Month: March 2019

What better way to welcome spring than to get together with a new world of friends and business contacts? This will be a great chance to refresh and make new connections with people from ICCJ (Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan), ACCJ (American Chamber of Commerce in Japan) and many others.

The multinational networking bash will be held at the Mercedes Benz Connection in Nogizaka where there will be lots of food, festivities, and free-flowing drinks.  As always, new members and guests are especially welcome. Space is limited, so sign up early!

DETAILS

Date: April 25th, 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Where: Mercedes Benz Connection
Address: 7-3-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, 106-0032 Tokyo
Admission: ICCJ/AQI/ADI Members 4,500 JPY (+VAT 8%)
Non Members 7,900 JPY (+VAT 8%)
*including buffet and free-flow drinks
Registration/Cancellation deadline: April 18th, 12:00 pm

REGISTER HERE

For further info: projects@iccj.or.jp

ICCJ will hold its 1st Family Sale on March 28th, 29th and 30th. A wonderful occasion to buy some of the best products from Italy at a discounted price!

On the first day (March 28th) the access will be limited to ICCJ's members, while on March 29th and 30th the sale will be open to the public.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

[Participating companies]

AJITOSCIENCE.CO., LTD. (Extra virgin olive oil)

GRIP INTERNATIONAL (CHERVO)

JAMMY,INC. (RODY)

JAPAN EUROPE TRADING (Food product)

KAMEI PROACT CORPORATION (SUPERGA)

KIOI CORPORATION - ELIO LOCANDA ITALIANA (Food and wine)

MEMO'S (Food and wine)

DETAILS

When: March 28-30
Time: 10:30 - 15:00
Where: Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Address: FBR Mita Bldg. 9F, 4-1-27 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073
Admission: FREE ENTRANCE

Do you want to know more about the Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) of excellence? A unique chance to learn from two of the world top experts: Pietro Paolo Arca and Antonio Giuseppe Lauro.

The EVOO workshop will be held before the 7th Award Ceremony of the Japan Olive Oil Prize (JOOP), the most professional Extra Virgin Olive Oil competition in Japan.

This workshop will help you deepen your knowledge on the history, production areas and processes of the Italian olive oil and understand how to distinguish a high-quality product from a defected one. You will also learn about the main characteristics of olive oils with particular attention to the organoleptic properties.

The products that you will taste will be selected among the Italian oils awarded at JOOP 2019.

This workshop is organized as part of The True Italian Taste project - funded and promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development and realized by Assocamerestero in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce Abroad -  to promote and safeguard the value of authentic Italian food products all over the world. True Italian Taste is part of "The Extraordinary Italian Taste" project.
DETAILS

Date: April 12, 2019
Time: 11:30 - 12:30
Where: Tanto Tanto Gotanda

Address: 2-2-6 Higashi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Journalists and media: Free of charge
EVOO importers:  Free of charge
ICCJ Members: 5,000 JPY (+VAT%)
Non Members: 10,000 JPY (+VAT%)

Registration/Cancellation deadline: April 9 2019, 16:00
Language: Italian (with Japanese translation)

REGISTER HERE

For further info: projects@iccj.or.jp

The lecturers

Pietro Paolo Arca

(Italy / Panel Member Food Technologist, Montiferru Panel Leader, Biol Panel Member, JOOP14-15-16-17-

18-18 Juror. JOOP 2019 Panel Leader)

Antonio Giuseppe Lauro

(Italy / Agronomist, Iinternational olive oil consultant, educator, journalist and Panel leader (NYIOOC 2018), JOOP 2018-19 Jurors)

On the occasion of the 7th edition of Japan Olive Oil Prize (JOOP), ICCJ organizes a course on professional olive oil tasting.

This course will provide all participants with the basics of sensorial analysis method. Our tutors will guide you through the process of distinguishing defected oils from good and excellent EVOO, learning some of the main characteristics of the olive oils with particular attention to the organoleptic characteristics. The olive oils used for the course will be selected among 250 EVOO that joined JOOP 2019.

The course will be taught by JOOP 2019 Panel Members who are certified by EU standards and rank among the top international experts in the field: Pietro Paolo Arca (ITA), Michiyo Yamada (JAP), Konstantinos Liris (GRE), Angeles Calvo (SPA), Pablo Voitzuk (USA) and Antonio Lauro (ITA).

DETAILS

When: April 10th 2019 (Wed) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Where: Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Address: FBR Mita Bldg. 9F, 4-1-27 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073
Admission: ICCJ/ADI/AQI Members/Importers 4.000￥(+VAT 8%)

Non-members 8.000￥(+VAT 8%)

Language: Italian/English (with Japanese translation)

Registration/Cancellation deadline: April 8th, 12:00 (Monday)

REGISTER HERE

For further info: projects@iccj.or.jp

 Pietro Paolo Arca

(Italy / Panel Member Food Technologist, Montiferru Panel Leader, Biol Panel Member, JOOP14-15-16-17-

18-18 Juror. JOOP 2019 Panel Leader)

 Michiyo Yamada

(Japan / Panel Member Journalist, MIPAAF Official Olive Oil Taster, JOOP13-14-15-16-17-18-19 Juror)

Pablo Voitzuk

(California / Panel Member California Olive Oil Council Panel Member, LA International EVOO Competition Panel Member, JOOP15-16-17-18-19 Juror)

 Angeles Calvo Fandos

(Panel Member Olive Oil Taster. Mario Solinas, Terra Olivo, EVO-IOOC Juror, JOOP19 Juror)

 Konstantinos Liris

(Greece / Panel Leader Agronomist , Oleologist, m.sc. MBA. NYIOOC 2016 Panel Leader, JOOP 17-18-19 Juror)

 Antonio Giuseppe Lauro

(Italy / Agronomist, Iinternational olive oil consultant, educator, journalist and Panel leader (NYIOOC 2018), JOOP 2018-19 Jurors)

Back at the office from the holidays with some extra kilos and a new year resolution to get in shape for summer but no time to go to the gym? No worries, we teach you how to train WITHOUT a gym. Lose weight and improve your strength with your own body in just 30 minutes a day (2% of your entire day!). Forget gym memberships, free weights, supplements and all the excuses for not working-out.

Join our course to master the basic of bodyweight exercises: push-ups, sit-ups, air squats, burpees, planks and all their possible variations to be performed at home, hotel room or at the office and get your best shape ever.
DETAILS
Date: starting from April 17, every Wednesday, from 19:00 to 20:00 - 10 lessons

(4/17, 4/24, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26)

Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Where: Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Address: 108-0073 Tokyo, Minato-ku, Mita 4-1-27, FBR Mita blg. 9th floor,
Admission: ICCJ Members 20,000 JPY (+ VAT 8%)
Non Members 40,000 JPY (+ VAT 8%)
Registration/Cancellation deadline: April 15 2019, 12:00
Language: English/Japanese

REGISTER HERE

For further info: projects@iccj.or.jp

The instructor

Sandro Furzi (ICCJ Marketing Manager) has been practicing martial arts for over 20 years, earning his black belt in Judo, 3-dan in Kendo and teaching licenses in traditional Japanese swordsmanship. In order to achieve mental toughness and unbreakable discipline, Sandro practices bodyweight exercise everyday first thing in the morning. One of his favorites quotes is the Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal "Mens sana in corpore sano"  (a healthy mind in a healthy body).

ICCJ and ADI Tokyo invite you to an interactive workshop on how to create a CV (in Italian or English) you can be proud of, in order to boost your career abroad.

Writing or updating your CV is often a source of perplexity or discouragement for us all. Discerning what is important from what it is not isn't easy, we are afraid of going into too much detail or being too synthetic ...

The workshop is aimed at those who are actively looking for a job or for those who want to change job.

DETAILS

Date: March 27, 2019
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Where: Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Address: 108-0073 Tokyo, Minato-ku, Mita 4-1-27, FBR Mita blg. 9th floor,
Price: ICCJ/ADI Members 1,500 JPY (+ VAT 8%)
Non Members 4,500 JPY (+ VAT 8%)
Registrations/cancellations deadline: March 25, 12:00
Language: Italian

REGISTER HERE

For further info: associazioneaditokyo@gmail.com

Costanza Marinelli has more than 20 years of experience in human resources, personnel research and marketing, gained in Luxembourg, Germany, Holland, France and Japan. Costanza has been living in Tokyo for 5 years and is currently working as a career coach at NetExpat.

Technological disruption, stricter ESG requirements, talent shortages, the growing impact of AI and robotics, and climate change are just some of the major challenges that will lead to disruption over the next 5-10 years on a scale most of us have never seen or experienced. Is your workforce capable of coping and have the right mindset to implement your strategies and contingency plans to mitigate these impacts?

As Peter Drucker wrote, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast". Developing a culture of resilience among employees at every level of the organization is key to giving your strategies a fighting chance of success.

One often-overlooked group who have created successful businesses under conditions of extreme duress are war zone refugees. Having escaped harsh and extremely dangerous environments, mastering resilience and creativity, they succeed in starting and growing businesses in unfamiliar environments.

From the analysis conducted in collaboration with Refugees International Japan and using their success stories, we will show you how you can implement simple but effective frameworks to build the resilience your employees will need in the face of the coming challenges.
Seats limited to 5 guests!

DETAILS

Format: Plated lunch

Date: March 28, 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Where: Tokyo American Club, Brooklyn III
Address: 2-1-2 Azabu-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Admission: ICCJ Members 4,200 JPY (+ VAT 8%)
Non Members 7,600 JPY (+ VAT 8%)
Registration/Cancellation deadline: March 25 2019, 12:00

REGISTER HERE

For further info: projects@iccj.or.jp

Providing an authentic olive oil culture through education, outreach and communications in Japan is JOOP's paramount goal. ICCJ is happy to invite you to a talk show with Mathilde and Matthieu, extra-virgin olive oil experts and inolioveritas.org admin.

Mathilde and Matthieu started In Olio Veritas one year ago. They visit EVOO producers and experts in various countries to get a better understanding of EVOO production and markets around the world. Their goal is also to make people aware of the differences between high-quality EVOO and cheap regular oils you can get at the supermarket.

So far, they have visited France, Italy, New-Zealand, China and Japan.

Next in line: Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia, South-Africa, Chile...

A wonderful occasion to hear some EVOO stories from around the world.

DETAILS

Date: April 9, 2019
Time: 18:30 - 20:00
Where: ICCJ

Address: Mita FBR Bldg. 9F, 4-1-27 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Journalists and media: Free of charge
EVOO importers:  Free of charge
ICCJ Members: 1,000 JPY (+VAT%)
Non Members: 3,000 JPY (+VAT%)

Registration/Cancellation deadline: April 8 2019, 16:00
Language: English

REGISTER HERE

For further info: projects@iccj.or.jp

Though French, Mathilde and Matthieu (both 31) met in Rome 8 years ago, where they realized they had a common interest and passion for good and healthy food as well as local and farm products. Especially, they are both fascinated by extra-virgin olive oil: its taste, colors, smell, its ancient history and its benefits for health. When not traveling, Mathilde works for the leading « from farm to market » company in France and Matthieu works in the media industry.