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2009-08-27
Joint Nordic Job Board presentation meeting -
2009-09-03
Back to Tokyo Evening at the Swedish Embassy -
2009-10-02
Crayfish Party at the Restaurant Stockholm -
2009-10-02
Daimler & Chrysler Cup at the Atsugi Kokusai -
2009-10-22
Knowledge Evening: Growth strategies for small and medium-sized companies in Japan
Swedish School—Lessons for Life
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| Sweden School teachers and assistants; Susanna Suematsu second from left |
Turning Around in Troubled Times
The telecom market has gone from a period of high growth to today’s slight decline and extreme competition between different players. But while some companies are really hurting, there is one exception. Less than a decade ago, Ericsson was looking into the abyss, and there were fears that the company would not survive. In 2009, the situation is quite different, says Fredrik Alatalo, President of Nippon Ericsson K.K. “During the extreme growth period in the 1990s, the focus was on how to manage growth and less on costs,” Mr. Alatalo says. Today the company is slimmer, and there is agreement on what needs to be done and how it should be done.
New Member Company: FORA Inc.
After about four years working with the import of some well-known Swedish sporting wear into Japan, Hideki Shibata decided to step out on his own. The resulting company, FORA Inc., only opened in Augusts of 2008, but became an SCCJ member company by January, 2009. “I had attended SCCJ meetings in the past, but the guys in charge of the company weren’t interested in becoming SCCJ members,” Mr. Shibata says. “So when I started my company, I joined right away.”
Making a Mark
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| Marcus Ericsson (from his blog) |





