A last reminder of the May Luncheon meeting which will be held at the
Capitol Tokyu Hotel in Akasaka, Nikko Room, B1 floor, on
Friday, 15 June, 2001 at 12.00
Our Guest Speaker is Mr.
Kazuyuki Kinbara, Deputy Director, International Affairs Bureau, Keidanren and his theme is
Keidanren's Position on Japanese Foreign Trade Policy.
If you would like to know more about Keidanren, click their logo.
Please note that we will collect the luncheon fee of 7,000 yen at the hotel and provide you with receipt. Note also that we have to invoice the lunch fee for cancellations later than 14 June and "no-shows".
If you plan to attend and have not yet registered, do that at latest tomorrow, 13 June.
There will be no monthly luncheon meeting in July as many of the Finnish executive are on their summer leave in Finland.
Our August meeting will be held on Friday 28 August at 12:00 at Capitol Tokyu Hotel
This time the theme will be "
The Finnish Log House Business in Japan", which has almost a 30 year tradition. The first Finnish log house were brought to Japan in 1973.
As speaker we have
Marko Saarelainen, President, Honka Japan Inc.
Marko has doing log house business in Japan for more than 10 years, so he knows his subject inside-out.
The printed version of the FCCJ Guidebook 2001 has been sent out to members.
Please remember to check your entry, and if you want to make changes, let us know. The Guidebook is constantly updated with corrections and new members, both in print and on the web.
If you have not received the Guidebook, or want additional copies, click link to the right.
JMEC 2001-2002 commences on October 20th, 2001 and will soon start accepting
application for entrants.
Japan Market Entry Competition, commonly known as JMEC, is a non-profit organization, which organizes a management training program and competition for young business people supported by ten foreign chambers of commerce in Japan, incl. the FCCJ. JMEC is also supported by the Delegation of the European Commission in
Japan.
JMEC Information Evening
Date & Time: Monday, June 18th (6:30 - 8:00pm)
Venue: Canadian Embassy, 4th Floor North
7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Brochures and applications for the JMEC 2001-2002 Program will be available that evening.
For further information or reservation, please contact Ikuko Collins, Program Director, via email JMEC@twics.com or by Tel: 03-3556-7991.
For more details, click link to the right.
FCCJ has got one new corporate members, i.e.
Solid K.K.
To find more about Solid, click link to the right
Less profit for SMEsy
Small and medium firms were less profitable last year and deeper in debt, the industry and employers' federation, TT reported. Judging by last year's financial results, TT said business profit for small firms had fallen from 5.8 % of turnover in 1999 to 5.1 %, with comparable figures of 7.4 % falling to 5.8 % for medium sized firm. Whilst overall profit for manufacturers had risen to 12 % of turnover, this was all in the hands of the big companies. Small company borrowing had risen to 33 % of turnover, compared with 19 % the year before, while medium sized company debt was 27 % of turnover. TT expects solvency ratios to continue to fall, largely as a result of the massive increase in industrial investment.
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