On February 20th, SCCJ organized the annual team building competition at Sasazuka Bowl.

This year was a bit special due to the outbreak of COVID-19, however, 30 guests from 7 companies attended the event with 7 teams.

SCCJ WIN(Women's Impact Network) hosted the first event in 2020 on January 30.

With around 40 participants, Corinne shared her own experience and career in Japan.

She also discussed the situation where she was the only woman in her team or in the room to point out how a woman can be a strength for making positive change within the organization, as long as you have the right support systems in place.

On December 13 2019, SCCJ hosted the launch event of Young Swedish Professionals (YSP).

There were around 250 guests enjoying the great night together with following artists:

● Krs (Art, www.krsart.com)

● Robin Rastenberger (Live music https://www.instagram.com/robin.rastenberger)

● Jörgen Axelvall (Photography http://www.jorgenaxelvall.com/)

Ambassador Pereric Högberg hosted his first Ambassador's CEO Advisory Board in his residence on November 21.

This time, we were honored to have Ms. Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, join us at the event.

SAS and 5 Nordic chambers (DCCJ, FCCJ, ISCCJ, NCCJ, SCCJ) co-organized the breakfast meeting to discuss "sustainable travel and tourism" at Embassy of Sweden, November 27.

After having breakfast, the guest speaker Markus Ek, Vice President, Global Sales at SAS talked about their perspective on how to achieve sustainable travel as well as their special projects for Tokyo 2020. 
 

The participants at this event were quite interested in hearing more about their strategy and asked a lot of questions during and after the presentation.

SCCJ organized Crayfish Party at Embassy of Sweden on September 27.

Over 100 people joined from various companies, as well as Ambassador Pereric Högberg.

We sang Helan Går with Ambassador to start the party. 

Guest enjoyed food, drinks and crayfish in Swedish style, having a great time with new and old friends sitting next each other!

Dear Member of SCCJ,

As you may be aware, SCCJ has during a number of years been considering withdrawing from EBC (European Business Council in Japan) with the main reason being that we have considered the EBC fees being too high – actually being one of the single-biggest expense items for the Chamber with around 7% of the yearly budget. We have not managed to come to a compromise on the fee levels and have therefore decided to withdraw. The decision was made with unanimous approval by all Directors of SCCJ.

Working Holiday Visa Program

The Governments of Sweden and Japan has today signed a Working Holiday Agreement.

The Agreement strengthen long-term bilateral relations between the countries and provides opportunities for young people between the age of 18 and 30 to experience the culture and general way of life in Sweden and Japan.