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PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Gen Nakatani

December 11

LDP Member of the House of Representatives

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PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Naoto Kan

December 12

Former Prime Minister

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Plaintiffs

December 17

PRESS CONFERENCE
Yuhichi Kaido, Lawyer
Ruiko Mutoh, Representative

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COURT OF ZEUS (Zeus no Hotei)

December 17

Sneak Preview Screening followed by a Q&A session with director Gen Takahashi and actor-whistleblower Toshiro Senba.

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Lawmakers in Opposition to Secrecy Bill: Should be scrapped, not amended

Four lawmakers from four different political parties, briefed reporters on the dangers of the Designated Secrets Bill.

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November 11: FCCJ "Designated Secrets Bill" Statement of Deep Concern

『特定秘密保護法案』に外国特派員協会が懸念を表明

Press Events

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Gen Nakatani, LDP Member of the House of Representatives 12:00-14:00 Wednesday, December 11, 2013: "Secrets and National Security under Abe Administration"
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PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Naoto Kan, Former Prime Minister 12:00-14:00 Thursday, December 12, 2013: What light can the former PM shed on the future of the anti-nuclear movement in Japan?
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PRESS CONFERENCE: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Plaintiffs: Yuhichi Kaido & Ruiko Mutoh 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, December 17, 2013: Read More

Club News and Multimedia

Lawmakers in Opposition to Secrecy Bill: Should be scrapped, not amended Friday, 15 November 2013: Mizuho Fukushima, Social Democratic PartyRyo Shuhama, People's Life PartySohei Nihi, Japanese Communist PartyTaro Yamamoto, Independent by Natalie-Kyoko Stucky and Jake Adelstein Japan Subculture Research Center A committee within Japan’s lower house is currently deliberating a new bill that will punish leakers of designated “special” state secrets. The LDP Cabinet recently approved a bill to punish civil servants, lawmakers, and journalists who leak information that it deems will harm national security. The government will be able to determine what they will call “special secret”— almost without limit— because the definition of these possible secrets are “too broad and vague”, according to critics of the new bill. The Abe administration says that the secrecy bill is necessary to protect sensitive information given to Japan by the United States and other foreign countries. Four lawmakers from four different political parties, briefed reporters today on the dangers of the Designated Secrets Bill at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ). Earlier this week, the FCCJ issued a strong statement of opposition to the bill as well. Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party and wife of a famous anti-nuclear lawyer explained, “This bill represents a great threat to journalism.” A citizen or journalist investigating an arbitrarily declared state secret who reveals it could be prosecuted and jailed for up to 10 years. “The criteria for prosecuting an individual are too vague,” she added. “If a journalist or a member of an NGO accidentally overheard a state secret, he/she would be prosecuted.” Fukushima explained that if a lawmaker got hold of a state secret and wants to reveal it, he/she could also be prosecuted. Read the rest of the article (http://www.japansubculture.com/what-are-the-criteria-of-these-possible-secrets-wellits-a-secret-japans-kafkaesque-special-secret-protection-bill-threatens-to-destroy-freedom/)

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper: "Hate speech on internet increasing" Friday, 08 November 2013: Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, told attendees at an FCCJ press conference that religious and racial hate is increasing rapidly on the internet, and claimed that some social media companies are failing to do their part to halt it.

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Doc director Robert Stone: Use of nuclear power part of climate change struggle Tuesday, 22 October 2013: Nuclear energy to save the world? by Justin McCurry A renowned documentary filmmaker undergoes an epiphany; his new film avers that advances in nuclear energy are an answer to climate change Anxiety over the dangers of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown is overshadowing the far more urgent problem of climate change, according to the filmmaker Robert Stone. In a recent appearance at the FCCJ to promote his new documentary, Pandora’s Promise, the U.S.-based director suggested that opinion among environmentalists was shifting towards an acceptance – at least in private – that without nuclear in the energy mix, combating global warming will be impossible. Read the rest of the Number 1 Shimbun article (number-1-shimbun/item/171-nuclear-energy-to-save-the-world.html)

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President's Message

From the President's Desk: December Wednesday, 04 December 2013: The FCCJ is back in the news, helping kick off the media storm on the Designated Secrets Protection Bill. Opposition had been mounting when Abe’s Cabinet approved the controversial bill on Oct. 25.
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Other Events

Invitation to Townhall meeting 19:00 Wednesday, December 11, 2013: As you know the club is preparing for the next stage of our history. We have been allocating funds for club renovation as the new dining room carpet shows. But because of the huge cost involved in repairing our aged machinery and equipment, we have also been looking for a new location for the clu...
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Library

"Get a G.R.I.P.-Andrew’s Ax Guide to Global Readiness-" by Andrew W. Silberman 18:15-20:30 Wednesday, January 22, 2014: Our January Book Break features Get a G.R.I.P., -Andrew’s Ax Guide to Global Readiness-, by Andrew Silberman. His warm, easy-to-read style encourages readers to examine their own lead...
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Upcoming Events

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Gen Nakatani, LDP Member of the House of Representatives 12:00-14:00 Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Invitation to Townhall meeting 19:00 Wednesday, December 11, 2013
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Naoto Kan, Former Prime Minister 12:00-14:00 Thursday, December 12, 2013
IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!! 18:30-21:00 Saturday, December 14, 2013
PRESS CONFERENCE: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Plaintiffs: Yuhichi Kaido & Ruiko Mutoh 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Sneak Preview Screening: "COURT OF ZEUS (Zeus no Hotei)" 18:30-21:30 Tuesday, December 17, 2013
IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!! 18:30-21:00 Saturday, December 21, 2013
Opera "Yuzuru" 12:30-17:15 Saturday, January 18, 2014
"Get a G.R.I.P.-Andrew’s Ax Guide to Global Readiness-" by Andrew W. Silberman 18:15-20:30 Wednesday, January 22, 2014
"Japan Copes With Calamity - Ethnographies of the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disasters of March 2011-" edited by Tom Gill, Brigitte Steger, David H. Slater 18:15-20:30 Friday, January 31, 2014
EDO CULTURE RAKUGO NIGHT 18:00-20:30 Monday, February 03, 2014

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Gen Nakatani, LDP Member of the House of Representatives 12:00-14:00 Wednesday, December 11, 2013
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Naoto Kan, Former Prime Minister 12:00-14:00 Thursday, December 12, 2013
PRESS CONFERENCE: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Plaintiffs: Yuhichi Kaido & Ruiko Mutoh 14:00-15:00 Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Dispatches

Right Wing vs. Liberal Emperor? 12:51 Monday, December 09, 2013: Philip Brasor writes in the Japan Times about the pushing and shoving in the media over use of the Emperor for political purposes, and trying to discern the Emperor's politics

Film screenings

Sneak Preview Screening: "COURT OF ZEUS (Zeus no Hotei)" 18:30-21:30 Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Exhibition

David Coll Blanco: a global eye for joyful irony

10:26 Monday, December 09, 2013

Main Bar and Masukomi Sushi. Dec. 7 - Jan. 10

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