The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) was started in 1945 to provide infrastructure for foreign journalists working in Post-

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. Historically, the club has been located in the area around

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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 19th and 20th floors of the Yurakucho Denki North Building in

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. 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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, 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner Max Desfor, and

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, also well known as a singer for

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, singing Japanese-language versions of popular Westerns songs of the day, becoming known as the "

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of Japan".

Membership

Club membership is around 2,000, with over 300 foreign correspondents (and their Japanese counterparts) as well as over 200 professional associates, mostly working for local media. Associate members number around 1,500 and include entrepreneurs, business executives, other professionals as well as authors and artists.

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: *

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* Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club *

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* Singapore Press Club * Colombo Swimming Club * Hanoi Press Club * The Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia * Jaisal Club *

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* The National Press Club * National Press Club of Canada

References

External links

FCCJ Home Page

{{Authority control Foreign correspondents' clubs Japanese journalism organizations Public Interest Incorporated Associations (Japan)

Presidents

Membership

Association

See also

References

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