The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) established in 1945 to provide support to foreign journalists working in Post-

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has historically been situated in the vicinity of

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. Today, the club offers a workroom facility, a library, a restaurant, a bar, and a steady stream of local and international speakers and panels, for its members. Its facilities are housed on the 5th and 6th floors of the Marunouchi Nijubashi Building near the Imperial Palace. FCCJ publishes the monthly ''No. 1 Shimbun''.

Presidents

Past presidents include legendary war correspondent

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, leading "China watcher" John Roderick, later editor of the ''

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, and Burton Crane, also well known as a singer for

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of Japan".

Membership

Club membership is around 1,450, with over 240 foreign correspondents (and their Japanese counterparts) as well as over 160 professional associates, mostly working for local media. Associate members number around 1,050 and include entrepreneurs, business executives, other professionals as well as authors and artists. Daniela Kaneva was the first foreign female correspondent officially accredited to Japan.

Association

The FCCJ is not a member of the

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but has reciprocal agreements with a number of Foreign Correspondents' Clubs in Asia and North America: * Foreign Correspondents' Club of Beijing *

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* Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club *

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* Singapore Press Club *

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References

External links

FCCJ Home Page

{{Authority control 1945 establishments in Japan Organizations established in 1945 Organizations based in Tokyo Foreign correspondents' clubs Japanese journalism organizations Public Interest Incorporated Associations (Japan) Chiyoda, Tokyo

Presidents

Membership

Association

See also

References

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