Business Link Japan’s CEO and founder, Steve Crane is to present at the JETRO UK & UKTI ‘Arrows to Japan: The Road to Business Success’ business symposium. Steve will be speaking about his extensive experience of Japan, garnered through a decade of helping international companies enter or expand into the Japanese market. Expected to be attended by more than 200 delegates interested in doing business with or in Japan, the event is set to be an interesting and informative afternoon. To register a place – please visit the UKTI or JETRO websites.
JETRO & UKTI – Japan Business Promotion Symposium
Thursday the 16th of January 2014
BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET
About the event
Marking the 400th commemorative year of mutual business activities in 2013, Japan and the UK have forged a partnership that is stronger than ever. The development of the environment for further trade/investment between Japan/UK is under way through a range of measures such as the negotiations for the Japan-EU EPA/EIA. Under such circumstances, the Abe Administration has announced an economic policy, ‘Abenomics’ with a view to revitalizing the Japanese economy, which has aroused great interest in the UK as it has in other countries.
This symposium is to provide up-to-date information on Japan’s Growth Strategy as well as on the attraction of the Japanese market, business opportunities and incentives for inward investment into Japan as matters of high concern for UK companies who have interest in business in/with Japan. At the same time, we hope to foster better understanding and discover new and fascinating aspects of business in/with Japan through the introduction of case studies by UK companies who have experienced business in/with Japan.
Programme
13:30 – 14:00 | Registration | |
14:00 – 14:30 | Opening Remarks and Keynote Speech | |
14:00 – 14:10 | Opening remarks | |
Mr. Martin Donnelly, the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills | ||
Mr. Tsuneyuki Kato, Executive Vice President, JETRO | ||
14:10 – 14:30 | Keynote speech “Deepening the Business Relationship between Japan and the UK/EU – Japan as Business Partner”
Dr. Neil Bentley, Deputy Director General and Chief Operating Officer, The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) |
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14:30 – 15:30 | Session1: Emerging Business Opportunities and Incentives in Japan | |
14:30 – 14:35 | Greeting from the Japanese Government | |
Mr. Ryosei Tanaka, Parliamentary Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
14:35 – 14:50 | Presentation “Invest in Japan – Japan’s Advantages and FDI Facilitation”
Mr. O Tasaki, Deputy Director, Trade and Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau,Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
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14:50 – 15:00 | Presentation “Tokyo: Gateway to the Growing Asian Market”
Ms. Noriko Adachi, Director for Asian Headquarters Special Zone, Headquarters of the Governor of Tokyo |
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15:00 – 15:30 | Q & A | |
15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee Break | |
15:50 – 17:20 | Session2: UK companies’ Case Studies in Doing Business in/with Japan | |
15:50 – 17:00 | Presentations and Panel Discussion
Speakers/Panelists: Mr. Steve Crane, Founder and CEO, Business Link Japan Ltd. Dr. Michael Murphy, Managing Director, Pacific Rim, CiDRA Ltd. Mr. Steve Whitley, Managing Director, Data Harvest Group Ltd. Mr. David Green, Managing Director, COMERCIA Ltd. (Formerly Commercial Director, ICON) Moderator: Mr. Jun Arima, Director General, JETRO London |
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17:00 – 17:20 | Q & A | |
17:20 | Closing | |
17:30 – 18:30 | Networking Reception |
Contact Us
For further information, please contact the Investment Team, JETRO London at Ldn_invest@jetro.go.jp or 020 7421 8315