FEW Communications, Author at FEW Japan | 一般社団法人FEW Japan

Managing the Ups and Downs of Professional Life

April 22nd @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (JST) Dr. Ashley Dash shares with us her secret sauce of success. Her story of facing foreclosure in America, being ‘stuck’ at work, and overcoming societal setbacks is a testament to her resilience. Through her own lived experiences, Dr. Dash has distilled lasting lessons for managing the ups and downs of…

Peer-to-Peer Support Event

This year we are introducing a new morning networking opportunity for members to focus on professional development. Get ready with your coffee in hand and enjoy input, advice and ideas from your peers about how to grow professionally, engineer a career change or gain some insights on different elements of running or starting your own…

April Virtual Lunch with Kyoko

April 7th @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (JST) Virtual cherry blossom viewing Who can’t get enough of this beautiful cherry blossom viewing season? Since everything is going to be virtual these days and we can’t gather for a hanami party, why not enjoy cherry blossoms virtually over some glass of wine, sake or beer while we eat lunch?…

March Monthly Meeting Recap – Tackling the Gender Gap: Finding Your Niche with Hitomi Komachi

FEW Japan welcomed Hitomi Komachi, Senior Associate at Allen and Overy to speak at our March 2021 monthly meeting. Hitomi’s personal journey in law began through a Zurich International School Career Fair in 2001 where she met an inspiring female lawyer and a work shadow opportunity at Credit Suisse. Eventually Hitomi landed a training contract…

Tackling the Gender Gap: Finding Your Niche

March 25th @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (JST) In March, the FEW Monthly meeting will have a special guest, Hitomi Komachi, a rising star female lawyer, and a mother of a newborn baby balancing her career and family life. The legal sector is traditionally male dominated and within it she specialises in the energy and natural resources sector,…

March Virtual Lunch

March 10th @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (JST) Women’s thought leadership, Mori’s Miserable Musings about Women, and #ChooseToChallenge2021 Sign up for our March Virtual Lunch for a chat where we’ll share, reflect, learn, be inspired and motivate each other. For this International Women’s Day event, we will take up the theme of #ChooseToChallenge and FEW Japan members Jackie…

February Monthly Meeting Recap – Sustainable Building through Passive House Standards with Miwa Mori

For our February 2021 monthly meeting, we very much enjoyed welcoming Miwa Mori, President of Key Architects. Hearing about sustainable and effective ways to make houses in Japan better insulated and thus more comfortable was fascinating. Mori-san explained how Passive House design and strategies have been highly effective in both new builds and retrofit designs.…

Sustainable Building through Passive House Standards with Miwa Mori

February 25th @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (JST) Join us for an inspiring conversation with the remarkable Passive House architect, entrepreneur and community builder, Miwa Mori. Miwa Mori is a torch-bearer for the Passive House Movement in Japan. Passive house is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building’s ecological footprint. Miwa is…

February Virtual Lunch

February 9th @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (JST) February Virtual Lunch with Akiko Suzuki Join FEW for an intimate talk with trekking professional Akiko Suzuki on how she became a trekking guide and to hear her life journey. She will be sharing hiking and trekking photos from New Zealand and Japan that will be just like a virtual…

A Spotlight on Men’s Leadership for Change featuring Terrence Holden

FEW Japan started the New Year with a Virtual Brunch with guest Terrence Holden of Tokyo Speaks. The never ending quest for gender equality cannot continue to be placed on one gender to shoulder. FEW recognizes that men’s leadership plays just an important role in propelling equality and equity into reality. Thus, we are pleased to provide a spotlight…