Events
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009. 7:30 p.m. 19th Floor.
THE SAVAGES.
USA, 2007. 113 min.
Director: Tamara Jenkins.
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco.
Book break
The Holy Grail of Macro Economics: Lessons from Japan's Great Recession
By Richard Koo.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009. 6.30PM to 8.30PM
Professional Luncheon,
Yoshinori Imai; Executive Vice-President of NHK,
Hatsuhisa Takashima; President & CEO, Japan International Broadcasting Inc.
Book Break
"Showa Japan: the Post-War Golden Age and its Troubled Legacy"
By Hans Brinckmann (Tuttle Publishing, October 2008; illustrated)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
To Regular & Professional/Journalist Associate Members:
Professional Luncheon,
Prof. Kiichi Fujiwara,
Dr. Robert "Skipp" Orr,
Mr. Hitoshi Tanaka
Anna Quinn
Jazz Singer-Songwriter
Are you ready for some football?
8:00am till whenever-The Main Bar
Monday morning, February 2nd, 2009
Arizona Cardinals VS Pittsburg Steelers
Press Conference,
Rabbi Abraham Cooper,
Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center
Organizing Lunch Meeting-Monday Feb. 2, noon-1:30
FCCJ Media Room
MOVIE NIGHT SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY 2009.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2009. 7:30 p.m. 19th Floor.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. USA, 2007. 102 min. Documentary.
Director: Errol Morris.
Appearances: Guards, interrogators and prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Professional Luncheon,
Movie "Plastic City,"
Actors Joe Odagiri & Anthony Wong and Director Yu Lik-wa
Press Conference,
Waleed Siam,
Representative, Permanent General Mission of Palestine
Press Conference,
Nissm Ben-Shetrit,
Ambassador of Israel
Press Conference;
Makoto Kawazoe,The Tokyo Young Contingent Workers Union,
Naoko Shimizu,Part-Timer, Arbeiter, Freeter and Foreign Worker Union
Makoto Yuasa,Independent Life Support Center, Moyai
Professional Luncheon,
Shinzo Maeda,
President and CEO, Shiseido Company, Limited
Doors open for cocktails: 6:30 p.m.
Dance Lessons: 6:45-7:45 p.m.
Buffet: 7:45 p.m.
Ends: 10:30 p.m.
FCCJ 20th-floor Dining Room
Steve Gardner
Delta Blues
Professional Luncheon,
Yoshimi Watanabe,
Member of the House of Representatives
Press Conference,
Arlan Cruz Calderon, Noriko Calderon, Lawyer Shogo Watanabe
SPECIAL JAPAN PREMIERE SCREENING followed by a Q&A
with Dr. Drago Stambuk, physician-poet.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009.
7:00 p.m., 20th FLOOR
NO ONE’S SON (Niciji sin) - Croatia, 2008.
100 min.
Directed by Arsen A. Ostojic
Cast: Alen Liveric, MustafaNadarevic, Biserka Ipsa, Zdenko Jelcic
The Mike Price Jazz Quartet
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2009. 7:00 p.m. 19th Floor.
SEX AND THE CITY. USA, 2007. 145 min.
Director: Michael Patrick King.
Casting: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth.
Professional Luncheon,
Nobuhiro Tomatsu,
President, Global Link Advisors Co., Ltd.
Professional Luncheon:
Steven Herman, South Asia Bureau Chief, Voice of America;
Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, Times of London
Press Conference,
Kiyoshi Kurokawa & Yasuyo Yamazaki,
The Sun-based Economy Association
Professional Luncheon,
Efraim Halevy,
Former Director of Mossad
Press Conference,
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown,
U.K. Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN
The first Korean member of Shiki Theatre
Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 6:30p.m.
The Moonshots
Foot-stompin'Feel Good Roots Rock 'n'Roll
Mediterranean
Sunday, February 22, 2009, from 11:30 am to 2 pm.
FEBRUARY 23, 2009. 7:30 p.m. 19th Floor.
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN. Germany/Turkey/Italy, 2007. 122 min. Director: Fatih Akin.
Casting: Nursel Koese, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nurgul Yesilcay, Patrycia Ziolkowska.
Professional Luncheon,
Junichi Hamada,
President Elect, University of Tokyo
Professional Luncheon,
Robert J. Shiller,
Author of "Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It"
Book Break
TATTOO IN JAPAN
By Manami Okazaki
Wednesday, February 25, 2009. 6:30PM to 8:30PM
To Regular & Professional/Journalist Associate Members