FirstPoint Japan's Publisher and the Founder of Career OverDrive! and SiliconEdge, James Santagata, will be presenting at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on April 17th, 2014.

Presentation Topic: 
Sick & Tired of Resume-Collecting Recruiters? Fire Your Recruiter & Take Control of Your Job Search & Your Life! 

(FYI: This is not a gratuitous beat down on recruiters, it's a hard-edged, constructive conversation to give job seekers the unadulterated truth along with immediately actionable, life changing information and know-how - all recruiters are more than welcome).

Last week, FirstPoint Japan's Publisher, James Santagata, participated in the 2014 After JET Conference's Career Panel which was held at the Pacifico Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan) on February 21st.  Follow the links for full details and pictures.

The fourth CFO Japan Summit is the premium forum bringing elite buyers and sellers together. As an invitation-only event taking place behind closed doors, the summit offers Japanese finance leaders and solution providers an intimate environment for a focused discussion of key new drivers shaping corporate priorities and financial strategies.

A selected number of sponsors will be at the event to present and discuss the latest solutions available to the Finance community in Japan through our one-to-one business meetings. If your company offers financial solutions , you may request more information to attend as a sponsor.

The one-to-one business meetings provide access to the gate keepers of significant corporate budgets- chief financial officers with ultimate responsibility for selecting accounting, finance, operational and strategic solution and service providers. A thorough selection process ensures a qualified audience, which grants unparalleled business and networking opportunities in a luxurious and stimulating environment. 

Look forward to sessions by:  

• Waseda University, Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law, Megumi Suto, Professor
  
• Meiji University, School of Commerce, Graduate School of Global Business, Assistant Professor, Takaya Seki
  
• Aoyama Gakuin University, Professor, Eisuke Sakakibara
  
• Japan Fellowship of Buddhism, Managing Director & Buddhist Monk, Shoukei MATSUMOTO
  
• Sumitomo 3M Limited,  Executive Director Finance, HR, IT and General Affairs, Masahiko Kon 
  
• Tamagawa University, BRIDGESTONE CYCLE CO.,LTD.,  Guest Professor, Former Board Chairperson, Masaharu Oku
  
• KOKUYO Co.,Ltd, Corporate Officer Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Motohiro Hojo 
  
• SG HOLDINGS CO., LTD, Executive Officer, Hiroyuki Urushizaki
  

For more information on how you can participate, please contact:

Akinao Saruwatari
E: [email protected]

We now launched the new Japan Events Section to help keep you informed on the latest and most important business related events happening in Japan.

Tokyo Professionals will hold a business networking event on Tuesday, July 30th, 7:00 PM at the Conrad Tokyo in Shiodome in the 28 Lounge (28th Floor).

Please RSVP for the next edition at: http://tokyoprofessionals.net

Thank you so much for your continued support and we hope to see you July 30th.

平成２５年（２０１３年）7月30日　東京コンラッドホテルにて次回東京プロフェッショナルズのビジネスネットワーキングを開催いたします。是非ご来場の上、楽しい夜をお過ごし下さい。

本ビジネスネットワーキングは東京における様々な企業および専門事業に関わるビジネス人との交流を深めることのできる素晴らしい機会です。また、この フォーラムは国内外ビジネス人との交流を発展させるばかりでなく、新規の顧客に巡り会う良い機会にもなるでしょう。 東京プロフェッショナルズはこれまで多数のネットワーキング行事を開催し、皆様方のビジネスを成功させる原点となってきました。東京でのビジネス社会進出 及び発展にこのフォーラムがお役に立つと確信しています。

7月30日（火曜日）19:00, 優雅な東京コンラッドホテル(２８階２８ラウンジ於)に是非御参加ください。東京で最も人気のあるビジネスネットワーキングフォーラムで多数のビジネスマンとの会話を楽しみながら東京湾の夜景 も存分にお楽しみいただければと思います。

御予約と御問い合わせはこちらをクリック： http://tokyoprofessionals.net

Sincerely,

Dwayne Wayne
Tokyo Professionals
Business Networking Events Team

The Hub is the world’s largest network of co-working spaces, with venues at more than 40 locations worldwide, and 100 more coming soon. At its most recently-launched branch in Tokyo, a ‘Spark Plug’ meet-up event was held yesterday. Five startups pitched their ideas to an enthusiastic audience.

Hub Tokyo was officially launched on February 11th of this year. I’ve met with some of the people behind the co-working space, but I visited the venue for the first time just yesterday. Most Hub locations around the world are located in the very heart of a given city, typically in a nicely designed or renovated building. But this Tokyo branch is surprisingly a 10-minute walk from Meguro station on Tokyo’s central Yamanote line, a cozy space set up in a former print factory.

The venue’s co-founder, Shingo Potier de la Morandière, explains:

Unlike our other locations in Europe or the rest of the world, we need to pay much more to rent a venue here in Tokyo. Even with some sponsorships from big companies, it’s very hard to make our business sustainable and keep operations running. However, we are really keen to help Japanese entrepreneurs connect to the global community. We’ll intensify interactive community-based activities with our global network, including person-to-person exchanges with foreign startups.

Hopefully we can see more great work coming out of this space in the future. But for now, let’s hear about the five startups that pitched at this Spark Plug event.

Website: getgamba.com
Pitched by: Masahiro Morita

Some of our readers may recall that we featured this startup in our recent coverage of Samurai Venture Summit.

Gamba is a corporate communication platform that facilitates the submission of daily reports. It has deployed short status message input on its business communication platform, which helps office workers share what they are doing with colleagues and management. Interestingly, the app is not only used among SMEs or startups but also bigger companies.

Competitors in this space include Chatwork, Co-work, and Talknote.

JMEC co-hosts a 'Meet JMEC' session with the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Chambers of Commerce on May 10, 18:30 - 21:30 at Oakwood Premier at Tokyo Midtown. A light buffet with a complimentary drink and networking follows the presentation on JMEC. 


Join us on Friday, May 10, 2013
18:30 – 21:30
Oakwood Premier Tokyo Midtown Lounge (map)
3000 yen for a light buffet and a complimentary beverage

RSVP to [email protected] 
Pay at the door

The Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Chambers sponsor JMEC to help their members with practical business training and cost effective market analysis. 

JMEC is a business-training program centered on a competition to write the best business plan. The program trains participants in business planning skills and then gives them an immediate chance to apply their new skills to write a business plan for a product or service that a client has asked JMEC to investigate. Project client companies get
market analysis and creative thinking from a JMEC team of 4-6 participants.

Tokyo Professionals will hold a business networking event on May 21st starting 7:00 PM at the Conrad Tokyo in Shiodome.

Get more information and RSVP using the link below:

As we begin the new year, many of the Japan's professional networking organizations and societies are having mixers and shinnenkai's (新年会) to kick off the new year.

The Tokyo Professionals organization will hold a business networking event on
February 5th, 2013 at the Conrad Tokyo.

This should be a great opportunity to connect with a variety of Japanese and international business professionals from right here in Tokyo giving you a chance to meet potential clients, connect with the resources and professionals vital to your business and expand your professional business contacts by meeting motivated and exciting business professionals working in Tokyo.

Professionals from a wide variety of industries are welcome and are encouraged to invite friends and colleagues.

To RSVP and to get more information about this Business Networking Event, please see the Tokyo Professionals website: http://tokyoprofessionals.net/