French Chamber of Commerce (CCIFJ)

EIFJ Tokyo became a member of the French Chamber of Commerce (CCIFJ) network in May 2023, and signed a partnership agreement, offering CCIFJ members an exclusive advantage:

• 5% on tuition fees (admissions and annual fees)
• Free meeting space for CCIFJ members

The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (CCI France Japon) is a non-profit organization belonging to a worldwide network of 123 French Chambers in 94 countries with over 36,000 companies, and of the European Business Council - European Chamber (22 sectorial committees)

Largest European Chamber in Japan, our longstanding and powerful network is dedicated to your success on the Japanese market since 1918. Whether you’re a large multinational, a SME or a start-up, our ever-expanding network of over 600 companies is the ideal platform for you to connect with French, international and Japanese economic actors.

BROCHURE :

https://www.calameo.com/read/004601149c30d78a9c190?page=1

Partnerships with companies, institutions, Chambers of Commerce and private individuals

The facts: 

85% of companies in Japan have difficulty recruiting bilingual or trilingual talented individuals, due in particular to inadequate teaching quality, oversized schools, non official education systems, and an aging population. 

Goals:

The International French-Japanese School aims at providing better education and training, thus offering companies and institutions in Japan and around the world a pool of talent to give them the strength, influence and competitiveness they need.

Foundation program and training of EIFJ students from Nursery to Junion High School through internationally recognized educational programs:

- French Ministry of Education

- International Baccalaureate*

EIFJ strategies for rapidly developing students' skills and interests:

- Bilingualism: French-English, French-Japanese, or English-Japanese

- Optional addition of a third and fourth language (Spanish, German, Chinese, Korean) during extracurricular activities

- Teacher-student's encouraging ratio

- Wide range of skill-building after-school activities

Projects:

- Guidance system based on students' own interests and promising career fields

- Alumni platform

- Certifications in French, English and Japanese

- Partnerships for tomorrow's competitiveness: internship programs, job fairs, recruitment pools, Volontariat International en Entreprise (VIE) program, civic service

- Putting EIFJ students in touch with companies, business leaders, startups, institutions and more.

Partnerships with companies, institutions, Chambers of Commerce, and private individuals:

- Offer companies exemptions for the schooling of employees' children via the convention agreement between EIFJ and the France-Japan Chamber of Commerce, concluded in May 2023, or via a direct agreement between EIFJ and companies, without compensation.

- Offer bilingual classes' places to the children of company's employees, without list and without compensation.

- Project: optional participation of companies and individuals in a fundraising plan aiming at boosting the education of French-speaking, Japanese and international youth in Japan via a financing plan.

For further information, please contact the school management: 

chefdetablissement @ eifj.org to the attention of Mr. Antoine Cutanda, Head of School,

management @ eifj.org for the attention of Fabien E. Levet, Founder and Director

The Francophone Fencing Alliance (Alliance Francophone d'Escrime, AFE)

At the initiative of the French Fencing Federation, the Francophone Fencing Alliance (AFE) was officially launched on March 10, 2022 by gathering 12 member federations. It is currently composed of 20 national fencing federations and one French-speaking school: EIFJ Tokyo.

The missions of the AFE are multiple:

TO ASSOCIATE THE VOICES OF THE FRENCH-SPEAKING FENCING TO CARRY OUR CONVICTIONS

Democracy as a fundamental value.

To register us in competitive programs: Games of the Francophonie, Indian Ocean, etc.

To propose partnerships between countries of proximity

Encourage French-speaking candidacies at the international level (major events, Comex FIE, EWC...).

Create bridges with other continents.

To envisage a recurring media event such as a great meeting of the fencing masters, a congress on the female practice.

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FENCING

To promote the new practice of the laser saber.

To engage an international program of development of the school fencing, of the fencing for all.

Supporting and sharing expertise and experience for: the organization of detection and improvement processes, the creation of clubs and the management of fencing halls, the training of fencing masters, the design of local fencing halls (AMO).

To encourage French-speaking countries to develop the practice.

To increase the number of fencers in the world

FRENCH IN THE OFFICIAL TEXTS

Sporting and technical regulations written in French.

AN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS DYNAMIC

Organization of sporting confrontations and training courses.

Sharing of scientific, medical and technical skills.

To allow each country to register a certain number of fencers in other national championships.

Help each other to become better by participating in major championships.