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)
+
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!

SCCJ and BCCJ (British Chamber of Commerce in Japan) co-hosted a panel discussion event on May 21 regarding the future of mobility connected to the concept of ACES - Automated, Connected, Electric and Shared vehicles. Some 70 participants from BCCJ and SCCJ joined to get a glimpse of what the future will bring in terms of personal transportation. Takayuki Kimura, President of Volvo Car Japan and Martin Krantz, Founder and CEO of Smart Eye joined the panel together with Magnus Hansson, President of Jaguar Land Rover Japan. The panel was led by journalist Yumi Kawabata. 

On March 23, SCCJ WIN (Women's Impact Network) organized the workshop with Tove Kinooka, Director, Global Perspective.

This event was for women only, and the limited number of seats sold out very quickly.

With 40 participants, Tove introduced how to redifine "good leadership" including group work and discussions.
How do you define the features of leadership?
Do you believe a quiet person can be a good leader? 

Through a very interactive session, all participants got very useful tips which can be used in their career development. 

On May 16th, Ambassador Magnus Robach hosted the second Ambassador's CEO Advisory Board in his residence.

This time, we were honored to have Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman, Keidanren and Executive Chairman, Hitachi Ltd. join us at the event.

There were 10 representatives from our SCCJ Gold Corporate Members:

Alfa Laval K.K.

Astra Zeneca

Atlas Copco K.K.

Education First (EF)

Epiroc Japan K.K.

Ericsson Japan K.K.

Gadelius Holding Ltd.

Getinge Group Japan K.K.

Munters K.K.

Nishimura & Asahi

On May 17, SCCJ organized SCCJ Academy, where employees can learn know more about Sweden, its culture as well as the lifestyle in Sweden.

We had 30 participants from following companies:

Atos Medical

CellMark Japan

Edith Grove

Höganäs

IKEA

Mölnlycke Health Care

Mycronic

Nord-Lock Japan

Sandvik

Sweden House

UD Trucks

Volvo Car Japan

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS

Wexthuset Japan

It was all day event from 9AM to 8PM composed of 5 sessions. Ambassador Robach started the day with sharing his view on the relation between Japan and Sweden. 

There were variety of seminars, i.e. not only learning about the basic of Sweden, but also getting knowledge about its innovation and history.

Some lecturers shared their experience representing Swedish companies in Japan, which inspired the audience.

During lunch, participants tried surströmming, the most smelly food in the world and they also tried Swedish Aquavit singing "Helan Går".

After a full day of sessions, all attendees got a well deserved SCCJ academy diploma to certify this achievement.

<Speakers for SCCJ Academy Spring 2019>

Kenji Suzuki, Dean and Professor, Meiji University

Nigel Asai, Vice Chairman, SCCJ

Dag Klingstedt, President, Koya Group

Yoshiko Buell, President, APEX Co., Ltd.

Keiko Asano, General Manager, Munters

On May 8th, we had an event with Kaori Sasaki from Ewoman to talk about women president in Japan and the diversity index which was develop by herself. 

Around 30 people attended, and the entire session was driven by Keiko Asano, General Manager, Munters.

Ms. Sasaki shared her own experience to start her own company right after her graduation as well as her current business domain.

Guests were very impressed with her career and very interested in knowing more about the diversity index developed for companies, whereby each employee takes an online exam on their knowledge, behaviour and attitude towards diversity and inclusion.

We are happy to announce that we are now able to accept credit cards at events.

You can use VISA, MasterCard, JCB, SAISON Card, American Express, Diners and Discover as well as prepaid IC card such as Suica and Pasmo.

スウェーデン商工会議所ではこの度、イベントにてクレジットカード及び交通系ICカードでのお支払いが可能になりました！

もう会場につく前に銀行に駆け込む心配はありません！

クレジットカードブランドにつきましては、VISA, MasterCard, JCBのほか、セゾンカード、アメリカンエキスプレス、ダイナース及びディスカバーをご利用になれます。

交通系ＩＣカードは以下のカード(Suica, Pasmo 等)でお支払いでできます。

Agreement between Japan and The Kingdom of Sweden on Social Security
The Social Security agreement between Sweden and Japan was signed on Thursday, April 11 in Stockholm by Minister Strandhäll and Ambassador Hiroki, after more than 10 years of negotiations.

The Agreement allows for individuals moving between the countries to keep social security rights, especially pension rights, that they have acquired. Furthermore, companies and individuals will not have to pay social fees in both countries. It also provides for the possibility to send staff to the other country for up to five years while the individual remains in the sending country’s social security system. In short: the Agreement will simplify movement between the countries, both for individuals and for companies.

The agreement can be found in its entirety here https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000467544.pdf
 

日・スウェーデン社会保障協定の署名

1. 1　4月11日（現地時間同日），スウェーデンのストックホルムにおいて，「社会保障に関する日本国とスウェーデン王国との間の協定」（日・スウェーデン社会保障協定）の署名が，廣木重之駐スウェーデン大使とアンニカ・ストランドヘル・スウェーデン社会保障大臣（H.E.Ms. Annika Strandhäll, Minister of Social Security of the Kingdom of Sweden）との間で行われました。

   2　現在，日・スウェーデン両国からそれぞれ相手国に一時的に派遣される企業駐在員等については，日・スウェーデン双方の年金制度に二重に加入を義務付けられる等の問題が生じています。日・スウェーデン社会保障協定は，これらの問題を解決することを目的としており，この協定の規定により，派遣期間が5年以内の一時派遣被用者等は，原則として，派遣元国の年金制度にのみ加入することとなります。また，両国での保険期間を通算して年金の受給権を確立できることとなります。

   3　この協定の締結により，企業及び駐在員等の負担が軽減され，日・スウェーデン間の人的交流及び経済交流の一層の促進が期待されます。

   ［参考］
   （1）この協定は，ドイツ，英国，韓国，米国，ベルギー，フランス，カナダ，オーストラリア，オランダ，チェコ，スペイン，イタリア，アイルランド，ブラジル，スイス，インド，ハンガリー，ルクセンブルク，フィリピン，スロバキア，中国に次いで，我が国が署名する22番目の社会保障協定。
   （2）スウェーデンの在留邦人は，4,217名（平成29年10月1日現在，外務省・海外在留邦人数調査統計）。
   （3）我が国がこの協定を締結するためには，国会の承認を得る必要がある。
   
   全文はこちらからご覧になれます。https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000467543.pdf
    

Avtal mellan Konungariket Sverige och Japan om social trygghet
Avtalet samordnar de svenska och japanska allmänna systemen för ålders-, efterlevande- och förtidspension (för svensk del sjuk- och aktivitetsersättning) och styr om en person ska vara försäkrad för dessa förmåner i Sverige eller Japan. Genom att avtalet samordnar de svenska och japanska regelverken så undviks att en person förlorar sina intjänade socialförsäkringsrättigheter, i huvudsak pensionsrättigheter, när han eller hon flyttar mellan länderna.

Läs hela avtalet här: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000467547.pdf

SCCJ organized the third CEO Roundtable on April 8 at the Embassy of Sweden. 

This time we invited Mr. Dale S. Cook, President of Autoliv Japan as a main speaker.

Also we had 9 companies' representatives from:

ABB

Alfa Laval

Atlas Copco

Climeon

Elekta

Etrion

Höganäs

SKF

Vitrolife

There were 6 nationalities (Sweden, USA, Germany, Luxembourg, Holland, Japan) at the meeting.

First Mr. Cook gave a presentation regarding his company, participants discussed various topics or issues which are in common among Swedish companies doing business in Japan.

We are happy to organize this kind of interactive session and to see the companies from various industries actively join the discussion.