Board & Comittees
The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan is a non-profit association lead by an elected President and board of directors.
Committees oversee club events, restaurants, publications, IT, library and other key functions. The day to day running of the club is the job of the general manager, who is the highest ranking member of staff.
Past Presidents
Club Staff
Contact details
Articles of Association of the shadan houjin Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
Urgent notice from MOFA
2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
| President Georges Baumgartner Swiss Radio and Television |
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1st Vice-President Martin Koelling Financial Times Deutschland |
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| 2nd Vice-President Yozo Hasegawa BS Japan and Radio Nikkei News |
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Secretary Suvendrini Kakuchi Inter Press Service |
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| Treasurer Jonathan Soble Financial Times |
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1st Director-at-Large Lucy Birmingham FREELANCE |
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| 2nd Director-at-Large Yoshio Murakami The Asahi Shimbun |
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3rd Director-at-Large Kenneth Cukier The Economist Newspaper Ltd. |
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| 4th Director-at-Large David McNeill The Chronicle of Higher Education |
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Kanji Monzurul Huq Daily Prothom Alo |
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2011-2012 FCCJ COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Associate Members Liaison Joan Anderson
Entertainment Sandra Mori
Exhibition Bruce Osborn
Finance Jonathan Soble
Food & Beverage Mehdi Bassiri, Joel Legendre-Koizumi
Freedom of Press Khaldon Azhari
House & Property Martin Koelling
Human Resources Yozo Hasegawa
Improvement Mary Corbett, Ed Merner
Information Technology Eric Johnston
Library, Archives & Workroom Suvendrini Kakuchi
Membership Andrew Horvat, Eli David
Membership Marketing Advisory Dennis Normile
Movie Edwin Karmiol, Karen Severns
Professional Activities Beryl Tung, Abi Sekimitsu
Photo Archive Lucy Birmingham
Publications John Harris
Shadan Hojin Panel Kazuo Abiko, Yoshisuke Iinuma
Special Projects Haruko Watanabe
Sports Duke Ishikawa
Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship + Professional Development Masaaki Fukunaga
Kanji Advisory Panel Monzurul Huq