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At the first executive committee meeting of the 2013 – 14 chamber year, held at the British Embassy Tokyo on 15 May, were( from left) Yayoi Sogo, head of the BCCJ corporate social responsibility task force; Suzanne Price, BCCJ vice-president; Alison Jambert, BCCJ president; BCCJ Executive Director Lori Henderson MBE; and Anna Pinsky, BCCJ executive committee member.
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BCCJ Executive Director Lori Henderson MBE( centre) and participants in the BCCJ Golf Day at the Tsutsujigaoka Country Club in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture on 17 May.
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Attending the 51 Night on 23 May at Slainte— an exclusive members-only pub in Ebisu— were( from left) Refugees International Japan President Jane Best MBE; Anne Good, president of Eureka!; and BCCJ Executive Director Lori Henderson MBE.
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Refugees International Japan( RIJ) president Jane Best MBE( centre) at the Executive Fight Night II at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo on 24 May. At the Las Vegas-style event, executives took part in professional bouts of boxing. RIJ received all proceeds from the auction and raffle.
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Nick Rees( front), Jon Hindley and Ian Smith cycled 256km in three days from Tokyo to Fukushima Prefecture before aborting their ride because of bad weather. They have officially raised ¥ 2.7mn to date for the Save Minamisoma Project.
Ray Bremner OBE( back row, left), president and CEO of Unilever Japan Customer Marketing K. K., with participants in the United Nation’ s World Food Programme’ s Walk the World charity event in Yokohama on 19 May. Some 3,593 people— including 57 Unilever employees— took part in the event to help end child hunger, and donated ¥ 3,350,600.
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