9th October – Twitter Account Redesign – Follow us at @BizLinkJapan Business Link Japan are excited to showcase our new twitter account @BizLinkJapan Please follow us for relevant news updates, international business opportunities and event announcements.  

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3rd October – BLJ Client ‘Apical’ makes Sunday Times 2013 Tech Track 100 We are delighted to announce that Apical, a client of BLJ since 2004, have ranked within the Sunday Times 2013 Tech Track 100. The Tech Track league table lists Britain’s top 100 private technology companies, ranking them by the growth in their […]

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24th September – Tokyo Launches ‘Special Zone’ for Foreign Businesses Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government has launched the ‘Special Zone for Asian Headquarters Project’ in an attempt to attract foreign companies to Tokyo. Amidst fears that Tokyo is being left behind in comparison to financial powerhouses such as Singapore and Hong Kong, Japan’s capital has embarked upon […]

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16th September – Last Nuclear Reactor Shutdown, Signalling a Move to Renewable Energy? Today saw the halting of Japan’s last active nuclear reactor. In the early hours of Monday morning, activity ceased at the Ohi plant when reactor 4 was taken out of action. Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that sparked the Fukishima plant […]

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12th September – UKTI Japan announce Oncology Webinar On Friday 4th October, The Life Sciences Team at UK Trade & Investment Japan are hosting a free online webinar exploring the opportunities within the Japanese Oncology Market. This webinar offers a rare and invaluable opportunity to British life sciences companies to learn about the current Japanese […]

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9th September 2013 – Good News for the Japanese Economy Japan has seen its third successive quarterly rise in GDP. The Japanese Economy grew much faster than expected between April and June and as a result GDP growth has been revised upwards from 2.6% to 3.6%.  Many have speculated that this success is due to […]

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2nd September 2013 – UKTI East Midlands appoint BLJ to run Trade Mission. Business Link Japan are excited to announce that they have once again been appointed by UKTI East Midlands to run a regional trade mission to Japan. For the fourth consecutive year, BLJ will provide the opportunity for East Midland’s companies to gain […]

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10th June 2013 – BLJ announced as Strategic Recruitment Partner to UKTI and the British Embassy Business Link Japan are delighted to reveal that they have been chosen to work in partnership with UKTI and the British Embassy as a strategic recruitment partner for a series of Trade Missions to Japan and webinars during 2013. Alongside […]

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27th March 2013: Financial Times Article on Investing in Japan quotes BLJ, The following article was first published in the Financial Times newspaper of March 28th 2013, as as part of the special supplement on ‘Investing in Japan’ Read the full article at the Financial Times web site here        

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15th March 2013 Nu Instruments working in partnership with BLJ. The world market leading designer and manufacturer of high performance mass spectrometers; Nu Instruments is working in partnership with Business Link Japan, to establish a local office and presence in the Japanese market.    

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1st Feb 2013 – Smart Tech Mission to Japan exceeds expectations. The ‘Smart Tech’ Mission to Japan, delivered by Business Link Japan in partnership with the British Embassy successfully concluded in Japan this week, and all expectations and targets were exceeded. 16 UK companies took part, with large internationals like Sensus, British Gas and Vodafone […]

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15th Jan 2013 Photon Energy appoint BLJ. Photon Energy BV, one of Europe’s largest solar plant designers has appointed Business Link Japan as part of the drive to build mega solar plants and set up operations in Japan. Based in Amsterdam, with offices in 6 European cities, Photon Energy is now focused on developing business in the […]

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20th Dec 2012 – Navetas working with BLJ on Japan market development Navetas Energy Management, one of the leading companies working in Home Energy Management solutions ‘HEM’s’ is working with Business Link Japan to develop specific business opportunities in Japan. ‘Following the disaster of March 2011 Japan has accelerated interest in energy management, and HEM’s […]

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30th Oct 2012 – Round table discussion with Tim Hitchens, new British Ambassador to Japan. Business Link Japan CEO Steve Crane attended a ’round table’ meeting in London with Tim Hitchens, the new British Ambassador to Japan.  Mr Hitchens is busy meeting many key people from the UK/Japan business sector during his preparation for taking up […]

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26th October – BLJ appointed as partner for Smart Technologies Mission to Japan UKTI has awarded the contract for managing the Smart Technologies Mission to Japan to BLJ.  This exciting event will see a showcase of leading technology companies working in the Smart Technology space come to Japan to attend a series of seminars and […]

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