Message of President

Dear Members and Friends, Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. The Japanese government unveiled a USD 200bn stimulus in fresh spending to ease the […]

Dear Members and Friends, Challenges and uncertainties have increased in business. Reliable and trustworthy partners are of uttermost importance. Japan and Switzerland share such relations and the SJCC provides you with a relevant forum and information […]

Dear members and friends Approaching the end of the year, I would like to thank you for the support you have shown towards the SJCC in 2021. Once again, a challenging year is coming to an […]

Dear SJCC Members and Friends Japan’s new government, strengthened by an election victory last week, and the central bank have just confirmed their commitment to a key 2013 pledge to cooperate on achieving 2% inflation, a […]

Dear SJCC Members and Friends Japan and Switzerland report good economic data despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan had a relatively strong economic recovery in 2020 but is now experiencing a temporary reversal. The Swiss economy is […]

Dear SJCC Members and Friends It is with great sadness that the SJCC has received the news that its former Board Member and Chairman of the Scholarship Fund, Paul Dudler, passed away last month. Paul joined […]

Dear Members and Friends of SJCC While Switzerland is gradually easing its measures aimed at combatting the corona virus pandemic, Japan with a relatively small number of infections compared to other countries declared a state of […]

Dear SJCC Members and Friends, The coronavirus pandemic grips the world. It is an extremely challenging time for all of us personally, for society and businesses. We want to let you know that we are here […]

Dear Members and friends, I thank you for a very successful year 2019 for the SJCC. Your valuable contribution and support are very much appreciated. The Shinnenkai at the beginning of the year could not have […]

Impulse Event Japan / EU-Japan EPA / Jean-Paul Clozel Dear SJCC Members and friends The Chamber successfully began the New Year with the traditional Shinnenkai on 14 January, kindly supported by JT International. Now I would […]

Sake Tasting / Tokyo 2020 / Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter Dear SJCC Members and friends On 1 October, the SJCC celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its Scholarship Fund. The fund was established on 1 October 1988 with the purpose of encouraging […]

Swiss President reiterated wish to update the bilateral free trade agreement (JSFTEPA) Dear SJCC Members and friends, April 2018 saw an unusual intensity of Swiss high-level visits to Japan. On 4 April, Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer paid a […]