Goodman Japan networking event
Some 400 guests of French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan member Goodman Japan gathered at Tokyo’s Palace Hotel on 27 November to network, enjoy cocktails and meet group CEO and founder Greg...
View ArticleIJCC Business Awards Dinner 2013
As the Guinness flowed at the Conrad Hotel Tokyo, the largest Japanese employer in Ireland had reason to celebrate. Alps Electric took home the prestigious Commitment to Ireland Award at the annual...
View ArticleSouthern Italian Agri Food and Tourism IV in Japan
Don’t know the difference between virgin and extra virgin olive oil? Why not ask the experts? “It’s the acidity,” says Domenico De Felice, an organic oil producer from Puglia, in southeastern Italy....
View ArticleAbe speaks
When it comes to high-profile, keynote speakers, you can’t do much better than the prime minister of Japan. Shinzo Abe kicked off The Economist Japan Summit 2014 by saying that “a golden opportunity to...
View ArticleScotland’s future
The international influence of Scotland and the United Kingdom will be reduced if a Scottish independence vote is successful this autumn. That was the blunt assessment of Lord Jack McConnell,...
View ArticleJMEC 20
“We took a very dry, esoteric market and made it easy to understand and, somehow, magically entertaining. That’s how we won.” That is how John Monsanto, member of the Tektronix Communications’ team...
View ArticleData protection 101
Photo by Allison Bettin You’d be hard-pressed to find a Westerner who’d deem Japan unsafe … except, perhaps, in the realm of data privacy. In a June seminar, lawyers from German-based ARQIS Foreign Law...
View ArticleJapan’s economy and monetary policy
“Japan appears to have finally embarked on a path towards overcoming deflation,” said Hiroshi Nakaso, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Nakaso outlined Japan’s history of deflation and his...
View ArticleWAW! Tokyo 2014
Photos by Allison Bettin Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showcased Japan’s growing commitment to women’s economic empowerment at “WAW! Tokyo 2014”, Japan’s first-ever World Assembly for Women. Some of the...
View ArticleMastering marketing
Photo ALLISON BETTIN eon colours, huge fonts and a cluttering of graphics. From an outsider’s perspective, these are the quintessential elements of Japanese advertisements. But to grow a successful...
View ArticleNCCJ Deshima Business Awards
Photo by Mike de Jong The annual Deshima Business Awards of the Netherland Chamber of Commerce in Japan (NCCJ) got an official boost this year. The 2014 awards were held in conjunction with a trade...
View ArticleRoyal Visit
The Dutch royal couple, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, enjoyed a state visit to Japan in late October. They met with the Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who hosted a state banquet in...
View ArticleFinding common ground
Photo by MIKE DE JONG Top free trade negotiators for Japan and the European Union (EU) say the end of 2015 is a realistic target for completion of an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the...
View ArticleIJCC 2014 Business Awards
Photo by Nathan Berry What do a large Japanese bank and an independent, digital entertainment provider have in common? They were both winners at this year’s Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC)...
View ArticleOlympic fever
elivering the Games is a journey,” says Lord Paul Deighton, chief organiser of the 2012 London Olympics. “Frankly, the biggest need you’ve got is to hire a great group of people and to motivate them,”...
View ArticlePlay ball!
he crack of the bat. The umpire’s call. It all sounds so … European. Perhaps not. Yet. But judging from the spirited effort put on by the new Team Europe in a two-game “friendly” with Japan last month,...
View ArticleAll in good taste
Photos by Mike de Jong t’s a cross between a scone and a pancake,” laughs Welsh food consultant Nerys Howell, pointing to some mouth-watering cakes from her country at FOODEX Japan 2015, held at...
View ArticleLiquid gold
ine lovers are often found sniffing and slurping their favourite products at tasting events. However, another sensation was on the palate at a recent Italian Chamber affair in Roppongi: olive oil. The...
View ArticleGeneration Gap
Photo by Allison Bettin lobally, the work place is rapidly changing, with one key demographic shift: the coming of age of Generation Y, or the millennials. More and more, these younger adults are...
View ArticleStill bullish
Photo by Allison Bettin o news is good news,” said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his keynote address at The Economist’s Japan Summit 2015. Hosted at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on 9 July, the event brought...
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