Newsletter 23 April
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We hope you are enjoying the arrival of spring with the warmer weather.
And the arrival of our NEW newsletter!
EXPO OSAKA:
Expo Osaka 2025 has opened its doors!
The BLCCJ was honored to be invited to the test-run (5 April) and the official opening events of the Luxembourg Pavilion (13 April) and the Belgian Pavilion (16 April).
You can find several pictures on our LinkedIn and Facebook pages.
On our website we keep you posted of important BeLux Expo dates and events, and of course of our own BLCCJ Expo events.
Please check this page for all the details.
Upcoming BeLux events at the Expo:
- Belgian Architecture and Designweek at the Belgian Pavilion: 7-13 May
- Wallonia week: 26 May – 1 June
->AWEX has set up a special Expo events page - Luxembourg National Day: 30 May
UPCOMING BLCCJ EVENTS AT EXPO OSAKA:
–JBS – BLCCJ Joint Expo Visit:
🗓️ Date: Tuesday 20 May
🕓 Time: 13:00~17:00 (approx.)
📍Location: Belgian and Luxembourg Pavilions at Expo Osaka
💰Fee: JPY 10,000 members / JPY 12,000 members’ family and guests
–BJA-BLCCJ Webinar Series on Expo Osaka part 2 – A talk with Belgian Pavilion Director Myriam Cops:
🗓️ Date: Thursday 22 May
🕓 Time: 18:00~19:00 JST
📍Location: online (Zoom)
-Joint Chamber Expo visit:
🗓️ Date: Tuesday 2 September
Confirmed: Austria, Belgium-Luxembourg and the Netherlands – more details will go out in due time
-BLCCJ visit to the Expo:
🗓️ Date: Friday 10 October
In presence of the Belgian Ambassador – more details will go out in due time
(this will be the day after our Belgian Beer and Food Academy, Thu 9 Oct, 18:30-22:00 @ Hilton Osaka)
OTHER UPCOMING BLCCJ EVENTS:
–Belgian shop @ Belgian Beer Weekend Yokohama:
🗓️ Date: 8-11 May
📍Location: Yamashita Park
We gathered products from a record 13 companies this year, incl. BLCCJ members Americo (Jules Destrooper), Godiva Japan, Grand Place Corporation, Konishi Brewing, Rosen (Manneken) and Shonan Trading.
🗓️ Date: Monday 26 May
🕓 Time: 19:00~23:00
📍Location: l’abreuvoir
–Kansai International Meishi Exchange:
🗓️ Date: Wednesday 28 May
🕓 Time: 18:30~20:30
📍Location: Conrad Osaka
–BLCCJ-CCIFJ-SCCIJ Golf Tournament 2025:
🗓️ Date: Monday 2 June
📍Location: Taco CC
The 20 BLCCJ slots have been filled.
We are currently looking for award ceremony prizes.
–Meet the Boss with Dirk Ostijn, CEO, MetLife Japan:
🗓️ Date: Thursday 5 June
🕓 Time: 8:30~10:00
📍Location: MetLife office
–Empower the Women in Your Team – Join BLCCJ’s First Women’s Discussion Circle:
🗓️ Date: Thursday 12 June
🕓 Time: 12:30~14:00
📍Location: Le Pristine Restaurant Tokyo
-Save-the-date! Delighting Customers XXI:
🗓️ Date: Wednesday 18 June
🕓 Time: 18:30~21:00
📍Location: CCIFJ event space
Details will go out soon
Many more events are in the making, so keep an eye out on our mailings, website, LinkedIn and Facebook pages!
NEWS FROM THE BLCCJ MEMBERS:
We are happy to welcome 3 new members into the BLCCJ network:
- Individual member Xavier Delcour, APAC Network Deployments Manager, Google
- Starter member Timothy Radomile, Recruitment consultant, Zensho Agency
- Starter member Noah Al Bouchouari, student, KU Leuven
We hope to present them to you soon!
NEWS FROM RELATED ORGANIZATIONS:
-Luxembourg:
- Crémants of Bernard Massard won plural awards at the “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2025. “Cuvée Sélection Brut” won the Diamond Trophy, and “Clos des Rochers Cuvée Brut-Rosé Crémant de Luxembourg” as well as “Crémant de Luxembourg Millesime Brut” won Silver Medals.
- H.E. Mr. Luc FRIEDEN, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is visiting Japan from 22 to 25 April
–Flanders Investment & Trade is organizing a Life sciences Business Matching event on 16 June in Tokyo and on 19 June in Osaka. Please sign up here if you are interested.
–SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 – Global Startup Program, hosted by Tokyo Metropolitan Government: 8-10 May @ Tokyo Big Sight
–MIPRO Startup Seminar “From Freelancer to Founder: Navigating the First 12 Months of Japan’s Corporate Setup Maze”: 20 May, 14:00-15:30 @ Zoom
A FEW RECENT NEWS HEADLINES:
- Japan to cut energy, electricity costs amid inflation: PM (Kyodo News, 22 April)
- Central Tokyo condo prices top 100 mil. yen for 2nd straight year (Kyodo News, 21 April)
- Japan’s core consumer prices up 3.2% in March on high rice prices (Kyodo News, 18 April)
- Foreign visitors to Japan hit record for March of 3.5 mil. (Kyodo News, 16 April)
- 1 week after opening of World Expo in Osaka, Japan; crowd control remains issue (NHK World – Japan, 20 April)
- Golden Week holiday travel aspirations down in Japan amid crowding, high prices: JTB poll (Mainichi Japan, 22 April)
On a final note, during Golden Week our BLCCJ office will only be closed on the public holidays. On 28, 30 April, 1 and 2 May we will be open as usual.
We wish you a nice relaxing Golden Week!