PROFESSIONAL DINNER
Carlos Ghosn,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

The speech and Q & A will be in English.

*Initial reservations are limited to one ticket and may be subject to further change.

On the eve of the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, we hear from Nissan-Renault chief executive and president Carlos Ghosn, one of only three foreigners running a big Japanese company and, since his rescue and turnaround of Nissan in the early 2000s, one of the most admired industrialists anywhere.

The past three years have been tough on Nissan and Ghosn, as they have been on the whole industry. But he's once again the centre of attention and once again by setting highly ambitious targets. Ghosn has committed the alliance to a Euros 4 billion (530 billion yen) investment in electric vehicles development, on the proposition that EVs will constitute at least 6 percent of the global vehicle market in 2020. It's a huge bet by a man who, last time he spoke to the club four years ago, was reluctant to commit to any alternative vehicle technology -- though even then he was leaning towards electric.

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Hot Plate: Sauteed chicken breast with savoy cabbage, leeks, carrots and thyme sauce, club green salad, fresh fruit tart.
Special Plate: Steamed sea bream with herb crushed potato, confit cherry tomatoes, green beans and black olive puree, club green salad.

Carlos Ghosn

PROFESSIONAL DINNER
Mitsuko Kusabue & Shinobu Otake,
Actresses, Musical "Grey Gardens"

The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation.

Shinobu Otake and Mitsuko Kusabue, two of Japan's top actresses, are set to appear in the musical "Grey Gardens," which will premiere in November at the Theatre Crea in Tokyo.

Otake has appeared in various movies and TV dramas since her sensational debut in "Seishun no Mon" in 1975, while Kusabue, a onetime member of the Shochiku Kageki Dan all-women theater play troupe, is a pioneer in the Japanese musical world and a fixture on Japanese films and TV dramas.

The upcoming musical is a Japanese adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical based on the documentary of the same title. The production is about the lives of Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale (played by Kusabue) and her daughter Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale (played by Otake), who were the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. It is directed by Amon Miyamoto, the first Asian ever to direct a Broadway musical, "Pacific Overtures" (2004), which received four Tony award nominations. Miyamoto also won the National Arts Festival Prize in 2006 for Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte."

Otake and Kusabue will come to the club to talk about the high-profile musical and Japan's theatrical and movie scenes.

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Hot Plate: Salmon with crushed peas, chive pomme puree, pearl onions and pesto, club green salad,fresh fruit tart.
Special Plate: Sauteed chicken breast with savoy cabbage, leeks, carrots and mushroom veloute, club green salad, fresh fruit tart.

Mitsuko Kusabue (Interpreter Yutaka Funasaka) & Shinobu Otake

To Regular & Professional/Journalist Associate Members:

IMPRESS/SESSIONS: People & Places
(Main Bar and Sushi Bar)

Saturday, August 29 to Friday, October 2

Reception
August 31, 2009
Main Bar, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

All welcome at this informal reception to toast our September exhibitor, whose works will be showing in the Main Bar Gallery & Sushi Bar (See the FCCJ Notice for more details on the show).

Drinks and snacks will be served free of charge for one hour from 7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. To help our staff with preparations, please call reception (3211-3161) in advance and let them know if you are planning to attend.

The Exhibitions Committee