Our flagship seminar "Delighting Customers in Japan" is celebrating its 20th edition! Known as one of the most challenging markets globally, navigating Japan's business landscape requires innovative strategies and keen insights into customer preferences. "Delighting Customers in Japan" has been bringing together numerous esteemed executives to share their experiences and strategies for success in this complex market. To celebrate the 20th edition we will welcome the following 3 distinguished speakers (profiles in attachment): Ms. Nathalie Oosterlinck, Managing Executive Officer, JERA Co. Inc. & CEO, JERA [...]

We are delighted to invite you to the next online event in the framework of the BLCC Collective in Asia, and a next one in our series on A.I.: "A.I., a threat or asset for cybersecurity?" We will welcome 3 esteemed speakers with [...]

Dear Starters and friends,   We hope you are doing well. We are pleased to extend an invitation to you for our first Meet the Boss of 2024 with Karine COLYN, the Chief Operating Officer of HSBC Japan (and BLCCJ member). This event will [...]

The 18th edition of our Joint Golf Tournament with the French and Swiss Chambers of Commerce will take place on Tuesday 28 May at the Taco Country Club in Chiba. Many of our members look forward to this annual event: a [...]

We are delighted to invite you to the next BLCC Collective in Asia webinar, this time about the upcoming Belgian elections. Join us for a comprehensive analysis with Belgian political expert Ivan De Vadder​, journalist at VRT NWS, who will outline for us possible [...]

Belgian Beer Weekend 2024 Yokohama is coming up soon! BBW is the finest occasion to explore the Belgian beer culture. In 2024 the festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary in Japan! It is a place to share great beer experiences and stories with friends, to make new friends, just hang around, grab a concert, enjoy crunchy Belgian fries, or really work on your Belgian beer mastery. BBW will be setting up its tents in Yokohama 16-19 May with no less than 88 [...]

The BLCCJ is happy to announce a next networking event in the “CLIC" series. CLIC stands for "Creative Linking of International Chambers" and is a loose organization of 12 smaller European Chambers of Commerce in Japan (Austrian, Belgian-Luxembourg, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Swiss).   We are pleased to invite you to an inspiring evening of dialogue and connections on Wednesday 24 April, at the Steelcase showroom in Hiro-o, featuring our keynote speaker Alejandro Cabal, President [...]

With a strong emphasis on a business-oriented approach, the BLCCJ is organizing 2 webinars on the latest A.I. technology: generative A.I. and its specific application, ChatGPT. After a first webinar on Generative A.I., we now invite you for an insightful second webinar on the current state and future of Conversational A.I. in the corporate world, with a special focus on ChatGPT. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of where corporations stand today in terms of adoption and policies, showcase concrete [...]

We are happy to invite you to a webinar in Japanese about the Belgian and Luxembourg pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 Osaka. As a BeLux Chamber we are proud that both countries will have their own pavilion, and we invite you to hear directly from the people behind the scenes how preparations are going, what you can expect from both pavilions, and how your company could get involved. As speakers we will welcome: -(ADDITIONAL SPEAKER) Mr. Manatsu [...]

On 5 April Belgian Beer Weekend 2024 will kick off in Toyosu! CITABRIA BAYPARK 4.5 (Fri.) - 4.7 (Sun.) 4.12 (Fri.) - 4.14 (Sun.) weekdays 16:00 - 22:00 Saturday 11:00 - 21:00 Sunday 11:00 - 20:00 https://belgianbeerweekend.jp/en/toyosu   The BLCCJ will hold its April beer gathering at BBW Toyosu on Friday 12 April from 19:00 (exact location on the attached map). If you plan to join us, please email “I plan to join” to info@blccj.or.jp so we can have an [...]

BLCCJ is a founding and long-time member of the European Business Council (EBC). But what is the EBC? What do they do? How can the European lobby from EBC help Belgian and Luxembourg companies expand in Japan? How can the 22 sectoral and transverse EBC committees help European, Belgian and Luxembourg companies solve problems related to Japanese regulations?   To get an answer on all these questions and more, please join us for a lively discussion over lunch. [...]

With a strong emphasis on a business-oriented approach, the BLCCJ is organizing two webinars on the latest A.I. technology: generative A.I., and its specific application, ChatGPT. We're kicking off with a webinar on the hot topic of Generative A.I., presented by Michel Herquet, founding partner of B12 Consulting, the Belgian company at the forefront of A.I.   Since the recent revolution in generative AI over the past few months, companies have a multitude of opportunities at their grasp [...]