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Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago is a regional business organization with approximately 500 members, primarily Japanese companies in Chicago.

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    • 2025/05/13 (Tue)

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    2025 Summer Cross-Industry Social ~ Expanding Business Circle at Chicago Loop ~

    JCCC Member Services Committee Industry ・ Economic Affairs, with the support of KPMG, will hold its first cross-industry social event of the year at the reception venue of KPMG LLP Chicago office on the 55th floor of the AON Center.

    The venue space we are renting this time faces north, overlooking the John Hancock Center and other prominent Chicago architectural landmarks, and offers a sparkling night view of downtown Chicago. We aim to create an enthusiastic social gathering where participants can foster new encounters through the free exchange of information and generate business ideas that will open up the future.

    As a follow-up to last fall's networking event, we are also inviting members of the Japan-America Society of Chicago, an organization dedicated to promoting bilateral business and cultural ・social exchange between the United States and Japan. We hope that this event will provide an opportunity to deepen the friendship between our two organizations and to invigorate our business activities in the future. 

    We hope that participants will deepen exchanges across industry boundaries and further develop the Business Link of the JCCC community. We look forward to seeing you at this event.

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    • 2025/05/13 (Tue)

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    Seminar : What Japanese Companies Need to Understand about 401(k) Plan

    JCCC Member Services Committee Industry ・ Economic Affairs will host a seminar on "What Japanese Companies Need to Understand about 401(k) Plans" with speakers from Edward Jones and SGR Law Offices.

    Key Secure Act 2.0 points that companies need to understand when offering retirement plans and the fiduciary duty ( Fiduciary Duty ) that should be closely watched will be discussed. Many Japanese companies offer retirement plans as part of their benefits package, but some find it difficult to fully understand their ongoing fiduciary responsibilities when making decisions regarding their plans.

    In December 2022, President Biden signed the Secure Act 2.0, a retirement plan reform law. The Act includes 92 new provisions designed to encourage U.S. citizens to save, improve incentives for companies to offer retirement plans, and provide greater flexibility in managing retirement savings. For employees, retirement plans are a critical component of their benefits package, with 60% of employees in a MetLife survey citing retirement plans as an important factor when considering new hires.

    In the first half of this seminar, Mayumi Yoshikawa, Plan Advisor at Edward Jones, will discuss the important points that Japanese companies need to know about Secure Act 2.0, and in the second half, Attorney Kojima from SGR Law Offices will discuss what companies need to know about managing retirement plans and What legal obligations they have, how companies in general are dealing with them, and what kind of claims they are actually facing, will be explained with case examples.

    We look forward to your active participation.

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    • 2025/04/15 (Tue)

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    Seminar "Fundamentals of Generative AI&Current State of Cyber Security and Countermeasures"

    JCCC Member Services Committee Industry ・ Economy will hold a seminar titled "Fundamentals of Generative AI&Cybersecurity Today and What to Do About It" with a speaker from KPMG LLP.

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    Generative AI : What is Generative AI and how to proceed and think about using it in your company will be introduced including case studies.

    Cyber Security : Recent cyber security trends, case studies of attacks at Japanese subsidiaries in North America and approaches to countermeasures.

    All of the presentations will be as non-technical as possible, and will be geared towards those with no IT or digital background.

    We look forward to your participation.

    *On the same day, the 2025 Summer Cross-Industry Networking ~ Expanding Your Business Circle at Chicago Loop ~ will be held at the AON Center 55th floor reception hall. We look forward to seeing you at these events as well.

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    • 2025/04/15 (Tue)

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    U.S. Accounting in 2025 ・ Tax Seminar : U.S. Tax and Climate-Related Disclosure Regulations

    The JCCC Member Services Committee, Industry ・ Economy, is pleased to invite speakers from Deloitte to present a seminar entitled "U.S. Accounting ・ Tax Seminar : U.S. Tax and Climate-related Disclosure Regulations in 2025.

    At the end of 2025, many of the corporate and individual tax breaks contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ( TCJA ) enacted in 2017 under the first Trump Administration will expire or be reduced. Although the second Trump administration has stated its policy of avoiding tax increases and cutting taxes by extending the TCJA, some difficulties are expected to be encountered in achieving this goal. In this seminar, the current status of the U.S. tax system and its future prospects in light of the "Trump 2.0 Tax Act" will be explained in Japanese.

    In addition, many companies in the U.S. are under pressure to comply with climate-related disclosure laws and regulations, as exemplified by the disclosure rules in California. This seminar will focus mainly on the disclosure rules in California and the Japanese Sustainability Disclosure Standards ( SSBJ Standards ) and will also explain how Japanese companies in the US should consider responding to climate-related disclosure regulations.

    We look forward to your participation.

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    • 2025/04/15 (Tue)

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    Spring Open

    Members ・ and non-members alike are invited to join us for open golf with your family ・ and friends.

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