (Mr. KIUCHI Minoru, Minister in charge of Economic Security)

    Date April 21, 2025
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  • Video Report: How to Respond to the Trump Tariffs (Dr. Keiko Ito, Professor, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University)

    Date April 18, 2025
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  • Video Report: The Seventh Strategic Energy Plan (Ms. Yukari Takamura, Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo)

    Date March 18, 2025
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  • Video Report: Will Gen Z’s Oshikatsu Be the Key to a Recovery of Consumption? (Mr. Yohei Harada, Professor, UX Course, College of Design Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology)

    Date March 4, 2025
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  • Video Report: The Second Trump Administration and the Future of Japan-US Relations (Dr. Takayuki Nishiyama, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Seikei University)

    Date February 27, 2025
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