FEC is a non-profit, international exchange organization established 27 years ago for the aim of deepening international understanding and friendship. Our Chairman is Mr. Chihiro Kanagawa, Chairman of Shin-Etsu Chemical Ltd., and our President is Mr. Ken Matsuzawa. We have 1,500 members including major corporations. Our activities are supported by public, governmental sections and foreign representatives, and we promote foreign exchanges, convey people’s voice to Japan’s diplomacy, support the diplomatic policies by educating people through our activities, and also contribute to our member companies in its international business strategies. FEC holds our offices in Tokyo, Nagoya and carries out nation-wide activities.

1 Enhancing People's Understandings Toward Foreign Affairs

i.	FEC's International Meetings FEC holds a monthly meeting inviting intellectuals both from inside and outside the country as guest speakers, and provides opportunities for high-rank officials and corporates representatives to exchange their views. Foreign Ministry officials are also invited to this meeting series, and such programs highly contribute to the prevalence of diplomatic policies of MOF.
ii.	FEC's International Seminars For the purpose of enhancing people’s understanding toward international affairs and government diplomatic policies, FEC regularly holds seminars inviting foreign ambassadors to Japan and other representatives as guests in Nagoya, Kansai and many other major local cities in Japan. The audience consists of local representatives and FEC’s corporate members.
iii.	LFEC International Seminars for Encouraging Women's knowledge in International Areas This study meeting series began with its first meeting the theme of which was to deepen Japanese women’s understanding toward PKO Legislations. Today it acts as the best program for women living in local cities to raise their international awareness. LFEC, a group of FEC’s Women Leaders, plays main role in carrying out programs such as inviting foreign VIPs and exchange students, dispatching Women Missions abroad or giving financial support to welfare programs in foreign countries. Women in local areas takes initiative in promoting foreign cooperation and international exchanges.

2 Taking Role as a Basis for Companies' Business Developments

Since 1996 FEC has established various country and regional based Committees such as Japan-Europe, Japan-US, Japan-India, Japan-China, Japan-Russia, Japan-ASEAN and Japan-Middle East which help promote friendship relations by enhancing mutual economic exchanges. The Committees will be added if necessary for our international interchanges. Each Committee organizes seminars regularly in a hotel in Tokyo for its business executive members. Themes of these seminars are country risks, researching country affairs and problems, supporting companies’ business development abroad, or human resources development. We also provide classes for young business people.

3 Acting as a Bridge between Japanese Local Cities and Foreign Countries

FEC carries out programs such as various international symposiums, seminars and receptions welcoming governmental officials and public missions from foreign countries, and thus actively provides opportunities of exchanges between Japanese citizens and foreign VIPs. Therefore, we also act as a main bridge between foreign companies and Japanese companies. In addition, FEC provides supporting programs for foreign companies in Japan, based on its own programs, helps and advises them to make their business develop smoothly and successfully.

i.	Features As FEC’s remarkable features, we draw so many representatives and citizens to our programs. We have the ability to gather hundreds of audience to our welcome ceremonies and various seminars. Sometimes the numbers add up to thousands of participants.
ii.	Programs FEC’s local head offices organizes programs to conduct researches on some major industries or cultural events. We gain high expectations from foreign countries that we can cope with so many demands. Moreover, we take close contacts with Embassies in Tokyo, local governments and other major institutions. FEC takes pride in our complete system in accepting Foreign VIPs, and we have achieved a lot of successful results since our foundation. Moreover, we take close contacts with Embassies in Tokyo, local governments and other major institutions. FEC take pride in our complete system in accepting Foreign VIPs, and we have achieved a lot of such results since our foundation.

4 Other Service Activities for Corporate Members

i.	In FEC’s International Seminars, we invite foreign ambassadors who are FEC’s Honorary Members, and other diplomats as guest speakers, and provide opportunities for economic and cultural exchanges which would be beneficial to the members concerned, and thus contribute to the international friendship exchanges.
ii.	We introduce foreign governmental officials, provide significant information and dispatch Economic Missions abroad every year to provide business chance to our corporate members. We also provide active consulting for individual members on their private concerns.

* FEC was founded on May 1, 1983, and marked on July 6, 1985 as commemoration of our establishment.

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