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

2010-2011 Election Statements

2010-2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Georges Baumgartner

Swiss Radio and Television



1st Vice-President

Martin Koelling

Financial Times Deutschland



2nd Vice-President

Steve McClure

Steve McClure



Secretary

Lucy Birmingham

FREELANCE



Treasurer

Jonathan Soble

Financial Times



1st Director-at-Large

David McNeill

The Chronicle of Higher Education



2nd Director-at-Large

Yozo Hasegawa

BS Japan and Radio Nikkei News



3rd Director-at-Large

Yoshio Murakami

The Asahi Shimbun



4th Director-at-Large

Kenneth Cukier

The Economist Newspaper Ltd.



Kanji

Haruko Watanabe

Media Report to Women





2010-2011 FCCJ COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Committee chairs are selected by the incoming President.

Associate Members Liaison: Joan Anderson
Entertainment: Sandra Mori
Exhibition: Bruce Osborn
Finance: Jonathan Soble
Food & Beverage: Mark Gresham
Freedom of Press: Tetsuo Jimbo
Governance: Stephen Church, Monzurul Huq
House & Property: Martin Koelling
Human Resources: Steve McClure
Improvement: Mary Corbett, Ed Merner
Information Technology: Martyn Williams
Library, Archives & Workroom (LAW): Suvendrini Kakuchi
Membership: Catherine Makino
Membership Marketing Advisory: Orlando Camargo, Kjell Fornander
Movie: Edwin Karmiol, Karen Severns
Professional Activities (PAC): Mure Dickie, Beryl Tung
Professional Development: Tomoko Hosaka
Publications: John Harris
Shadan Hojin Panel: Kazuo Abiko, Yoshisuke Iinuma
Special Projects: Yozo Hasegawa
Sports: Duke Ishikawa
Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship: Andrew Horvat, Suvendrini Kakuchi
Toastmasters: Doug Jackson