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2025 Shinnenkai Event
Shinnenkai 2025! January 24, 2025 / Upcoming Event, News Stay tuned for more details!
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Membership Exclusive October 17, 2024 / Upcoming Event, News, Peer-to-Peer What is the Peer-to-Peer [P2P] Program? A Members Only event, the P2P program is a unique opportunity for FEW Japan Members to learn, thrive, and connect with each other. It is designed as a womxn-only, exclusive safe space built around our annual program theme and…
Read MoreTESSA SANDERSON CBE
On the 6th August 1984 at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Tessa Sanderson won the Gold in the Women’s Javelin and became the first black woman to win a Gold for Great Britain. She remains today the only British person, man or woman to ever win a throwing Gold Medal, a record that has…
Read MoreTERRI MACMILLAN
Terri was born in New York City’s Harlem in 1958, grew up in Queens and Manhattan, attended the High School of Music & Art as a voice and piano major. She went to Fordham University for 2 years as an English major. Her first real job was Manager, then Director of Business Affairs for CBS…
Read MorePETRA LAPTISTE
Petra Laptiste was born and raised in Montreal which is one of the world’s largest French-speaking cities. She was born to a Trinidadian father and a Grenadian mother who had left the Caribbean to seek more diverse educational prospects in Canada. Her mother and father instilled in her the principles of dedication, integrity, cultural awareness…
Read MoreMOM IN BALANCE
Mom in Balance Tokyo offers outdoor workouts for pregnant women, postpartum recovery workouts and total body workouts for all women who want to be fit and in shape, regardless of your sports background or level of physical fitness. Our workouts consist of a combination of strength and cardio, teamwork and individual exercises, as well as…
Read MoreLAUREN BLISS KAWASAKI
I am an American mother of four curious and creative kids (22,20,16 and 8) and one very supportive husband who is a Japanese native. In total, I have lived in Japan for 24 years (over three stints). Originally from Connecticut, I spent my childhood raising farm animals and creating art. I graduated from Skidmore College…
Read MoreSABRINA HASSANALI
Sabrina Hassanali incorporated her first company, a boutique floral design business, at age eighteen, just before beginning her studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After completing her undergraduate degree there, she obtained her Juris Doctor at the University of Maryland School of Law in 2008. Shortly after graduation, she began her legal career advising…
Read MoreSAYURI NISHIMOTO
Sayuri was born and raised in Kyoto and went to college in the United States. Currently, she is working as a Digital Marketing consultant at LinkedIn where she helps agencies and clients to succeed in their marketing goals. She also runs a Tokyo Digital Marketers Meetup in Tokyo as a co-organizer. The meetup is for…
Read MorePATRICIA BADER-JOHNSTON
Founder of Silverbirch Associates KK (clean energy development), and angel investor/founder of nine other companies, as well as a not-for-profit, all focused on various aspects of the UN SDGs. Prior to becoming a serial entrepreneur, Patricia held leadership roles in four Fortune 100’s (VP in Goldman Sachs, Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs in Standard…
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