Osaka - Japan

Website

Visit the official MCEI Osaka Chapter's website by clicking on the following URL :

    http://www.mcei-osk.gr.jp
   

Background / History

The Osaka Chapter was founded in 1972 to give marketing professionals in the Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe area greater opportunities to network for the fuller exchange of information and ideas.

Activities

The Osaka Chapter has an ambitious schedule of monthly meetings with outstanding speakers.
The Osaka Chapter issues a monthly Bulletin that includes not only reports on the general monthly meetings but interviews with leading marketers, membership notes, and more. This Bulletin is issued in cooperation with the Tokyo Chapter.
In addition, the Tokyo and Osaka Chapters publish 100 People, 100 Voices, an annual anthology of articulate marketing insights that shares thinking from a wide range of personal and professional perspectives. This anthology is widely read not only by Chapter members but by non-member marketers throughout Japan.
Internationally, the Chapter is active in the MCEI Marketing Excellence Competition, including not only organizing its local competition but also sponsoring the winning entries as they enter the international competition.
Looking at international meetings, the Chapter is regularly represented at the MCEI World Congresses (held in odd-numbered years) and the Asian Marketing Conferences held with Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo in even-numbered years. Indeed, Osaka has hosted conferences in both categories.

Governance

Members of the Board are elected at the annual general meeting every year.

In addition to working on behalf of and reporting to members, the Board also reports to the Japanese government in accordance with the regulations governing its official status as a non-profit organization. The Tokyo and Osaka Chapters are consolidated as a single NPO for government registration purposes.
  
The current board is:

President :
Sawada Yoshihiro (Spark Point)
  

Vice Presidents   
Kariatsumari Yuzo (Taihei Printing)
Miyakoshi Tsutomu (Dentsu)
  

Directors :
Asahi Sumiko (Life Design Asahi)
Fuwa Mieko (Leggy)
Hashitsume Hitoshi (Wacoal Wing Brand)
Ikeda Noriaki (Assics)
Kimura Fumio (Toppan Printing)
Maeda Ippei (Kirin Brewery)

Membership

Provision is made for both individual members and corporate memberships. Would-be members must be recommended by two current members and approved by the Board.

Dues & Fees

Membership is JPY150,000/year for corporate members and JPY50,000/year for individual members. Corporate members are entitled to nominate up to three people to represent the company at all Chapter activities.

Information & Contact

For further information, please contact Japan Chapters’ liaison Fred Uleman by fax at +81 3 3406 7730 or by email at fmu@gol.com