8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of CCCIJ (2022)

Annual Report 2021

In 2021 CCCIJ organized and participated at the following events:
02/2021CCCIJ 6TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 – ONLINE
在 日 チ ェ コ 商 工 会 議 所 第 6 回 会 員 総 会 2020 - オ ン ラ イ ン
Members onlyFebruary 4, 2021 (Thursday) *originally scheduled on March 17, 2020
Time: 18:00 - 18:50
Place: Online on Webex

03/2021[CCCIJ X JSL] WEBINAR - JAPANESE LEARNINGJSL と 日 本 語 学 習 ウ ェ ビ ナ ー 開 催1

CCCIJ and JSL Nippon Academy, corporate member of CCCIJ, collaborated on a regularseries of language-learning webinars aimed at those studying Japanese.
Series 1:
Series 2:
Series 3:
Series 4:
Series 5:

February 18, 2021
March 18, 2021
April 15, 2021
May 20, 2021
June 17, 2021

03/2021CCCIJ 7TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 – ONLINE
在 日 チ ェ コ 商 工 会 議 所 第 7 回 会 員 総 会 2021 - オ ン ラ イ ン
Members only
Date: March 30, 2021 (Tuesday)
Time: 18:00 - 18:50
Place: Online on Webex203/2021

CCCIJ CONTINUES OFFERING PROPEA SERVICES IN 2021
2021 年 度 も PROPEA サ ー ビ ス で チ ェ コ 企 業 の 国 外 経 済 活 動 を 支 援 し ま す

CCCIJ has been supporting Czech economic activities abroad with the support of the Embassyof the Czech Republic in Tokyo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Czech Republic - aproject called PROPEA since October 2019.
On March 3, 2021, an agreement was renewed between the Embassy of the Czech Republic inTokyo and CCCIJ at the Czech Embassy in Tokyo. The signing ceremony was attended byembassy staff led by the Czech Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Martin Tomčo and CCCIJ boardmembers - Mr. Roman Watanabe (Chairman), Mr. Kaz Nomoto (Vice Chairman), and Mr.
Atsushi Sasaki (Executive Director).

From left: Mr. Ondřej Svoboda (Economic Diplomat - Czech Embassy), Mr. Atsushi Sasaki (Executive Director - CCCIJ),
Mr. Kaz Nomoto (Vice Chairman - CCCIJ), Mr. Roman Watanabe (Chairman - CCCIJ), Mr. Martin Tomčo (CzechAmbassador to Japan), Ms. Vladimíra Hirsh (Deputy Head of Mission, Head of PTS, Czech Embassy )3

05/2021

CZECH BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT WEBINAR 2021, OKINAWAチ ェ コ 共 和 国 ビ ジ ネ ス ・ 投 資 ウ ェ ビ ナ ー 2021 沖 縄

The Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Naha organized the Business Webinar
focusing on topics of economy, business opportunities and investment environment in theCzech Republic. CCCIJ also joined the webinar as a co-organizer and Mr. Roman Watanabe,
the chairman of CCCIJ gave a presentation on "Czech companies in Japan and cooperation
projects between the Czech Republic and Okinawa".

Czech Business and Investment Webinar 2021, Okinawa
Date and time: May 26th, 2021 (Wednesday), 14:00 - 16:00
Organizer: Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Naha
Co-organizers : Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, CzechInvest Tokyo, Czech
Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (CCCIJ) and CzechTourism JapanSupporters: Okinawa Prefecture, JETRO Okinawa, Naha Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, Information Industry Association of Okinawa (IIA), IT Innovation and Strategy
Center Okinawa (ISCO), Ryukyu Network Service4

07/2021

CZECH BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT WEBINAR 2021 IN KYUSHUチ ェ コ 共 和 国 ビ ジ ネ ス ・ 投 資 ウ ェ ビ ナ ー 2021 九 州

The Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Naha held the Business Webinar - "Czech
Business and Investment Webinar 2021 in Kyushu" on July 8, 2021. The webinar was targeting
Small and Medium Enterprises in the Kyushu region and it offered an opportunity for future
consideration on investment or establishing a business in the Czech Republic.
The webinar was co-organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Japan, the Czech
governmental agency for investment and business development CzechInvest, Czech Chamber ofCommerce and Industry in Japan (CCCIJ) and Czech tourism promotion agency CzechTourism
Japan.
Mr. Roman Watanabe, the chairman of CCCIJ gave a presentation.

Czech Business and Investment Webinar 2021 in Kyushu
Date and time
: July 8, 2021 (Thursday), 14:00 - 16:00
Language: Japanese / English
Targeted group : Small and Medium Enterprises in the Kyushu region
Organizer: Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic in Naha
Co-organizers : Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, CzechInvest Tokyo,
CzechTourism Japan, Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (CCCIJ)
Supporters: Kyushu Economic Federation, The Kyushu Chamber of Commerce andIndustry Association, JETRO Fukuoka5CCCIJ ONLINE EVENT "CONNECT 2021 SUMMER"
在 日 チ ェ コ 商 工 会 議 所 オ ン ラ イ ン イ ベ ン ト 「 CONNECT 2021 SUMMER」 開 催

CCCIJ held an online event "CONNECT 2021 SUMMER" on 15th July 2021.
Through this online event, CCCIJ shared the recent activities of the members and the latest
information on the Czech Republic. As a special program, we delivered the famous stage of"Kaki Yamabushi" from Prague by Czech Kyogen performer, Mr. Ondrej Hybl who
promotes the Kyogen of Japanese classical performing arts in the Czech Republic.

CCCIJ online event "CONNECT 2021 SUMMER"
For members and non-members
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Time : 18:00-19:30 (Japan time) / 11:00-12:30(Czech time)
Venue : Online
Fee: Free
Language: Japanese (partly English)
Program1) Greeting from CCCIJ Chairman- Roman Watanabe, Chairman of CCCIJ
2) Greeting from Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo- Ms. Vladimira Hirsh, Deputy Head of Mission, Head of PTS, Embassy of the Czech
Republic in Tokyo63) CCCIJ's introduction- Roman Watanabe, Chairman of CCCIJ
4) Special program: Kyogen "KAKIYAMABUSHI"- Mr. Ondrej Hybl, Nagomi Kyogen Czech
5) Report & Presentations "Recent activities and topics" from CCCIJ Members■ JSL MeTHOD
Mr. Yu Shimajiri, PR Manager at JSL International Co., Ltd.
■ "SAND to SOUND", Czech desktop speaker, DEEPTIME
Mr. Manabu Matsumoto, Director at Bedford Sound Japan, LLC■ Introduction of Czech water turbines working in Japan
Ms. Honoka Suzuki, Sales dept. at Japan Small Hydropower Co., Ltd.
6) Current situation in Czech (Report from Czech)- Ms. Alice Tomaskova, CCCIJ Czech branch
Moderator: Kaz Nomoto, Vice-chairman of CCCIJ

Report:
The number of participants 61Video Archive https://youtu.be/LbKGqN-e-pY

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10/2021

CCCIJ CHAIRMAN IN EUROBIZ JAPPANEUROBIZ JAPPAN 誌 に CCCIJ 会 頭 登 場

Mr. Roman Watanabe, the chairman of CCCIJ, appeared in the article of September issue ofEUROBIZ JAPAN which spotlighted the Czech Republic.

In the article, he introduced various efforts CCCIJ made during the pandemic period, forexample, business webinars co-organized by the new Honorary Consulate of the Czech
Republic in Naha and an online networking event called CONNECT which was beneficial forboth members and non-members. Additionally, he mentioned the successful project”
PROPEA”, the service for helping Czech companies enter the Japanese market, and hoped
CCCIJ would resume the promotional activity called “Doing business in Japan" in Czechsoon.

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ONLINE “NOMIKAI” (DRINKING PARTY)
オンライン飲み会開催

Members only
Date
: Thursday, October 28, 2021 *Den vzniku samostatného českoslovenkého státu
Time: 11:30-13:30 CET / 18:30-20:30 JST
Venue : Online
Fee: Free
Language: Japanese and English
Special gift: Amazon.co.jp Gift Card for JPY1,000 alternatively, alza.cz gift cord for CZK200(Only once per member who applied)

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MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
在日チェコ商工会議所役員が駐日チェコ共和国大使と面談

The board member of CCCIJ had a meeting with Mr. Martin Tomčo, Ambassador of theCzech Republic to Japan at the embassy on October 19, 2021, and exchanged views on theimportance of supporting Czech companies in Japan and promoting the entry of foreigncompanies into the Japanese market.

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CCCIJ ONLINE EVENT "CONNECT 2021 WINTER"
在 日 チ ェ コ 商 工 会 議 所 オ ン ラ イ ン イ ベ ン ト 「 CONNECT 2021 WINTER」 開 催CCCIJ held an online event "CONNECT 2021 WINTER" on 8th December 2021.
As a Christmas special program, we shared the opportunity to watch the world-famous Czech
puppet show online. The puppet show was performed by Naivní divadlo Liberec based in
Liberec, the northern part of the Czech Republic, and the playlist were: "About the Lamb that
Fell from the Sky" and "Choo. Choo. Whistle. Woof! - About Dogs and Trains". We also
welcomed the representative of the Naivní divadlo Liberec and asked them to give a greeting inreal-time.

CCCIJ online event "CONNECT 2021 WINTER"
For members and non-members
DateTimeVenueFee: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
: 18:00-19:30 (Japan time) / 10:00-11:30(Czech time): Online: FreeProgram
1) Opening- Mr. Roman Watanabe, Chairman of CCCIJ
112) Greetings from Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo- H.E. Martin Tomčo, Ph.D., Ambassador
3) CCCIJ's introduction4) Christmas Special Program:
Czech puppet show "About the Lamb that Fell from the Sky”, “Choo. Choo. Whistle. Woof!
- About Dogs and Trains"- Naivni divadlo Liberec5) Report & Presentations on "Recent activities and topics" by CCCIJ Members- Ms. Eva Takamine, Head of Czech Centre Tokyo- Mr. Štěpán PAVLÍK, Director of Czech Tourism Japan- ZONER
6) Recent situation in the Czech Republic7) Closing
Moderator: Kaz Nomoto, Vice-chairman of CCCIJ

Report:
The number of participants 66
Video Archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yf201hvqkQEnd of Report12