We are thrilled to announce our first event at Expo 2025 Osaka! From 13 April till 13 October, Expo 2025 Osaka will welcome millions of visitors eager to discover the Expo Grand Roof Ring, one of the largest wooden constructions in the world, alongside many pavilions and events focusing on the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives". The Expo will offer vistors the chance to not only experience different cultures and get to know other countries, but also get a glimpse of new technologies [...]

Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 Yokohama is coming up soon! BBW is the finest occasion to explore the Belgian beer culture. 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 8-11 May with no less than 96 different Belgian beers. Venue Yamashita Park Date 8 [...]

Welcome spring by connecting with a new world of friends and business contacts! The American Chamber of Commerce's Sales Development and Independent Business Committees invite you to join a multinational networking extravaganza on 15 April. BLCCJ, the Swedish and the Swiss Chambers of Commerce are co-hosting this edition. This will be a great chance to broaden your connections beyond your Chamber and make new friends. Expect lots of food, festivities, and free-flowing drinks at this event held at Arch [...]

Kick off the road to Expo 2025 with an evening of global connections! Join members from the international business community for a special joint chamber networking event in Tokyo ahead of the Expo 2025 Osaka, an event set to welcome millions of visitors under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” (13 April – 13 October, 2025). The Expo Kick-off Party is led by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan with support of 13 other Chambers of Commerce in [...]

On 10 April Belgian Beer Weekend 2025 will kick off in Hibiya! HIBIYA PARK (Elm-tree field) 4.10 (Thu.) - 4.13 (Sun.) weekdays 16:00 - 22:00 Saturday 11:00 - 21:00 Sunday 11:00 - 20:00 https://belgianbeerweekend.jp/en/hibiya   The BLCCJ will hold its April beer gathering on the opening night of BBW Hibiya & BBW 2025! Thursday 10 April from 19:00 onwards (exact location on the map).   If you plan to join us, please send “I plan to join” to info@blccj.or.jp so we can have an [...]

We are happy to invite you to a next edition of our online event: “Meet the BLCCJ Members” This time we will hear from 3 new members: Mr. Dhruv Bhatia, Representative Managing Director/President of new corporate member Barry Callebaut Japan Ltd.; Mr. Sebastiaan Kiemel, Business Unit Manager of new corporate member DEME Offshore; and new individual member Mr. Kotaro Hasumoto, Project Manager at Panasonic Automotive. They will not only present you their company and activities in Japan, but also share a bit [...]

We are happy to inform you of our next beer gathering, coming up on Monday 17 March. Our friends of the Japan-Belgium Society (JBS) will be joining us.   We will be going to member cafe Belgian Brasserie Court ANTWERP PORT. The exact address is [...]

Rooted in Belgium, imec is the world's leading independent nanoelectronics R&D hub. The combination of their talent, infrastructure, and partner network enables breakthroughs towards microchips that are smaller, faster, more affordable, and more sustainable. imec combines that nanotech expertise with data and AI to create and support applications for a smarter, better future. A few years back imec partnered with Japanese chip manufacturer Rapidus, and there are plans to build a base in Hokkaido. So how important is Japan to imec, what are the future projects [...]

We are happy to inform you of our first beer gathering of this year, coming up on Monday 17 February. Our friends of the Japan-Belgium Society (JBS) will be joining us. We will be going back to member cafe Belgian Brasserie Court ANTWERP PORT. The exact address is as follows: Belgian Brasserie Court Antwerp Port Akasaka Intercity AIR Bldg. 1F 1-8-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Telephone: 03-5570-5557 Access map and other information: https://www.intercity-air.com/ https://www.intercity-air.com/shoplist/shop/15 Closest station are Tameike-sanno (Ginza and Namboku lines, [...]

9th Inter-Chamber Ski and Snowboard Weekend, 15 February 2025, Okushiga Kogen, Nagano Open for registration   Calling all winter sports enthusiasts - get ready for the 2025 edition of our winter networking event! In the 2025 edition we will continue the epic journey that is the Inter-Chamber Ski and Snowboard Weekend, this year traveling again to Okushiga Kogen, Nagano.   Open to everyone - Chamber member or not. Family, friends, business contacts, children and adults, skier, snowboarders, [...]

On Thursday 6 February, our young professionals' group BLCCJ Starters will host their first "Thriday" networking event of the year, at member bar L’Abreuvoir. Enjoy Belgian brews, fries, and other specialties prepared by Greg, while connecting with professionals and youngsters [...]

The Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce (BJA) and the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan (BLCCJ) are thrilled to invite you to the first session of our exciting 3-part webinar series focusing on Expo 2025 Osaka.   In our first webinar we will hear about the Expo now in full preparation, but we will go beyond that, highlighting the vast economic opportunities that Osaka has to offer. Participants will gain valuable perspectives on: The attractiveness of investing in Osaka Opportunities for collaboration with [...]