Newsletter July 15
ShareWe’d like to remind you of tomorrow’s webinar “The Future of Digital Marketing: Global Trends and Localization” – a joint effort with the Spanish Chamber. July 16, 18:00-19:00 – you can sign up till noon tmrw.
Also the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office Tokyo is organizing 2 webinars inviting speakers from Luxembourg.
1) Logistics webinar “Supply Chain Resilience Learned From Professor of the National University of Luxembourg” – July 16, 16:00-16:45
2) Cleantech Webinar “Luxembourg’s Circular Economy Strategy” – July 21, 16:00-16:50
We are planning more webinars the coming weeks, so please stay tuned!
Unfortunately, due to the recent increase of COVID-19 cases, we have decided not to go ahead with our live beer gathering on July 20.
Our hope is now to resume physical events from September.
On a more positive note, with summer holidays upon us, why not enjoy some holiday in Japan?
France Travel Center has changed its business model, helping/advising resident foreigners in Japan to plan vacations within Japan this summer!
Finally, some news headlines from the past days:
-Stranded foreign nationals in limbo as speculation over easing Japan re-entry requirements mounts (The Japan Times, July 14)
-ACCJ urges Japan to end ‘double standard’ re-entry rules (Japan Today, July 15)
-Virus testing centers may open in Sept. at Japan airports (Kyodo News, July 14)
-Japan to mull easing travel curbs for Tokyo Games athletes, officials (Kyodo News, July 14)
-Toyota to fully resume global output for 1st time since February (Kyodo News, July 12)
-COVID-19 drains reserve funds of 42 prefectures in Japan by 58% (The Asahi Shimbun, July 13)
-Japan mulls asking nightlife businesses to close to stem virus surge (Kyodo News, July 14)
-Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward to give ¥100,000 to each infected resident (The Japan Times, July 12)
-Japan to begin Go To subsidy campaign on July 22 to help virus-hit tourism (Kyodo News, July 10)
-ANA to resume 90% of its domestic flights next month (The Mainichi, July 14)
-Japan’s coronavirus tracing app resumes (NHK World – Japan, July 15)
Take good care!
The BLCCJ office