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
Formation	September 1945
Type	公益社団法人; Koeki Shadan Hojin (public-interest incorporated association)
Headquarters	Yurakucho Denki Building
Location	Yūrakuchō, Tokyo, Japan;
Membership	2,000
Website	www.fccj.or.jp

‹ The template Infobox organization is being considered for merging. ›

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) was started in 1945 to provide infrastructure for foreign journalists working in Post-World War II Japan.^[1] Historically, the club has been located in the area around Ginza.

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 Yūrakuchō.

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]

showName	Affiliation	Period
	International News Service	Oct - Dec 1945
	Baltimore Sun	Jan - June 1946
Walter Simmons	Chicago Tribune	July - Dec 1946
Tom Lambert	Associated Press	Jan - June 1947
	NBC	July 1947 - June 1948
Keyes Beech	Chicago Daily News	July 1948 - June 1949
	Herald Tribune	July 1949 - June 1950
Burton Crane	The New York Times	July 1950 - June 1951
	U.S. News & World Report	July 1951 - June 1952
William Jorden	Associated Press	July 1952 - June 1953
	Time-Life	July 1953 - June 1954
Hessell Tiltman	Manchester Guardian	July 1954 - Sep 1954
	United Press	Oct 1954 - June 1955
	Associated Press	July 1955 - Mar 1956
Marvin Stone	International News Service	Apr 1956 - Mar 1957
	United Press	Apr 1957 - Mar 1958
	United Press	Apr 1958 - Dec 1958 July 1959 - Jun 1960
	Reuters	Dec 1958 - Jun 1959
	Associated Press	July 1960 - Jun 1961
	Associated Press	July 1961 - Jun 1962
	Neue Zuercher Zeitung	July 1962 - Jun 1963
	Central News Agency	July 1963 - Jun 1964
	Fairchild Publications	July 1964 - Jun 1965
John Roderick	Associated Press	July 1965 - Jun 1966
Frank Devine		July 1966 - Jun 1967
	United Press International	July 1967 - Jun 1968
	Associated Press	July 1968 - Jun 1969
	Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata	July 1969 - Jun 1970
John Rich	NBC	July 1970 - Jun 1971
	AFP	July 1971 - Jun 1972
	U.S. News & World Report	July 1972 - Jun 1973
	Los Angeles Times	July 1973 - Jun 1974
Max Desfor	Associated Press	July 1974 - Jun 1975
	Daily Telegraph	July 1975 - Jun 1976
		July 1976 - Jun 1977
	United Press International	July 1977 - Jun 1978
	CBS	July 1978 - Jun 1979
	Press Trust of India	July 1979 - Jun 1980
	NBC	July 1980 - Jun 1981
	Time	July 1981 - Jun 1982
Karel van Wolferen	NRC-Handelsblad	July 1982 - Jun 1983
Ken Ishii	International Herald Tribune	July 1983 - Jun 1984
	ABC	July 1984 - Jun 1985
Jurek Martin	Financial Times	July 1985 - Jun 1986
	GlobeNet	July 1986 - Jun 1987
	McGraw-Hill World News	July 1987 - Jun 1988
	The Independent	July 1988 - Jun 1989
	U.S. News & World Report	July 1989 - Jun 1990
	The Observer	July 1990 - Jun 1991
David Powers	BBC	July 1991 - Jun 1992
	Christian Science Monitor	July 1992 - Jun 1993
	Knight-Ridder	July 1993 - Jun 1994
	Süddeutsche Zeitung	July 1994 - Jun 1995
	Associated Press	July 1995 - June 1996
	Financial Times	July 1996 - June 1997
	CBS Radio/Discovery Channel	July 1997 - June 1998
Robert Neff	Business Week	July 1998 - June 1999
	E.I.U.Publication	July 1999 - June 2000
	Automotive News	July 2000 - June 2001
	Associated Press	July 2001 - June 2002
	NRC-Handelsblad	July 2002 - June 2003
Myron Belkind	Associated Press	July 2003 - March 2004
	Reuters	April 2004 - June 2004 July 2005 - June 2006
	Business Times	July 2004 - June 2005
	Science	July 2006 - June 2007
	IDG News Service	July 2007 - June 2008
	IPS	July 2008 - June 2009
	Daily Prothom Alo	July 2009 - June 2010
	Swiss Radio and Television	July 2010 - June 2013
	Freelance	July 2013 - June 2015
	Forbes	July 2015 - Sept 2015
	University World News	Sept 2015 -

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.^{[citation needed]}

FCCJ Interior

FCCJ Press conference

Yurakucho Denki Building (left)

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:^[5]

References[]

^ [1] History of the club 1945-1998. Charles Pomeroy, General Editor
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "FCCJ - Past Presidents". www.fccj.or.jp.
^ To Tell the Truth, 20 March 1961
^ "FCCJ - Reciprocal Clubs". www.fccj.or.jp.

External links[]

[1] [1] History of the club 1945-1998. Charles Pomeroy, General Editor

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "FCCJ - Past Presidents". www.fccj.or.jp.

[4] To Tell the Truth, 20 March 1961

[5] "FCCJ - Reciprocal Clubs". www.fccj.or.jp.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

show Authority control
General	Integrated Authority File (Germany) ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat
National libraries	United States Japan Australia Israel
Scientific databases	CiNii (Japan)