Date & Time: Friday, January 16, 2026, 17:00–19:00 Venue: Hotel Okura Amsterdam (Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam) Program: 17:15–19:00 New Year’s Reception (Venue: Grand Ballroom) Registration starts at 16:30 17:07 Opening remarks by the Master of Ceremonies 17:10 Address by the Chairman 17:15 Guest Address: H.E. Mr. Rokuichiro Michii, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Netherlands 17:20 Guest Address: Ms. Hilde van der Meer, Commissioner of the NFIA 17:25 Introduction of Vice Chairmen 17:30 Kagami-biraki (Sake Barrel Opening Ceremony) 17:35 Toast 17:50–17:58 Taiko Performance (Dutch Taiko Heritage Foundation) 17:58–18:03 JCC 50th Anniversary Slideshow 19:10 Closing remarks and Sanbon-jime Around 19:30 End of Program

Dear JCC member, We are pleased to announce that Japan Company Day at the Leiden University, which has the largest Japanese Studies in the Netherlands, will be organized again on 28 January, 2026. This event has been organized by University of Leiden, Tanuki, The Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands and JCC since 2017. For your reference you can read the article of the event held on 29 January 2025, please see Kawaraban article. Japan Company Day 2026: Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2026 Tentative programme – 10.00 – 10.10 Opening speech / The Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands , JCC – 10.10 – 12.50: Morning session (plenary presentations in a […]