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.

On March 18th, we organized the annual team building competition at Sasazuka Bowl.

73 guests from 15 companies attended the event with 18 teams.

This year, Atlas Copco, who had three different teams competing won the game!

Participants are from following companies:

ASA Digital

Asia Pacific Consulting

Atlas Copco

Axis Communications

On March 13th, Embassy of Sweden, Business Sweden and SCCJ co-organized an event focusing on how Swedish companies can utilize the EU-Japan Partnership Agreement (EPA) at Embassy of Sweden. 

Around 60 people attended this half-day seminar bringing up various topics surrounding the EPA, also including a panel discussion answering questions from the audience. 

On March 8th, SCCJs WIN (Women's Impact Network) organized a panel discussion at Embassy of Sweden to celebrate the 1-year anniversary for WIN as well as the International Women's Day.

We invited the following speakers for a panel discussion on the theme "Build Better Business Through Diversity":

Kathy Matsui, Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs

On March 5th, SCCJ organized a breakfast round table discussion with Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs, Jennie Nilsson accompanied by Ambassador Magnus Robach and a delegation from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation.
Representatives from 9 Swedish subsidiaries in Japan took part in the discussion.

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