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Rob Williams, senior investment adviser at AP Advisers and co-founder of the charity Knights in White Lycra (KIWL), with Iyoko Jin and Alo Sakk, representatives of Para Sports Club Esperanza, KIWL’s supported charity for 2018, at Brits at Lunch.
Ben Palmer, co-founder and creative director of Rain Interactive Co., Ltd., and Marc Hauser, client relationship manager at Ap Advisers Ltd, at Brits at Lunch.
Guests raised a toast at FEW Japan’s bonenkai at Coconoma Season Dining, Hotel & Residence Roppongi.
From left: Major Oliver Clark RLC, deputy defence attaché, British Embassy Tokyo; British Ambassador to Japan Paul Madden CMG; Royal Navy Captain Paul Casson OBE, defence attaché, British Embassy Tokyo; and Commander Rob Williams, Royal Navy liaison officer to the US 7th Fleet and Self Defense Fleet, at the Commonwealth Remembrance Day Ceremony at Hodogaya Cemetery in Yokohama.
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David Bickle (left), president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and Neil van Wouw, chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, presented wreaths.
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Udani Gunawardena, second secretary, Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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Members of the French Armed Forces attended.
PHOTOS: DAMON COULTER
At the British Embassy Tokyo, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike signed a memorandum of understanding between Tokyo and the City of London in the area of financial services.
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Guy Perryman MBE and Paul Madden CMG at Bridge Street Market, which was held on at the BA-TSU Art Gallery Omotesando in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
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David Mulholland, marketing and partnerships manager at the British Embassy Tokyo, performed with the embassy taiko team at the annual Bridge Street Market.
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Shamik Dhar, chief economist and director for economics at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, spoke at an event, titled Asia and the UK: Prospects in a Post-Brexit Era at the Roppongi Hills Club in Tokyo.
Guests enjoyed a virtual F1 experience at Refugees International Japan’s F1 Race Night at Oakwood Premier Tokyo Midtown in Akasaka.
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Custom Media K.K. staff with Michinobu Yanagisawa (second left), manager, international distribution of content, The Japan News published by the Yomiuri Shimbun; Kumiko Yasuoka (second right), vice president of marketing, proprietary card services at American Express International, Inc.; Motoyoshi Kasatani (right), director of business development, proprietary card services at American Express; Marc Davies (second right, front row), deputy manager, corporate affairs management division at The Japan Times, Ltd.; and Takeharu Tsutsumi (right), president of The Japan Times.
The British Chamber of Commerce in Japan team, from left: Sanae Samata, operations manager; Rio Kojima, intern; Lori Henderson MBE, executive director; Coby Parker, intern; Sam Maddicott, membership and marketing; and Eduardo Pabon, volunteer.
From left: Jane Best OBE, executive officer, Refugees International Japan; Gavin Dixon, co-founder and consultant of Global Perspectives K.K.; and Tove Kinooka, co-founder and consultant of Global Perspectives.
British Ambassador to Japan Paul Madden CMG and his wife Sarah were guests of honour of the British School in Tokyo for the opening of new facilities at the Showa campus, where they saw a taiko display.
Frank Lampard OBE (top), the former Chelsea FC and England player, with British Embassy Tokyo staff. Lampard took part in a coaching session with the Chelsea Foundation and British School in Tokyo on the residence lawn at the embassy.
Bill Beaumont CBE (centre), chairman of World Rugby Limited, at the official announcement of the 2019 Rugby World Cup match schedule, at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo.
From left: Robert Guest, foreign editor, The Economist; Rinako Okamoto, chief executive officer, the Great Place to Work Institute Japan; Kimie Iwata, president, the Japan Institute for Women’s Empowerment & Diversity Management; and Sachin Shah, chairman, president and chief executive officer, MetLife Insurance K.K., at The Economist Events’ Japan Summit 2017 at the Hotel Okura Tokyo.
David Croll (left) and Marcin Miller, chief executive officer and co-founder, The Kyoto Distillery, respectively, were sworn in as members of The Gin Guild at Mansion House in London.
Matt Hancock, minister of state for digital, at the UK Fintech Night in Tokyo hosted by the British Embassy Tokyo.
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British Ambassador to Japan Paul Madden CMG spoke at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo.
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Japanese Ambassador to the UK Koji Tsuruoka awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendation to Mark Williams, professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Leeds.
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David Beckham OBE participated in a panel discussion on the potential of entertainment in integrated resorts in Japan hosted by Las Vegas Sands Corporation at the Palace Hotel in Tokyo.
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Simon Farrell, publisher of BCCJ ACUMEN and member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan’s (BCCJ) Executive Committee (Excom), and Baroness Virginia Bottomley, chair of OB International Search Limited’s board and chief executive officer practice, at the Balance on the Board event at The Peninsula Tokyo.
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GlaxoSmithKline K.K. (see page 28) formally opened their new office in Akasaka, Tokyo on 25 September, with (from left) Head of IT Pharma Jonathan Spraggs, President Kanako Kikuchi and Chairman and BCCJ Excom member Philippe Fauchet OBE cutting the ribbon.
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Left to right: Donald Wilson, vice president and partner at International Business Machines Corp.; Chioma Anyalewechi, founder and director of An-yal Ltd.; Jane Best OBE, executive officer of Refugees International Japan; and Sarah Achilles, president of FEW Japan, attended Building Resilience in Your Organisation, a BCCJ toolbox session at the BCCJ office.
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Members of the BME Lawyers Tokyo Network participated in the TELL Tokyo Tower Climb, raising $1,345 for the charity.
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