Events
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Lunch: 12:30-13:30 Dining Room
Ballet: 15:00 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Ueno)
Jonathan Katz and Rie Akagi
Contemporary Piano and Flute Jazz
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Toshio Tamogami,
Former Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff
DOCUMENTARY & PRESS CONFERENCE
"Burma VJ"
Jan Krogsgaard, Assistant Director, Originator & Script Writer
FCCJ GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
18:30 Monday, September 28, 2009
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Ben-Ami Shillony,
"A New Look at the Japanese Emperors"
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Randall S. Jones,
Head of Japan/Korea Desk,
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PROFESSIONAL DINNER
Mitsuko Kusabue & Shinobu Otake,
Actresses, Musical "Grey Gardens"
To Regular & Professional/Journalist Associate (PJA) Members
Cost: 1,000 yen (members) / 1,500 yen (guests) tax inclusive
SIDEWAYS Japan, 2009. 123 minutes.
Directed by Cellin Gluck
Produced by Chihiro Kameyama
Starring Kyoka Suzuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase
Film courtesy of 20th Century Fox Japan.
Book Break
Japan Through Writers’Eyes
By Elizabeth Ingrams
Friday, October 2, 2009, 6:30PM to 8:30PM
A Portrait of Bangladesh
(Main Bar and Sushi Bar)
Saturday, October 3 to Friday, October 30, 2009
Kev Gray & The Gravy Train
A Singer-Songwriter and his Band
To All Regular & Professional/Journalist Associate Members:
Germany / Austria. 2005. 92 minutes. No dialogue. DOCUMENTARY.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Katsuya Okada,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Andrea Hopkins and Jonathan Katz
Jazz!
USA / UK. 2008. 100 minutes.
Director: Marina Zenovich
Appearances: Pedro Almodovar, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Harrison Ford, etc.
To All Regular Members:
GMM Continued to October 14
With deep regret I would like to inform FCCJ members of the demise of long-time FCCJ member Roy Garner. Roy passed away on October 14, in the care of his family in the U.K.
Monzurul Huq
President FCCJ
Kayo Hiraki
Piano & Vocal Jazz Trio
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Sven Alkalaj,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina
PROFESSIONAL DINNER
Carlos Ghosn,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Yoshihide Kinokawa,Director, D-Arc, Inc.,
Takayuki Matsutani, President, Tezuka Productions,
Frederick L. Schodt, Manga Translator and Author (Attending Via Video Conference)
2009 Autumn JAZZ Vocal Matsuri (Festival)
Machiko Miura Dinner Show
Buffet Dinner plus one Complimentary Drink, 6,300 yen
USA / Germany / Australia. 2008. 116 minutes.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Hur
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Hirohisa Fujii,
Minister of Finance
PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Sadakazu Tanigaki,
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
The Hitmen Acoustic Duo
60s to 90s Pop Hits
France. 2008. 130 minutes.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Director: Laurent Cantet
Starring: Francois Bégaudeau, Agama Malembo-Emene, Angelica Sancio