FEC has carried out various activities for international exchange in Nagoya, Shizuoka, Gifu, Kanazawa and other cities of Chubu, the Central Japan area, inviting high level officials and ambassadors to Japan from other countries and thereby facilitated international exchange between local areas of Japan and those partner countries. These activities include FEC international seminars for the corporate members in the area to promote better understanding of the current conditions of other countries and by June 2001, the total number of international seminars reached over 150.