PRESS EVENTS

President's Message

Dear members,

Mindfulness is a necessity in the face of grinding layoffs and publication closures across the journalism industry. The words “stunned” and “historic” appeared in coverage of a slew of bad media news stories earlier this month, including the closure of Sports Illustrated magazine and the Los Angeles Times’ decision to lay off 20% of its workforce. Business Insider, Forbes and National Geographic have piled on the misery, shedding journalists and retrenching in recent weeks.

Deep Dive

DINING

Correspondents' Lunch (from 28 March 2024)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 11:30 - 14:00
Correspondents' Lunch Menu from March 28- March 29, 2024 Choice of Soup: Today's Soup or Salad: Today's Salad Choice of Main Dish Fish Sautéed Fish with Seaweed Cream Sauce or Meat Chicken Confit with Olive and Caper Sauce or Pasta Bolognese and Bread (2 types ...

March Wine Tasting: Featuring Australia, NZ & USA

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 18:55 - 20:00
March Wine Tasting Six Countries, Featuring Australia, NZ and USA Tuesday, March 26, 2024 6:55 pm The March, 2024 Wine Tasting, held in cooperation with Village Cellars, Inc., will feature wines from six countries, including Argentina, France and Portugal, but with a focus on Australia, ...

March Wine Tasting: Featuring Australia, NZ & USA

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 17:30 - 18:35
March Wine Tasting Six Countries, Featuring Australia, NZ and USA Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:30 pm The March, 2024 Wine Tasting, held in cooperation with Village Cellars, Inc., will feature wines from six countries, including Argentina, France and Portugal, but with a focus on Australia, ...

March Wine Tasting: Featuring Australia, NZ & USA

Monday, March 25, 2024, 18:55 - 20:00
March Wine Tasting Six Countries, Featuring Australia, NZ and USA Monday, March 25, 2024 6:55 pm The March, 2024 Wine Tasting, held in cooperation with Village Cellars, Inc., will feature wines from six countries, including Argentina, France and Portugal, but with a focus on Australia, ...

March Wine Tasting: Featuring Australia, NZ & USA

Monday, March 25, 2024, 17:30 - 18:35
March Wine Tasting Six Countries, Featuring Australia, NZ and USA Monday, March 25, 2024 5:30 pm The March, 2024 Wine Tasting, held in cooperation with Village Cellars, Inc., will feature wines from six countries, including Argentina, France and Portugal, but with a focus on Australia, ...

Correspondents' Lunch (from 25 March 2024)

Monday, March 25, 2024, 11:30 - 14:00
Correspondents' Lunch Menu from March 25- March 27, 2024 Choice of Soup: Today's Soup or Salad: Today's Salad Choice of Main Dish Fish Sautéed Fish with Fresh Tomato Sauce or Meat Roasted Pork with Spice Sauce or Pasta Seafood Arrabbiata and Bread (2 types of ...

Correspondents' Lunch (from 21 March 2024)

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:30 - 14:00
Correspondents' Lunch Menu from March 21- March 22, 2024 Choice of Soup: Today's Soup or Salad: Today's Salad Choice of Main Dish Fish Sautéed Fish with Tapenade Sauce or Meat Sautéed Chicken with Tomato and Basil Sauce or Pasta Shrimp and Broccoli Cream Sauce and ...

Exhibitions

March 2024 Exhibition: Disaster Recovery Efforts After 2011 Earthquake

March 2024 Exhibition: Disaster Recovery Efforts After 2011 Earthquake
Photos courtesy of JDR (Naoki Sakane) and the Imperial Household Agency
March 2 – April 6, 2024

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©Imperial Household Agency / ©JDR (NPO, Japan Disaster Recovery Support Organization)

With a focus on disaster recovery efforts after the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, this collection of images highlights how Japan’s Emperor and Empress console, sympathize with and show support for natural disaster survivors.

Visits by the Their Majesties to affected area are linked to a lasting impact in generating hope among survivors and building community resilience, say disaster research experts.