On December 13 2019, SCCJ hosted the launch event of Young Swedish Professionals (YSP).

There were around 250 guests enjoying the great night together with following artists:

● Krs (Art, www.krsart.com)

● Robin Rastenberger (Live music https://www.instagram.com/robin.rastenberger)

● Jörgen Axelvall (Photography http://www.jorgenaxelvall.com/)

● Grebnellaw (Live music https://grebnellaw.xyz/)

● Letterboy (Live painting http://letter-boy.com)

● Lambee (Illustration https://www.instagram.com/sailorlambee/)

● Halt! Run! (Live music https://halt.run)

Ambassador Pereric Högberg hosted his first Ambassador's CEO Advisory Board in his residence on November 21.

This time, we were honored to have Ms. Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, join us at the event.

There were 19 representatives from our SCCJ Gold Corporate Members:
ABB K.K.
Alfa Laval K.K.
ASSA ABLOY Japan Co., Ltd.
AstraZeneca K.K.
Axis Communications K.K.
Edith Grove
EF Education First Japan Ltd.
Epiroc Japan K.K.
Ericsson Japan K.K.
Getinge Group Japan K.K.
H&M Japan KK
Hasselblad Japan
IKEA Japan K.K.
Mölnlycke Health Care K.K.
Munters K.K.
Nishimura & Asahi
Saab International AB
Scania Japan Limited
Volvo Car Japan Limited

SAS and 5 Nordic chambers (DCCJ, FCCJ, ISCCJ, NCCJ, SCCJ) co-organized the breakfast meeting to discuss "sustainable travel and tourism" at Embassy of Sweden, November 27.

After having breakfast, the guest speaker Markus Ek, Vice President, Global Sales at SAS talked about their perspective on how to achieve sustainable travel as well as their special projects for Tokyo 2020. 
 

The participants at this event were quite interested in hearing more about their strategy and asked a lot of questions during and after the presentation.

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCJ) together with the Scholarship Fund for Swedish Youth Abroad (Stipendiefonden för Svensk Utlandsungdom) are proud to announce a scholarship for a final year university student in Sweden. The scholarship will allow a young professional to work at the office of SCCJ in Tokyo for 10 months during 2020 (starting at the end of January) and has a total value of 190 000 SEK. 

The successful applicant will get the opportunity to gain considerable knowledge and access to the Swedish business community in Japan as well as knowledge of the current business climate in Asia. 

SCCJ is collaborating with the Swedish Olympic Committee and the Swedish Paralympic Committee as well as House of Scandinavia, the home for Scandinavia in Tokyo during the Olympic and Paralympic games in Tokyo 2020. This position gives plenty of opportunities to experience the games from the inside and to create memories for life. 

The scholar will play an active role in the chamber work on a strategic and operational level by working on larger business-related projects together with current chamber staff as well as taking ownerships of marketing and communications related projects. He or she will also be providing general support in delivering events throughout the year. 
 

An Ideal Applicant Profile: 
 

• - A final year university student, preferably majoring in business, economics, communications, informatics or media 
• - Strong interpersonal and communicative skills 
• - Business-related work experience
• - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, additional language skills in Japanese would be considered as a strong merit 
• - International experience is considered a key qualification 

Please send your application, including cover letter, one-page résumé and grade transcripts to:
Martin Koos at martin.koos@sccj.org please put "Application" in the subject line. 

Please note that the last date for application is Sunday 1 December 2019. 
 

SCCJ organized Crayfish Party at Embassy of Sweden on September 27.

Over 100 people joined from various companies, as well as Ambassador Pereric Högberg.

We sang Helan Går with Ambassador to start the party. 

Guest enjoyed food, drinks and crayfish in Swedish style, having a great time with new and old friends sitting next each other!

Dear Member of SCCJ,

As you may be aware, SCCJ has during a number of years been considering withdrawing from EBC (European Business Council in Japan) with the main reason being that we have considered the EBC fees being too high – actually being one of the single-biggest expense items for the Chamber with around 7% of the yearly budget. We have not managed to come to a compromise on the fee levels and have therefore decided to withdraw. The decision was made with unanimous approval by all Directors of SCCJ.

We will continue to support EBC, eg as communication channel to our member companies. You can read more about EBC on https://www.ebc-jp.com.

Should you like to have any further information on our decision and reasoning, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks for your understanding and continued support of SCCJ.

Thomas Östergren,

Chairman SCCJ
Email: thomas.ostergren@atlascopco.com

Working Holiday Visa Program

The Governments of Sweden and Japan has today signed a Working Holiday Agreement.

The Agreement strengthen long-term bilateral relations between the countries and provides opportunities for young people between the age of 18 and 30 to experience the culture and general way of life in Sweden and Japan.

You can benefit from the Agreement by applying for the special working holiday Visa which allows you to stay in the other country for up to a year with the right to partially to support your stay through work. 

You will be able to apply for the Visa after the agreement has entered into force. This will take place after the necessary administrative procedures have been finalized. The Embassy will publish more information about where and how to apply when the agreement has entered into force.

Japan is the 9th country or region with which Sweden has established a working holiday scheme.

The agreement can be found in its entirety here: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000509948.pdf

日・スウェーデン・ワーキング・ホリデー協定の署名

1. 本26日，東京において，河野太郎外務大臣と，スベン・オストベリ在京スウェーデン大使館臨時代理大使（Mr. Sven Östberg, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Sweden in Japan）との間で「ワーキング・ホリデー査証に関する日本国政府とスウェーデン王国政府との間の協定」の署名が行われました。

2. この協定は，ワーキング・ホリデー制度の参加者として有効な査証を所持する相手国の国民に対し，旅行資金を補う目的で休暇の付随的な活動として就労するために一年間滞在することを許可するための法的な枠組みを構築するものです。

3. この協定は，両締約国政府がそれぞれの国内手続の完了を書面により通報し，これらの通報が受領された日のうちいずれか遅い方の日の後30日目の日に効力を生じます。

4. ワーキング・ホリデー制度の開始を契機として，両国の青少年の交流や相互理解が促進され，両国の友好親善関係が一層強化されることが期待されます。

詳細はこちらからご覧になれます。https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000509947.pdf

Sverige och Japan skriver under Feriearbetsavtal

Japan och Sverige har idag skrivit under ett Feriearbetsavtal.

Avtalet stärker de långsiktiga relationerna mellan länderna och gör det möjligt för unga människor, mellan 18 och 30 år, att uppleva kultur och samhälle i Japan och Sverige.

Genom en särskild visering kan Du få stanna i upp till ett år framförallt för semester, men med rätt att arbeta för att bidra till uppehället under resan.

Du kan använda dig av avtalet genom att ansöka om den särskilda viseringen när avtalet har trätt i kraft. Det kommer att ske efter att respektive lands myndigheter genomfört nödvändiga administrativa procedurer. 

Ambassaden kommer att informera via hemsidan om när det har skett samt om hur Du kan ansöka om viseringen.

Läs hela avtalet här: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000509952.pdf

The 5 Nordic chambers (DCCJ, FCCJ, ISCCJ, NCCJ, and SCCJ) co-organized Scandinavian Craft Beer Evening at Coaster, Craft Beer and Kitchen (Shimokitazawa) on Thursday, August 1st.

The seats were limited to 100, which sold out surprisingly quickly. SCCJ had a great turnout with over 70 guests  joining the event. 

Guests enjoyed 12 kinds of high-end craft beer from Denmark, Norway and Sweden from brands such as Omnipollo (Stockholm SWE), O/O (Gothenburg SWE), Mikkeller (DEN) To ØL (DEN), Oslo Brewing (NOR) Lervig (NOR) and 7Fjell (NOR). 

To make the evening extra memorable all guests got a limited-edition Scandinavian Craft Beer 2019 glass to bring home after the event. 
SCCJ Corporate Member ScanJap  generously sponsored the event with free give-aways of Oulu Mustard to all guests to bring home.  

It was a very hot evening (weak aircon?)  but we believe it provided a good opportunity for guests to make new connections and try a great craft of beer from Scandinavia!

8月1日、北欧五か国の商工会議所(デンマーク・フィンランド・アイスランド・ノルウェー・スウェーデン）が共同で、北欧クラフトビールを楽しむイベントを下北沢のCoaster クラフトビール＆キッチンにて開催しました。

参加できるゲスト数は100名と限られていましたが、すぐに満席となり、当日はSCCJより70名を超えるゲストの皆様にお越しいただけました。

イベントでは、デンマーク・ノルウェー・スウェーデンの様々なビール12種を自由に楽しむことができ、新たな人々との出会いや北欧クラフトビールを体験する貴重な機会となりました。
ちなみに今回提供されたビールの一部をご紹介すると、Omnipolo (ストックホルム、スウェーデン）、O/O(ヨーテボリ、スウェーデン)、 Mikkeller (デンマーク)、 To ØL (デンマーク), Oslo Brewing (ノルウェー)、 Lervig (ノルウェー) 、 7Fjell (ノルウェー)などがありました。

本イベントの開催を記念して限定のビールグラスを制作し(カバー写真をご覧ください)、ゲストの皆様にはイベント後、思い出としてお持ち帰りいただきました。
また、SCCJの企業会員であるScanJap よりフィンランドのマスタードの試供品を無償で提供いただきました。

暑さと弱いエアコンでとても暑い夜でしたが、このイベントを通して新たな人々との出会いや、北欧の素晴らしいクラフトビールを楽しむ機会を提供できたならば幸いです。

After a successful launch of the first mentoring program as part of WIN we are open for new mentors and mentees to join starting in October 2019. This program is for SCCJ members only and it is free to join.

CROSS-COMPANY EXCHANGE
Get new perspectives, get insights from professionals outside your own company. Mentors and mentees are matched from different companies. Our mentoring committee will match mentors and mentees based on profiles for best fit.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Have talented ladies in your organization that needs coaching and support to succeed in the career. Join as a mentor and you will gain energy, learnings and reflections that not only grows your mentee, but also yourself.

BUILD YOUR NETWORK
Expand your professional network with other mentors/mentees over time.Meet with other mentors and mentees from various levels and industries throughout the program. Get to know the Swedish-Japanese business community.

PROFESSIONAL FACILITATION AND COACHING
Experienced members from SCCJ will provide information for you to start the mentorship in a structured way. We organize kick-off, midterm and graduation meetings in central Tokyo.

REMARKS FROM PREVIOUS MENTORS & MENTEES

"I learned there are many ways to describe myself and found my personalities that I never noticed before. My mentor helped me to look at myself and find “hidden me.”

Mentee, UD Trucks

"I recommend SCCJ mentoring program because it is matching with other company people. Mentee can talk about anything, forgetting about internal political things, and are able to hear opinions totally neutral, something I have never even thought of.”

Mentee, Axis Communications

"I would highly recommend anyone with key interest in developing people and business to step in and become a SCCJ mentor/mentee."

Mentor, IKEA Japan

"For those of you who thinks that this is time consuming and not adding to your professional development, you are wrong. You will gain energy, learnings and reflections that not only grows your mentee, but also yourself. You will be a better leader with great listening and coaching skills."

Mentor, UD Trucks

OUTLINE
Who can join: All members of SCCJ
Application Deadline: 14 July 
Duration: 9 months (October - June)
Max number of mentors/mentees: 15 couples (30 persons)
Language: Japanese and English speakers can join. Information material is in English.

HOW IT WORKS
Nominate a minimum of two candidates from your company (a mentor and a mentee)

Your company
Mentor (Man or Woman)    
Mentee (Woman)
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Company X
Mentor (Man or Woman) 
Mentee (Woman)
=
Matched Mentorship
Mentor from Your company 
Mentee from Company X
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Mentee from Your company
Mentor from Company X


Download the application form here

We look forward to hearing from you and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Best Regards,

SCCJ Mentoring Committee
Email: office@sccj.org 

Over 800 guests participated on Sunday, June 9th at Embassy of Sweden. Thank you Embassy of Sweden for co-hosting this event with us. SCCJ would like to thank all food & beverage suppliers who served guests throughout the day.  Our appreciation also goes to companies providing lots of fun for all children attending. 

Thank you to our all sponsors for making this day possible!