Board & Comittees

The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan is a non-profit association lead by an elected President and board of directors.
Committees oversee club events, restaurants, publications, IT, library and other key functions. The day to day running of the club is the job of the general manager, who is the highest ranking member of staff.
Past Presidents
Club Staff
Contact details
Articles of Association of the shadan houjin Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
Urgent notice from MOFA
2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
| President Catherine Makino IPS |
1st Vice-President Tim Kelly Forbes |
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| 2nd Vice-President James Simms Dow Jones Newswires Tokyo |
Secretary Daniel Sloan Reuters TV |
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| Treasurer Yoshisuke Iinuma The Oriental Economist |
1st Director-at-Large Martin Koelling Financial Times Deutschland |
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| 2nd Director-at-Large Steve McClure Billboard Asia |
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3rd Director-at-Large Peter Alford The Australian |
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| 4th Director-at-Large Pio D'Emilia Sky TG 24 |
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Kanji Kazuo Abiko |
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2008-2009 FCCJ COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Committee chairs are selected by the incoming President.
Associate Liaison Keiko Packard, Sanjeev Sinha
Entertainment Justine Bornstein, Andrew Silberman
Exhibitions Tony McNicol
Finance Yoshisuke Iinuma
Food & Beverage Birga Boecker, Michael Taylor
Freedom of the Press Justin McCurry
Membership Robert Neff, Monzurul Huq
Movie Daryl Gibson, Richard Kipnis
Professional Activities (PAC) Beryl Tung, Shane McLeod
Library, Archives & Workroom (LAW) Julian Ryall, Choo Wei Foo
ITPC Subcommittee Martyn Williams, Yuriko Nagano
Human Resources James Simms
Publication John Harris
Social Activities Sandra Mori
Special Project Alan Redden
Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship Martyn Williams and Julian Ryall
Wine Subcommittee Christine Cunanan




