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PRESS CONFERENCE: Keiichiro Asao

April 21

Your Party New Leader & Member of House of Representatives

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PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Ethan Bortnick

April 22

Singer-songwriter & Pianist

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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

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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: IN MEMORIAM: John Hubbard Rich, Jr. (1917-2014), veteran NBC News war correspondent and former FCCJ president.

IN MEMORIAM: Shijuro Ogata (1928-2014), former board director, the Bank of Japan

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: Keiichiro Asao, new leader of Your Party 15:00-16:00 Monday, April 21, 2014: New leader of Your Party & member of House of Representatives
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PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Ethan Bortnick, Singer-songwriter & Pianist 12:00-13:30 Tuesday, April 22, 2014: Speech and performance by 13-year-old prodigy｛readmore｝Ethan BortnickSinge...
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Canceled: PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Naoki Hyakuta, Novelist & NHK Board of Governors 12:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 23, 2014: Read More

"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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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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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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Town Hall Meeting for Koeki Status 17:00-19:00 Wednesday, April 23, 2014: As announced earlier, the FCCJ has embarked on a new chapter in its history as "koeki shadan hojin," or a public-interest incorporated association, effective April 1 this year. At the same time, our new Articles of Association and Bylaws have taken effect. Now, more than 50 percent o...
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“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 prefecture of Japan, that is, Okinawa, and Ko...
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PRESS CONFERENCE: Keiichiro Asao, new leader of Your Party 15:00-16:00 Monday, April 21, 2014
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Ethan Bortnick, Singer-songwriter & Pianist 12:00-13:30 Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Canceled: PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Naoki Hyakuta, Novelist & NHK Board of Governors 12:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Town Hall Meeting for Koeki Status 17:00-19:00 Wednesday, April 23, 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
SATURDAY LUNCH WITH SHAKESPEARE "THE COMEDY OF ERRORS" 11:45-15:45 Saturday, April 26, 2014
SATURDAY NITE LIVE!! The Sean Tait Trio 18:30-21:00 Saturday, April 26, 2014
“Okinawa and Jeju: Bases of Discontent” By Donald Kirk 18:15-20:30 Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Sneak Preview Screening: "OUR FAMILY (Bokutachi no Kazoku)" 19:00-21:30 Tuesday, May 13, 2014
The FCCJ Spring Golf Tournament Friday, May 16, 2014
Book Break “Jet Black and the Ninja Wind” By Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani 18:15-20:30 Thursday, June 05, 2014
Ballet "The Prince of the Pagodas" 12:00-16:45 Sunday, June 15, 2014

PRESS CONFERENCE: Keiichiro Asao, new leader of Your Party 15:00-16:00 Monday, April 21, 2014
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Ethan Bortnick, Singer-songwriter & Pianist 12:00-13:30 Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Canceled: PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON: Naoki Hyakuta, Novelist & NHK Board of Governors 12:00-14:00 Wednesday, April 23, 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

Okinawa's Musicians Give US Bases Protest a Voice 15:05 Saturday, April 19, 2014: In the Guardian, Justin McCurry writes that Okinawa's musicians are providing a focus for protest against U.S. bases

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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