The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

"Last Friday" Palace Run Series 6:30pm, Friday, December 26, 2025Join us on the last Friday of every month for a run, jog or walk around the 5k Imperial Palace course. There is no fitness requirement nor required ability, this is simply an at-your-own-pace event...

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PRESS EVENTS

Press Events

Press Conference: Opposing an Effort to Whitewash Japan's Wartime Past

Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 15:00 - 16:00

PRESS CONFERENCE Opposing an Effort to Whitewash Japan's Wartime Past Teruhisa Minami, The Association of Nagasaki Citizens for an Atomic Bomb Exhibition to Tell the World 15:00-16:00 Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation....

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Press Events

Professional Luncheon: Japan's Nobel Prizes and the Need for Education Reform

Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 12:00 - 13:30

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON Japan's Nobel Prizes and the Need for Education Reform Ryoji Noyori, 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry & Nagoya University Distinguished Professor 12:00-13:30 Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Language: The speech will be in English and Q & A will be in Japanese with English...

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President's Message

December 2025

Dear members,
I write this note a day after our 80th anniversary party, when over 330 people came to the club and enjoyed a wonderful night with fantastic food, beverages, entertainment and prizes, and special guests from the world of journalism as well as Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Collaboration

FCCJ & History Channel Video #7: Kakuei Tanaka: Prime Minister of Japan

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 09:00

FCCJ & History Channel Video #7: Kakuei Tanaka: Prime Minister of Japan (1972, 1974)

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DINING

Dining

January 26 (Monday) Wine Tasting

Monday, January 26, 2026, 17:30 - 18:35

(Japanese translation follows English, 日本語訳は英文の後に続きます。) January 26 (Monday) Wine Tasting Session One 5:30pmThis wine tasting will be held on one day only, please reserve early to ensure your tickets. The January 26 Wine Tasting, held in cooperation with SMILECORP., will feature wines from...

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Exhibitions

Dec. 2025 Exhibition Part 2

Dec. 2025 Exhibition Part 2
Animal Fantasia Art Exhibition by Shinnosuke Akimoto (Art Brut Style)
December 6 - 27, 2025

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Operations

5F Main Entrance: Weekdays 9:30am (Sat. 10am) - 10:00pm

Main Bar: Mon. - Sat. 11:00am – 10:00pm

Masukomi Sushi Bar: Weekdays 11:30am – 2:00pm, 5:30pm – 9:30pm

The Pen & Quill: Weekdays 11:45am – 3:00pm, 5:30pm – 10:00pm

Library: Weekdays 10:00am – 7:00pm

Club Office: Weekdays 10:00am - 6:00pm

Main Bar
Correspondents Lunch
& Other Menus

✉ Email: front@fccj.or.jp
☎ Phone: 03-3211-3161

Book Breaks

Book Break: James D.J. Brown, author of "Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge"

Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 17:45 - 20:30

Richard Sorge is one of history’s most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanizing, motorcycle-crashing Soviet officer penetrated the German embassy in Tokyo during the 1930s and gathered intelligence credited with changing the course of World War II. It is an intriguing tale; but Sorge’s spy ring...

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Film Screenings

Film Screening : BLACK BOX DIARIES by Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

Monday, December 15, 2025, 13:00 - 16:00

Film Screening & Press Conference BLACK BOX DIARIES Q&A sessioon followed by Shiori Ito, Journalist and Director/Producer Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin, Producers 13:00-16:00 Monday, December 15, 2025 (Screening 13:00-14:45, Press conference 15:00-16:00.) https://www.fccj.or.jp/event/screening-press-conference-black-box-diaries-shiori-ito-eric-nyari-and-hanna-aqvilin Film Committee Professional Activities Committee

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Restaurants

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan hosts three restaurants: The Pen & Quill Dining Room, the Main Bar and the Masukomi Sushi Bar.

Professional Luncheon: Japan's Nobel Prizes and the Need for Education Reform

Press Conference: Opposing an Effort to Whitewash Japan's Wartime Past

Book Break: James D.J. Brown, author of "Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge"

January 26 (Monday) Wine Tasting

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

Calendar

FCCJ & History Channel Video #7: Kakuei Tanaka: Prime Minister of Japan

FCCJ Statement Regarding Russia's Decision to ban 30 Japanese nationals

FCCJ Statement on the assassination and starvation of journalists in Gaza

FCCJ Statement on Turkish Journalists FATIH ALTAYLI, EROL ONDEROGLU

2025 Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship

FCCJ Statement on the Detention of Journalists in Turkey

FCCJ Statement on journalist deaths in Gaza and Lebanon

Revamping SNL Section

FCCJ Membership Campaign

FCCJ Statement on Turkish Journalists

FCCJ Statement Frenchie Mae Cumpio

FCCJ Statement on Israel's closure of the Ramallah bureau of Al-Jazeera

FCCJ Statement on the detention of Cambodian journalist, Mech Dara

FCCJ Freedom of the Press Awards Ceremony 2024

The 2023 Swadesh DeRoy Memorial Scholarship Awards Ceremony

News from Library: audio archives of press conferences are now available

FCCJ Statement in the past

December 26 "Last Friday" Palace Run

PRESS EVENTS

Press Conference: Opposing an Effort to Whitewash Japan's Wartime Past

Professional Luncheon: Japan's Nobel Prizes and the Need for Education Reform

President's Message

SPECIAL EVENTS

FCCJ & History Channel Video #7: Kakuei Tanaka: Prime Minister of Japan

DINING

January 26 (Monday) Wine Tasting

Exhibitions

Dec. 2025 Exhibition Part 2

Book Break: James D.J. Brown, author of "Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge"

Film Screening : BLACK BOX DIARIES by Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin