SCCJ and BCCJ (British Chamber of Commerce in Japan) co-hosted a panel discussion event on May 21 regarding the future of mobility connected to the concept of ACES - Automated, Connected, Electric and Shared vehicles. Some 70 participants from BCCJ and SCCJ joined to get a glimpse of what the future will bring in terms of personal transportation. Takayuki Kimura, President of Volvo Car Japan and Martin Krantz, Founder and CEO of Smart Eye joined the panel together with Magnus Hansson, President of Jaguar Land Rover Japan. The panel was led by journalist Yumi Kawabata. 

On March 23, SCCJ WIN (Women's Impact Network) organized the workshop with Tove Kinooka, Director, Global Perspective.

This event was for women only, and the limited number of seats sold out very quickly.

On May 16th, Ambassador Magnus Robach hosted the second Ambassador's CEO Advisory Board in his residence.

This time, we were honored to have Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman, Keidanren and Executive Chairman, Hitachi Ltd. join us at the event.

There were 10 representatives from our SCCJ Gold Corporate Members:

Alfa Laval K.K.

Astra Zeneca

Atlas Copco K.K.

On May 17, SCCJ organized SCCJ Academy, where employees can learn know more about Sweden, its culture as well as the lifestyle in Sweden.

We had 30 participants from following companies:

Atos Medical

CellMark Japan

Edith Grove

Höganäs

IKEA

Mölnlycke Health Care

On May 8th, we had an event with Kaori Sasaki from Ewoman to talk about women president in Japan and the diversity index which was develop by herself. 

Around 30 people attended, and the entire session was driven by Keiko Asano, General Manager, Munters.

Ms. Sasaki shared her own experience to start her own company right after her graduation as well as her current business domain.

We are happy to announce that we are now able to accept credit cards at events.

You can use VISA, MasterCard, JCB, SAISON Card, American Express, Diners and Discover as well as prepaid IC card such as Suica and Pasmo.

スウェーデン商工会議所ではこの度、イベントにてクレジットカード及び交通系ICカードでのお支払いが可能になりました！

もう会場につく前に銀行に駆け込む心配はありません！

クレジットカードブランドにつきましては、VISA, MasterCard, JCBのほか、セゾンカード、アメリカンエキスプレス、ダイナース及びディスカバーをご利用になれます。

交通系ＩＣカードは以下のカード(Suica, Pasmo 等)でお支払いでできます。

Agreement between Japan and The Kingdom of Sweden on Social Security
The Social Security agreement between Sweden and Japan was signed on Thursday, April 11 in Stockholm by Minister Strandhäll and Ambassador Hiroki, after more than 10 years of negotiations.

SCCJ organized the third CEO Roundtable on April 8 at the Embassy of Sweden. 

This time we invited Mr. Dale S. Cook, President of Autoliv Japan as a main speaker.

Also we had 9 companies' representatives from:

ABB

Alfa Laval

Atlas Copco

Climeon

Elekta

Etrion

SCCJ organized Sakura party at the new venue, Togo Kinenkan (東郷記念館) in Harajuku last Wednesday, April 3, which around 60 people attended.

This year, we invited Fukagawa Geisha (深川芸者) as special guests.

During the party, they were walking around to talk with guests, and many guests took photos with them.

We are happy to announce that we welcome two new Corporate members SCCJ!

1. APEX Co., Ltd.

New Corporate Member, import business and whole selling for Scandinavian products. The office is located in Gunma.

2. Smart Eye Japan Co., Ltd.

New Associate Member, sales of software for driver monitoring and vehicle safety. The office is located in Roppongi.