Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)
日本外国特派員協会
（にほんがいこくとくはいんきょうかい）
Nihon Gaikoku Tokuhain Kyokai
AbbreviationFCCJ
FormationSeptember 1945
Type公益社団法人
Koeki Shadan Hojin (public-interest incorporated association)
HeadquartersMarunouchi Nijubashi Building 5F, 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Location
Coordinates35°40′48″N 139°45′43″E / 35.6800317780329°N 139.7620650848573°E / 35.6800317780329; 139.7620650848573
Membership2,000
Websitewww.fccj.or.jp
Formerly called
The Tokyo Correspondents Club

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) established in 1945 to provide support to foreign journalists working in Post-World War II Japan[1] has historically been situated in the vicinity of Ginza, Tokyo.

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.[2]

Presidents

Past presidents[3] include legendary war correspondent John Rich, leading "China watcher" John Roderick, later editor of the Chicago Sun-Times Frank Devine, 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner Max Desfor, and Burton Crane, also well known as a singer for Columbia Records, singing Japanese-language versions of popular Westerns songs of the day, becoming known as the "Bing Crosby of Japan".[4]

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.[5]

FCCJ Sign at Marunouchi Nijubashi Building, Tokyo, Japan
FCCJ Display: CP-16 Camera, Press Helmet, and Armbands
Lobby of FCCJ at old location in Yurakucho Denki Building
FCCJ Press conference at Yurakucho Denki Building former site of FCCJ
Yurakucho Denki Building (left) former site of FCCJ

Association

The FCCJ is not a member of the International Association of Press Clubs but has reciprocal agreements with a number of Foreign Correspondents' Clubs in Asia and North America:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] History of the club 1945-1998. Charles Pomeroy, General Editor
  2. ^ "Publications | FCCJ: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  3. ^ "FCCJ - Past Presidents". www.fccj.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  4. ^ To Tell the Truth, 20 March 1961
  5. ^ Official data provided by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. Last updated February 2024.
  6. ^ "FCCJ - Reciprocal Clubs". www.fccj.or.jp.
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