General Events

Freedom of the Press Awards Ceremony 2022 19:00-20:00, Tuesday, April 26, 2022 (The ceremony and Q & A will be in English-Japanese) In a world that intimidates, imprisons and even kills them for their work, journalists continue to report from all corners to inform the...

Tsugaru Shamisen Dinner Concert: Sho Asano and Sachie Asano as players Monday, April 25, 2022 (Doors open 18:15) Dinner 18:30-19:15 Concert 19:30-20:30 (with a short intermission) Sho Asano, a pioneer Tsugaru-Shamisen player who has stretched traditional samisen to the jazz and Latin music fields, will...

It's SATURDAY NITE LIVE! (NO RESERVATION REQUIRED) Morgan Paul Williams Folk/folk rock, country rock, Irish/Celtic, 60s & 70s A native of Cardiff, Wales UK, Paul has been a working musician and live performer for close on 40 years. He has been playing regularly in the...

It's Saturday Nite Live ! (NO RESERVATION REQUIRED) Yutaka Hokura, an Associate Member of FCCJ, is an enthusiastic lover of country songs from the 1950s and 60s. He sings such old songs in his soothing style. He has performed in Sweden, Norway and USA (Chicago)...

Saturday Lunch with Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice April 16, 2022 Doors open at 11:45. Lunch starts at 12:00. Next in our series of Shakespeare presentations is the tragedy, "Othello, the Moor of Venice", on Saturday, February 19. Shakespeare tells how...

IT Committee Fundraising Event: IT Roundtable and Networking 19:00-20:30, April 15, 2022 (The speech and Q & A will be in English) Doors open at 6:00 pm. Dinner is served from 6:30 pm. The presentation starts at 7:00 pm. Panelists: Julian Bashore MacDermid Performance Solutions....

New Members Orientation and Welcome Reception Friday, March 25, 2022, 18:00 - 20:15 During the past two years, due to the changes brought on by the pandemic, FCCJ members, both new and old, have not had the opportunity to meet each other and FCCJ staff....

Musical "La Cage aux Folles" March 21, 2022 Lunch 11:30-12:30 La Brasserie, Imperial Hotel Tower B1 (pleae click to jump) Musical 13:00-16:00 Nissei Theater As the number of Covid-19 infections is decreasing, your Special Projects Committee decided to re-start the usual theater visit program with...

It's Saturday Nite Live! (NO RESERVATION REQUIRED) The Sean Tait Trio The Sean Tait Trio has been entertaining music lovers in Tokyo since pianist Sean moved to Japan in 2002. Sean has been a mainstay at the Imperial Hotel, The Tokyo Baycourt Club, and Xex...

It's Saturday Nite Live! (NO RESERVATION REQUIRED) By popular demand, vivacious Machiko Miura will return to FCCJ’s SNL January 15th with her new electrifying repertoire including “hard-to-find”. American “oldies”, Broadway tunes, French chanson and more. Then She will appear at JZBrat of Shibuya Cerulean Tower...