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Introduction

Seto Ohashi Bridge, Okayama

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The SJCC Young Professionals provide former recipients of the Scholarship Fund, but also young people who may not (yet) be scholarship recipients but have professional interest in Japan a platform to share experiences, expand the personal and professional network as well as keeping the Japan related knowledge up-to-date.

The network is active in Switzerland and in Japan. Since 2003, a former scholarship receipient in Japan assists newly arrived SJCC scholarship recipients.

Activities:

The main activities of the SJCC Young Professionals are:

  • The Annual General Meeting
  • SJCC Young Professionals & Friends Informal Gatherings

Also the SJCC Young Professionals aspires to support the Scholarship Fund in raising funds to continue sending young talents from Switzerland to Japan to experience a challenging year of learning language, business and culture.

The SJCC Young Professionals association was founded in April 2002 in Zurich, originally named SJCC Alumni Organisation, to provide former recipients of the Scholarship Fund with a platform to share experiences, expand the personal and professional network as well as keeping the Japan related knowledge up-to-date.

History

On December 5th 2016, the SJCC Alumni Organisation association has been renamed to “SJCC Young Professionals”. Foremost to welcome and include young people who may not (yet) be scholarship
recipients but have professional interest in Japan.

To contact the SJCC Young Professionals: Contact Form.