Women execs offered medical system info: Foreign Executive Women in Kansai, an organization of non-Japanese professional women working in the region, is hosting a dinner meeting from 6 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Hilton Osaka in the city's Kita Ward.

Guest speaker Dr. Elke Kato, from Kobe Kaisei Hospital, will give participants a rare opportunity to ask about the Japanese medical system and the problems faced by foreign women.

Anyone wishing to attend must make a reservation by 4 p.m. on Sept. 21.