

FCCJ President Marko Saarelainen makes some opening remarks.
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Newly appointed head of the Sendai Finland Wellbeing Center's R&D Unit, Juha Teperi, introduces himself.
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Matti Naskali, the new FCCJ contact at Nokia Japan.
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Marko Saarelainen also introduced the Finnish Relief Effort.
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The event, held at Hotel Okura, was attended by 53 members and guests.
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Mr. Vehviläinen starts his presentation by showing a video of Finnair's new branding.
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Finnair staff and their guests follow with interest what their boss has to say.
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At the top table; front Johanna Kotkajarvi and Marko Saarelainen, behind Sakari Romu, Timo Varhama, Yasuji Ishigaki, Erik Ullner and Kaj Forsell.
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From left; Masaoki Fujita (Coil Center Fujita), Koki Yotsui and Keita Koido (both of Leroy Japan K,K., NCCJ) and Takeshi Yokoyama (Finnair Cargo).
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From left; Rika Shigeta, Ulla Kinnunen (new Cuture and Communications Manager at the Finnish Institute) and Mihoko Shirane.
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Clockwise from front left: Juha Teperi, Carole Yoshida, Kinji Yasu, Mitsuo Okabe, Yukio Sakurai, Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Kanji Ohashi, Isao Nishimura and Yoshinori Sano.
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From left, Yasuyuki Oda, Haruko Hashimoto and Mitsutoshi Kera.
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Matti Naskali makes first comment in the Q&A session, appreciating that Finnair has Japanese speaking captains.
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Timo Varhama, Yasuji Ishigaki, Erik Ullner and Kaj Forsell.
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Hiroaki Nagahara of Finnair (left center) among SAS participants, left Jenny Furstenbach, right Ole Johansson and Per Vranso.
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Clockwise from front left: Isao Nishimura, Yoshinori Sano, Juha Teperi, Carole Yoshida, Kinji Yasu, Mitsuo Okabe, Yukio Sakurai, Yoshiaki Matsumoto and Kanji Ohashi.
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Kimio Hashida makes comments about his travel experiences with Finnair.
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Oliver Ormrod (SCCJ) asks about further re-alignment in the airline industry in Europe..
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The speaker did not want to make any predictions at this time, and said mergers take a long time to finalize.
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Yasuji Ishigaki, former Ambassador of Japan to Finland, asks a question.
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Mr. Vehvilainen responds.
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FCCJ President Marko Saarelainen hands over a smal present to the guest speaker
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