Press Events

    "2019: The Year of Osaka" Ichiro Matsui, Governor of Osaka Prefecture Hirofumi Yoshimura, Mayor of Osaka Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. For Osaka Prefecture and city, 2019 is one of the busiest...

  Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo (The speech will be in English, Q & A will be in Japanese with interpretation) "Designing Tokyo for 2020 – Initiatives for the Year to Come" Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will address the FCCJ on a range of current...

  Miki Sakakibara, President of Japan In-House Lawyers Association (JILA) and Attorney, Panasonic Corporation Rika Beppu, Former President Women in Law Japan (WILJ) Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English In 2015, the Shibuya district of Tokyo became the first local...

  Robert Geller, Professor Emeritus of Seismology, the University of Tokyo (The speech and Q & A will be in English with interpretation) "The 'Imminent' Nankai Trough Mega Quake: Myth or Reality?" Since 1965 the Japanese government has unsuccessfully attempted to predict earthquakes. Geller reviews...

    Ichikawa Ebizo, Kabuki Actor (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation) "Modernizing the Kabuki Tradition" Few people are better qualified to explain the time-honored Japanese theater of Kabuki as Ichikawa Ebizo XI. The inheritor...

  Rob Reiner, Director, Producer and Actor (The speech and Q & A will be in English with interpretation) Including 15 minutes of highlight footage screening of "Shock and Awe" From the sitcom "All in the Family" to his latest film, "Shock and Awe," Rob...

  Frederic Michalak, an Ambassador of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France Takuro Miuchi, a Former Japan Rugby Union Captain (The speech and Q & A will be in French, English and Japanese with interpretation) "French Legend Looks Ahead to Rugby World Cups in...

    Thank you very much!! House Full (well over 230 people) The FCCJ "Hacks & Flacks" New Year Party ****************************** The FCCJ "Hacks & Flacks" New Year Party FCCJ PAC新年賀詞交歓会 19:00 - 21:00 Friday, January 25, 2019 *Doors Open: 18:30 The FCCJ's "Hacks &...

  Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, Baseball Player, Yokohama DeNA BayStars (The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation)  "Changing the Future of Japanese Baseball" Leftfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugo is captain of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars team, and one of the most feared hitters...

  Masamichi Adachi, Executive Director and Senior Economist, JP Morgan Hiromichi Shirakawa, Managing Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Economist, Credit Suisse Securities (The speech and Q&A will be in English) "2019 Economic Outlook for Japan" Six years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power,...