The Foreign Chambers in Japan Business Confidence Survey Fall 2009 was presented at a joint luncheon meeting organized by the British Chamber (BCCJ) on Friday, 13 November 2009 at Westin Tokyo Hotel was and attended by 125 members from 12 foreign chambers in Japan.
After a brief introduction of the background, purpose and methodology of the survey and presentation of some notable results by Aron Kremer, Deputy Executive Director of the ACCJ and Clas Bystedt, Executive Director of FCCJ, the floor was given to Jesper Koll, President and CEO, Tantallon Research Japan.
Mr. Koll gave a very engaging speech about the challenges and opportunities that are facing economies and businesses globally and especially in Japan. His message regarding Japan was pretty much in line with the findings in the survey; there is a good reason for optimism after some tough times.
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From left: Tuomo Kuuppo (Stora Enso Japan), Hirokuni Yoshida (FCCJ Vice President), Timo Varhama, (Former FCCJ President), and SCCJ Chairman Carl-Gustav Eklund.
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The 15th Stora Enso Cup, the golf challenge between the Swedish and Finnish Chamber's was played on Friday, 6 November at Taiheiyo Club - Gotemba West in Shizuoka Prefecture in sunny and warm autumn weather at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
The course was challenging, narrow and very fast and tricky greens with the slope of M. Fuji adding an invisible challenge to the putting.
27 players participated in the competition (16 from FCCJ , 18 from SCCJ, including seven guests.
The Finnish Chamber came on top now for the third time in a row, but this time beating the Swedish Chamber by a very small margin, 0.67 strokes on average per player, 78.33 versus 79.0 as average for the best 80% in each team. This was the seventh time the FCCJ won, SCCJ has still one more, eight victories.
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Hiroto Kato
Marubeni Corporation
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The FCCJ October luncheon meeting was held on Tuesday the 13th with the theme "Lingonberry". Speakers on the subject were Mr. Hiroto Kato of Marubeni Corporation and the Chairman of the Japan Lingonberry Promotional Association, Mr. Taiji Watanabe.
Marubeni is planning to import lingonberry, its juice and extracts from Finland in fairly large volumes. The speakers talked about what lingonberry is, lingonberry production in Finland, the health benefits of lingonberry and potential products in Japan using lingonberry. Mr. Watanabe and Mr. Kato also explained about the purpose of their association.
The meeting was attended by 31 members and guests, including a group of representatives from Finnish companies participating in Health Ingredients Japan, held in Tokyo this week.
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The European and North American business communities in Tokyo held their seventh friendly golf tournament at Atsugi Kokusai Country Club on 2 October.
With Daimler Japan (Mercedes Benz Japan) and Chrysler Japan as the title sponsor and 30 other sponsors, the tournament brought together 126 players from the American and Canadian Chambers of Commerce on one side and the European Business Council on the other side. Playing the new peoria (shin-peria) scoring system and calculating an average score for the best 80% of each team, the European team came out on top by 0.95 strokes.
This time, 126 players participated in this event, including 8 ladies. The North American team had 66 players, the European 60. The players represented about 15 different nationalities. The Americans made up for the largest group, about 45 players, followed by 28 Japanese, 17 Germans, 7 Canadians, 7 Brits, 5 Finns, 4 Swedes, 3 Swiss, 2 Norwegians and about 10 representing other nationalities. The FCCJ was represented by 10 players.
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