Application Form for Foreign Press Registration Card (FPR Card)
Application type (must): Please select the relevant item.

Check sheet for documents
required ＜must＞: Pleasetick each box in accordance
type: ＜must＞
For a journalist possessing a valid FPR Card currently or one who has had an FPR Card issued before.
with your application type& nationality
For those possessing a valid/invalid FPR Card and making changes
the media (sample:organizations he/shebelongs to. (The same documents are required as those for'Initial' application.)
renewal& non-Japanese),For those who have lost the FPR Card. (Required documents
arepreparethe same asdocuments'Notice of Lost FPR Card' &and'Renewal' application.)required.

InitialFor those who have never held an FPR Card in the past.
Application

RenewalChange in affiliation
Reissuance

Documents required*Please prepare the necessary documents by referring to the following check sheet.
*Please apply after all the required documents are in place.
<E-mail> presscard@fpcjpn.or.jp<Subject> Application for FPR Card
File format
Check box <must>*Initial*ChangeJapanese*Renewal*LossNon-JapaneseJapanese

Check sheet for 1.
documents
requiredApplicationform and 5. Overview ofMedia Organization: Excel

Non-Japanese

1. Application Form

2. Full-face color photo: JPG only, lessthan 1MB, with horizontal to verticalratio of 7:9 (as shown below ↓)2. Full-face color photograph of the applicant●Ifthethesidenot aswith a horizontal to vertical*Digital image file of 1MB or less in JPEG format, taken
withinpastis6 months,FACE
ratio of 7:9
regulated, the photo
PHOTO 7:9
3. Original letter certifying working relationship/contract/employment
can be extreamly by media organization
horizontal*Letter issued within the past 3 months and signed by a person with authority over personnel
affairs
distorted.
*Please describe in detail as much as possible.

*Digital data acceptable for application. The original letter must be submitted by the time when
an FPR Card
verticalis collected.
ratio.

4. Proof of regular contributions (for journalists ofmedia other thanradio/TV)
Documents
otherthan*<For newspaper & magazine journalists> Photocopy of bylined articles written within the past 3 months
above (3, 4, 6, 7): JPG,*<For photographers> Photos taken within the past 3 months w/name credit & published by newspapers,
PDF, or TIFF format(If applicable) (If applicable) (If applicable) (If applicable) magazines, etc.

5. Overview of media organization●The data taken by digital camera is
acceptable if the content can be
6. <For non-Japanese nationals> Photocopy of passportconfirmed.
*In the event of a Tokyo bureau being newly established(If applicable) (If applicable)*Must include pages showing headshot, passport number, date of issue & expiry. In case of possessing analien registration certificate which is regarded as a resident card, photocopy of passport must include pages
showing status of residence/expiry date (issued by Japan's immigration authorities).

Name (in alphabet),
FPR Card number (except initialapplication) <must>: Be sure tocharacters) <must>
write FPR Card number when you: Please
write
your alien
realregistration
name7. <For non-Japanese nationals> Photocopy of resident card
(both sides,including
renew or change in affiliation.
card which is regarded as resident card)(same as your name printed
Do not put 'No.' or '0' before cardon your Passport) in capital
number (0100, No.100)
letters. In principle,
what you write here will be101
Last
First printed on your FPR Card.
6. <For Japanese nationals> Photocopy of ID card

*Photocopy of passport, driver’s license or any other official identification
Name (incertificate
ChineseApplicant's information
FPR Card number (for those otherthan making initial application)
Name (in alphabet) <must>
Name (in Chinese characters)<must>

name

TURNER

name

Last
name

ELIZABETHFirstnameNationality <must>
Date of birth

YearMonth1/3Day

MaleSex <must>

Female〒－Address (private)

Name of organization <must> :－－For "renewal" application, write your organization's name－printed－on your current card.

Telephone number (private)
Fax number (private)

Media information
Name <must>

FPCJ Press

Country <must>

Type of Media <must> :Even though you are in a photography department,
100 North Street, New York,please
NY 1000selectU.S.A. the type of media which you belong to.

Address of head office <must>

Type of media <must>(For 'Others', please describe indetail)

Newspapers

News agency

Photography

MagazineTVRadio

Address in Japan <must>:▪Postal code: Please write threefigures and four figures separately
as a sample shows below.
〒100-0011

OthersOthersName of publication/program
Number of circulation/audience
Country/region ofdistribution/broadcast〒－ 0011100▪Address: Please write it into a cellunder a postal code.

6F Nippon Press Center Building, 2-2-1, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Phone
number of media office in Japan－(mobile phone acceptable) & fax
number <must> :Please fill your phone numbers on eachcell that are separated with hyphens.
03－- 3501 - 3401
090 - 1111 - 1111〒
Address in Japan <must>*Add work division/department.
*If you use your domicile as youroffice, please add your home address.
〒

Phone number of media office inJapan(mobile phone acceptable) <must>03－ 3501－ 3401090－ 1111－ 111103
Fax number of media office in Japan<must>

Job Title :－－Please write your relevant job title from the list below.
－ 3501－ 3622
Bureau Chief, Correspondent (Journalist or Camera person),－－ Assistant of Camera
Bureau staff (Journalist,Camera person orperson), Producer,Freelance (Journalist or
Camera person).
－－

fpcj@fpcjpn.or.jp
E-mail address <must>(Choose Japanese or English to be
used in future notices. If you have nopreference, English will be used.)Japanese

EnglishJob title

2/3Work contents <must>

Article writing
Politics

Economy

Diplomacy<must>: Please wirte your work contents
International issues Work Contents
OthersSpecialist area (Please describe indetail for 'Others'.)

specifically on the "Job title".
Example: management of a bureau, coverage and article
writing, editing of articles, camera coverage, movie coverage,
Predecessor's nameassistant of movie coverage, article posting, photograph
Alien residence information (For Japanese citizens, please select 'Japanese')posting, etc.
OthersType of residence status <must>(Please describe in detail for 'Others'.)

OthersExpiry date of resident status <must> YearMonthDay

Expiry date of passport <must>

MonthDayYear

Application is hereby made to Press Secretary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for a Foreign Press Registration Card.
I certify that the statements made on this Application Form are authentic. <must>

Yes

NoYes

NoPortion equivalent to signature <must>:
Be sure to check either one.

I desire to have my name registered on the e-mail list of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Expiry1 date of resident status <must>:

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Please write correctly referring to your resident card. If you have an alien registration certificate
which is regarded as a resident card, write correctly referring to the page of status/expiry date issued
by "Japan's immigration authorities"
Expiry date of passport <must> :Please write correctly.
【Note】: Expiry Date of Foreign Press Registeration Card
The expiration date of a Foreign Press Registeration Card is normally one year from the date of issue.
However, for non-Japanese nationals, if one of the following expiry dates is less than one year of a
FPR Card's date of issue, the earliest date will be set as the expiry date.
*For Japanese nationals, 《3)Expiry date (if any) of employment》 will apply.
1) Expiry date of resident status (including residence card and alient registration certificate)2) Expiry date of passport3) Expiry date (if any) of employment

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