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PRESS CONFERENCE: Yuzuru Hanyu

April 24

Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Champion and Gold Medalist & World Figure Skating Champion for 2014.

The event will be streamed live.

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PRESS CONFERENCE: Yusuke Katayama and Hiroshi Sato

April 25

"Remote control virus" case

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PRESS CONFERENCE: "Children in Alternative Care in Japan" by Human Rights Watch

May 01

Kanae Doi, Sayo Saruta & Sahel Rosa
Report of "Children in Alternative Care in Japan"

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SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING: "OUR FAMILY (Bokutachi no Kazoku)"

May 13

Screening followed by a Q&A with director Yuya Ishii, stars Satoshi Tsumabuki and Sosuke Ikematsu

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"The Correspondents' Table" April Podcast

Discussing the latest news topics with Ayako Mie, Khaldon Ahzari and David McNeill.

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Announcements: Today, 15:45 - 16:30: Live Streaming of the Press Conference of Yuzuru Hanyu, Sochi Olympic Gold Medalist

FCCJ Election Notice to all regular members

The FCCJ has been registered as a public-interest incorporated association, or “koeki shadan hojin” in Japanese, effective April 1, 2014. Click here to read more.

Press Events

PRESS CONFERENCE: Yuzuru Hanyu, Sochi Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Champion and Gold Medalist & World Figure Skating Champion for 2014 15:45-16:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014: "The first male Japanese figure skater to win an Olympic gold is the nation's favorite son, brother and boyfriend."
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PRESS CONFERENCE: Yusuke Katayama and Hiroshi Sato 15:00-16:00 Friday, April 25, 2014: "Remote control virus" case
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PRESS CONFERENCE: "Children in Alternative Care in Japan" by Human Rights Watch 15:00-16:00 Thursday, May 01, 2014: Report of "Children in Alternative Care in Japan"
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Club News and Multimedia

"The Correspondents' Table" April Podcast: Discussing the latest news topics with Ayako Mie, Khaldon Ahzari and David McNeill. Monday, 31 March 2014: Ayako Mie of the Japan Times, Khaldon Ahzari of Pan Orient News and David McNeill of the Independent discuss what the April tax increase will mean to the public and the administration, question whether xenophobia is raising its head, offer their take on a journalist's dream of unlimited funds and share their favorite blossom viewing spots.

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Parents of abductee by North Korea: The country "has no choice but to change." Tuesday, 25 March 2014: by Kazuaki Nagata in the Japan Times The parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, expressed hope Monday that Tokyo will use Pyongyang's economic fragility as leverage when they met for high-level talks next week. Read the article in the Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/24/national/tokyo-must-use-economic-muscle-in-talks-with-north-yokotas-parents/#.UzDUY62SzuU)

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Ukraine Ambassador Ihor Kharchenko calls referendum "invalid" Tuesday, 18 March 2014: by NHK World The Ukrainian ambassador to Japan has reiterated that Sunday's referendum in Crimea was invalid. Ihor Kharchenko spoke at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Monday. Read the article (http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140317_46.html)

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Dining

FCCJ Sake Tasting 18:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014: Once again, the Club is pleased to welcome Myoko Shuzo, which has been brewing great sake in Niigata for close to 200 years.
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President's Message

From the President's Desk: April Tuesday, 01 April 2014: With cherry blossoms and hanami beckoning, it’s definitely time to do something fun, and a glance at the FCCJ’s monthly calendar shows a remarkable mix of entertainment options.
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Other Events

Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 11:30-14:00 Saturday, April 26, 2014: Are you at a loss as to what to do over Golden Week? Let the Masukomi Sushi Bar come to the rescue! The Golden Week Course includes two appetizers, three kinds of sashimi, "yakimono," steamed custard, salad, five pieces of nigiri sushi and a piece of their famous tamago-yaki. And of cours...
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Library

“Okinawa and Jeju: Bases of Discontent” By Donald Kirk 18:15-20:30 Wednesday, May 07, 2014: Journalist and author Donald Kirk draws eye-opening comparisons between militarism and protest on the southern island pr...
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Upcoming Events

PRESS CONFERENCE: Yuzuru Hanyu, Sochi Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Champion and Gold Medalist & World Figure Skating Champion for 2014 15:45-16:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014
FCCJ Sake Tasting 18:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014
PRESS CONFERENCE: Yusuke Katayama and Hiroshi Sato 15:00-16:00 Friday, April 25, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 11:30-14:00 Saturday, April 26, 2014
SATURDAY LUNCH WITH SHAKESPEARE "THE COMEDY OF ERRORS" 11:45-15:45 Saturday, April 26, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 17:30-21:00 Saturday, April 26, 2014
SATURDAY NITE LIVE!! The Sean Tait Trio 18:30-21:00 Saturday, April 26, 2014
FCCJ Sunday Brunch Buffet 11:30-14:00 Sunday, April 27, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 11:30-14:00 Monday, April 28, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 17:30-22:00 Monday, April 28, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 11:30-14:00 Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 17:30-22:00 Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 11:30-14:00 Thursday, May 01, 2014
PRESS CONFERENCE: "Children in Alternative Care in Japan" by Human Rights Watch 15:00-16:00 Thursday, May 01, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 17:30-22:00 Thursday, May 01, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 11:30-14:00 Friday, May 02, 2014
Sushi Bar Information during Golden Week 17:30-22:00 Friday, May 02, 2014
SATURDAY NITE LIVE!! Philip Woo 18:30-21:00 Saturday, May 03, 2014

PRESS CONFERENCE: Yuzuru Hanyu, Sochi Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Champion and Gold Medalist & World Figure Skating Champion for 2014 15:45-16:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014
PRESS CONFERENCE: Yusuke Katayama and Hiroshi Sato 15:00-16:00 Friday, April 25, 2014
PRESS CONFERENCE: "Children in Alternative Care in Japan" by Human Rights Watch 15:00-16:00 Thursday, May 01, 2014
PRESS CONFERENCE: Morton Halperin, Former Director, Policy Planning at the State Department, U.S. 13:00-14:00 Friday, May 09, 2014

PRESS CONFERENCE: Yuzuru Hanyu, Sochi Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Champion and Gold Medalist & World Figure Skating Champion for 2014 15:45-16:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014
FCCJ Sake Tasting 18:30 Thursday, April 24, 2014

Dispatches

PM Abe Sends Offering to Yasukuni; Angers Neighbors 09:00 Wednesday, April 23, 2014: War shrine gesture complicates relations in Asia, writes Martin Fackler in the New York Times

Film Screenings

Sneak Preview Screening: "OUR FAMILY (Bokutachi no Kazoku)" 19:00-21:30 Tuesday, May 13, 2014: Sneak Preview Screening: "OUR FAMILY (Bokutachi no Kazoku)" followed by a Q&A with director Yuya ...
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Exhibition

The magazine design of Andrew Pothecary

17:54 Thursday, April 03, 2014

Graphic design by the art director of Number 1 Shimbun in the Main Bar and Masukomi Sushi April 5 - May 9, 2014

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