Dear members,   Japan will soon have a new Prime Minister following Mr Abe’s record breaking stint in office. Mr Abe won three Lower House elections and became a familiar figure internationally – in itself, an unusual achievement for a […]

Article written by Martin Fritz for the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Japan (SCCIJ):   Tokyo – Almost 120 guests and members of the Paralliance, an up-coming coalition of 20 chambers of commerce in Japan in support of diversity and […]

From September 1st, all foreign nationals with residence status in Japan are allowed to re-enter the country. However, the conditions to be fulfilled remain complicated and sometimes extremely difficult. EBC Chief Policy Director Bjorn Kongstad compiled several official documents to write a summary of the various procedures needed by […]

Dear members and friends,   Our next WEBINAR is another joint effort with Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT). “The organic market in Japan: the new JAS logo regulations”   We are delighted to present 3 speakers who will give us an insight on what’s […]

In today’s newsletter we’d like to remind you of 2 upcoming BLCCJ webinars: – Webinar “Luxembourg, the wine country. Join us for a taste!” tomorrow August 27, 17:30-18:30 – in cooperation with the Luxembourg Chamber and LTIO Tokyo – Webinar “The organic market in Japan. The new […]

Dear members and friends,   Our next WEBINAR will be a joint effort with the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and LTIO Tokyo. “Luxembourg, the wine country. Join us for a taste!”   Did you know that Luxembourg is home to 9 different wine […]

Dear members,   Monday 24 August, 20:00 will mark exactly one year to go until the start of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in 2021. The Paralliance Chambers incl. BLCCJ invite you to hear from President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Mr Andrew Parsons, as well […]

With the obon holiday behind us, we are now working on the after-summer activity calendar.   Already 3 webinars have been scheduled: 1) Webinar “Tokyo 2020 Paralympics 1 Year to Go! A discussion with the International Paralympic Committee” on August 24, 20:00-21:00 2) Webinar “Luxembourg, […]

Dear members,   Our newest WEBINAR is a joint effort with Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT). “COVID-19 in Japan and its effect on retail”   What started as a health crisis about 6 months ago, has become a worldwide deep economic crisis, with the end […]

From June 22 until July 17, the Federation of Belgian and Luxembourg Chambers of Commerce Abroad ran a survey through the Chambers of Commerce abroad about the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on their members. In the end they had […]

The BLCCJ office will be closed for the Japanese obon holiday from Monday 10 August (a national holiday in Japan) till Friday 14 August. We will be back at your service on Monday 17 August.

After the long rainy season, the hot summer is here. Amidst all else, please take good care!   In the meantime we have launched our next webinar, in cooperation with FIT: “COVID-19 in Japan and its effect on retail”, Tuesday 18 August, […]

With July coming to an end but the corona crisis and the rainy season not willing to follow suit yet, let us hereby share a next newsletter.   These weeks are relatively calm on the webinar front, but we are in full […]

We hope you are doing well despite the crisis and the long rainy season.   In this newsletter we’d like to inform you that the EU-Japan Center for Industrial Cooperation is holding the webinar “European economy and corporate movements around COVID-19”, where a […]

Dear members,   The BLCCJ – together with 8 other Asian BeLux Chambers of Commerce – has the pleasure to invite you to a next joint webinar:   Cracking Supply Chains Rebuilding or reinforcing? Learnings from COVID-19   In this interactive […]

Summer is often a time of goodbyes with diplomats leaving Japan.   This year we have to say goodbye to 2 of them:   1) Christian MULLER, Minister-Counselor at the Luxembourg Embassy in Tokyo for the last 4 years His […]

Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office (LTIO) Tokyo is planning the following 2 webinars with a guest speaker from Luxembourg.   1) JULY 16th(THU) 16:00-16:45  Logistics Webinar “Supply Chain Resilience Learned From Professor of the National University of Luxembourg” https://www.investinluxembourg.jp/ja/news/logistics_webinar/ Sign […]

We’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 […]

Dear members,   Our next WEBINAR will be another joint effort with the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Japan (SpCCJ): “The Future of Digital Marketing: Global Trends and Localization” One of the major revolutions in the media industry was the irruption of computer and internet. Development […]

We hope you are doing well despite the rains and winds on top of everything else these days!   In today’s newsletter let us first inform you of upcoming activities. -Our next webinar “Cracking Supply Chains. Rebuilding or reinforcing? Learnings from COVID-19” is […]

Belgian painter-artist and BLCCJ member Patrick Gerola has launched a new website introducing a large lineup of products featuring his art work. His colorful creations are not only available as paintings, images can now be purchased as prints, posters, post cards, […]