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JOIN THE FILM COMMITTEE . . .
. . . for a very special sneak preview of Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating passion project, Silence, on Thurs., Jan. 12. Nearly 30 years after he read Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel about the persecution of hidden Christians in 17th-century Japan, the legendary director has finally released this story of two Portuguese padres, Sebastian Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver), who journey from Macao to Japan to search for their missing mentor, after receiving the startling news that he has gone native. The priests begin their arduous journey to the Japanese heart of darkness with a lapsed Christian named Kichijiro (Yosuke Kubozuka), settling in with clandestine worshippers in the tiny village of Tomogi. But soon enough, the area’s ruthless Inquisitor Inoue (Issey Ogata) throws Rodrigues and his new followers behind bars, and sets about putting their faith to the ultimate test.
In collaboration with Kadokawa, Scorsese’s masterwork will be screened from 4:15 pm at the Kadokawa Cinema Yurakucho, above Bic Camera, with the Q&A session starting from 7:30 back at FCCJ. Japanese stars Issey Ogata and Yosuke Kubozuka will be on hand to discuss the months-long filming of this epic international production. (U.S., 2016; 161 minutes; Japanese/English/Latin with Japanese and English subtitles.)
MEDIA VISIT TO YAMATO HOLDINGS “HANEDA CHRONOGATE”
THE SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE arranged a visit to Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd’s Haneda Chronogate, the most advanced and biggest logistics hub in the world. Led by SPC committee member Kenji Obayashi, the group of nine FCCJ journalists made the visit on Dec. 14.
Opened in Sept. 2013, Haneda Chronogate is located next to Haneda Airport, close to JR Freight Container Terminals and Tokyo and Yokohama Ports. The giant integrated terminal provides seamless land, sea and air connections both in Japan and throughout the world.
The centralization of the Yamato Group’s services and capabilities, such as domestic delivery networks, forwarding (import/export cargo process management), distribution strategies at one point enables speedy and consistent logistics service to the customer.
Discount LexisNexis Subscriptionsfor FCCJ Members
The FCCJ is pleased to offer members a substantial discount on subscriptions to LexisNexis’ news database service, Nexis.com
The Members-only deal allows for flat-rate access at¥7,900 per month offeringbig savings on a service that normally costs ¥126,000 per month
The service will be billed by the Club. The FCCJ benefits from all subscriptions sold under this arrangement.
Nexis provides access to news and information from more than 34,000 sources, including Kyodo News, Jiji, Yonhap, Xinhua, AP, Reuters, AFP, all major world newspapers and specialist news sources. Also included is a database of U.S. and international company information, biographical databases, country profiles and a U.S. legal database.
For those already in on the secret, the application form is available on the FCCJ website or from the 19F Club office.
SPECIAL CAMPAIGN OFFER FOR NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
The FCCJ is offering a special deal for new Associate Members. Until March 31 this year, those joining are eligible for a ¥100,000 DISCOUNT off of the regular fee of ¥300,000.
If successfully approved, the applicants will be able to enjoy all the member benefits: attendance at all the major press conferences and professional and social events; dining services at the Main Bar, Pen & Quill Executive Dining area and the Masukomi Sushi Bar; special discounts on sports, arts and cultural events; free wifi, half-price parking, the Club’s monthly magazine; and access to reciprocal press clubs around the world.
Present members can also benefit. A ¥20,000 restaurant voucher will be given to those who introduce successfully approved new Associates. For more information, or to pick up an application form, go to the front desk.
REGULAR MEMBERS
KEIKO IIZUKA, the Yomiuri Shimbun
WALTER SIM is the Japan correspondent for the Straits Times. He joined the paper, the most-read broadsheet in Singapore, fresh out of Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, and first cut his teeth on the crime desk, covering everything from lurid sex-for-corruption trials and murders to the Little India riot in 2013. He then moved to domestic politics, reporting on the death of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore’s general election in 2015. It was during his first trip to Japan a solo trip to Tokyo in 2012 that he fell in love with the country and decided to pick up the language. In his present position, he covers Japan-related news including politics, diplomacy and social issues with an eye on Singapore and the region.
KAZUNORI TAKADA is the Tokyo Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News, overseeing 140 reporters and editors in both the English and Japanese language services. Kazunori joined Bloomberg in April 2016 from Reuters where he spent 16 years covering a wide range of areas from general news to market and corporate news in Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and China. In his last stint at Reuters, he was Shanghai bureau chief responsible for coverage of financial markets and corporate news in China. He was educated in Japan and the U.S. and is a graduate of International Christian University in Tokyo. Kazunori, a Yokohama native, is married with two children.
LEI YAN, Xinhua News Agency
PROFESSIONAL/JOURNALIST ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Janolof Fritze, Big Five Film and TV Productions
Shuichi Akiyama, Freelance
Akira Inoue, Golf Times Ltd.
Hiroshi Kagawa, IBC Publishing, Inc.
Hideaki Ota, the Sankei Shimbun
Takashi Uesugi, NO BORDER, Inc.
STATUS CHANGE (ASSOCIATE TO P/JA)
Gregory Poole, Doshisha University
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Masahide Konishi, Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
Koushu Murakami, the Murakami Land Lord Corporation
Kunio Ogawa, Techno Door Co., Ltd.
Tomosaburo Uno, Osaka Sanitary Co., Ltd.
Yuhiko Yasunaga, Shimamoto Partners
REINSTATEMENT (ASSOCIATE)
Arseny Chuk Besher, GREE, Inc.
Masami Doi, Kreab K.K.
Hiroko Usami, Art Consultants Int’l Ltd.
New in the Library
Gamma: Une histoire de photographes
Hubert Henrotte; Floris de Bonneville; Gabriel Bauret Éditions de La MartinièreGift from Itaru K. Kurita
Japanese Studies in Britain: A Survey and History
Hugh Cortazzi (ed.); Peter Kornicki (ed.) Renaissance Books Gift from The Japan Society
The Will to Keep Winning
Daigo Umehara ShogakukanGift from Takeharu Chris Kusada (Shoagkukan)
A War of Words: The Man Who Talked 4000 Japanese into Surrender
Hamish McDonald University of Queensland Press Gift from Hamish McDonald
A Public Betrayed: An Inside Look at Japanese Media Atrocities and Their Warnings to the West
Adam Gamble; Takesato Watanabe Regnery Publishing Gift from Christopher A. Pitts
A People’s History of The Vietnam War
Jonathan NealeThe New PressGift from Christopher A. Pitts
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Iris ChangPenguin BooksGift from Christopher A. Pitts
Kuroi kyoto: Saiko saibansho
Hiroshi SegiKodansha Gift from Hiroshi Segi
Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
David Chadwick Broadway Books
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack
Steve TwomeySimon & Schuster
Gardens of Gravel and Sand
Leonard Koren Stone Bridge Press
Ugetsu Monogatari or Tales of Moonlight and Rain: A Complete English Version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese collection of Tales of the Supernatural
Ueda Akinari; Leon M. Zolbrod (trans.) Routledge
Japans Modern Prophet: Uchimura Kanzo, 1861-1930
John F. Howes.UBC Press
The mysteries of printing revealed! Now you can look inside the black box
Like this magazine, printed materials are among the most familiar objects in daily life. But for most people how they are made has always been something of a mystery. And even if you knew how it used to be done, how it's done today may well surprise you.
To demystify printing, Ricoh has created a network of Customer Experience Centers to let anyone see the state-of-the-art in printing today. Featuring the RICOH Pro VC60000 continuous feed inkjet printing system, the Centers demonstrate how printing has evolved to support mass-customization and low-cost production of short runs through automated digital technology. Visitors get a "hands-on" experience of the latest in commercial printing, witnessing the end-to-end workflow from receipt of order thru packaging and delivery.
On November 16, Ricoh opened its first Customer Experience Center in Japan. It's at Heiwajima near Ryutsu Center Station on the Tokyo Monorail and its open Tuesday thru Friday, 1-to-5 pm. You're welcome to visit!
This is the fourth in a global network of experience centers, one in each of Ricoh's global regions: Telford (UK), Boulder (Colorado) and Bangkok.
This year, we hope to invite FCC Members for a tour. Let us know if you're interested.
