The Japan Market Expansion Competition (JMEC) program – which is supported by 18 foreign Chambers of Commerce and trade organisations in Japan incl. BLCCJ – is now open for applications from prospective new Participants and Project Clients for its 29th edition.   Are […]

We are happy to invite you to a next edition of our: “Meet the BLCCJ Members”   The past months we have welcomed several new corporate members into the BLCCJ network. 3 of them will present themselves to you at our next online meet-and-greet: JERA, represented by Mitsuki Sasaki; Moro Global, represented by Marios Papanikolopoulos; and Port Cities, represented by Stanislav Belooussov.   After the presentations we will organize a Q&A session allowing you to interact directly with the […]

We hope you are keeping well in these busy and challenging times.   NEWS FROM THE BLCCJ OFFICE: -Next week the BLCCJ office will welcome Akiko Itoh as BLCCJ Executive Assistant. She will be replacing Madoka Shibata during her maternity leave […]

The next edition of the traditional European Joint Chamber Cocktail will be held this year on Tuesday 18 October at The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon. The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan is taking the lead in the organization, 13 Chambers of Commerce […]

Skiing, snow, onsen, fun, race, family and friends – the 7th Inter-Chamber Ski Race and Networking Retreat, Lotte Arai resort, Niigata Now is the perfect time to plan your winter weekend ski or snowboard trip for February! We could extend the […]

We are happy to inform you of our next Monthly Beer Gathering, which will be held on Monday 24 October. We will be going back to Belgian Brasserie Court ANTWERP PORT. The exact address is as follows: Belgian Brasserie Court Antwerp […]

It is that time of the year again: The Japan News by the Yomiuri Shimbun will publish a special supplement on Belgium on the occasion of the Belgian King’s Day on Tuesday 15 November 2022.   As in the past years, the BLCCJ gives you the […]

We are pleased to announce the annual BLCCJ Gala, which will take place this year on Friday 11 November, from 6.30 pm, at the prestigious Conrad Tokyo hotel. In the presence of Belgian Ambassador Roxane de Bilderling and Luxembourg Ambassador Pierre Ferring, we are time-travelling and looking 100 years back on Belgian & Luxembourg milestones that have a lasting impact today and beyond. Attached you can find the application form. The application deadline is 1 November or when seats are full.  If you wish […]

We are pleased to announce that the 18th North America – Europe Golf Challenge in Japan – the Mercedes-Benz – Thomson Reuters Cup – will be played on Friday 14 October, at the same venue as in previous years, the Atsugi Kokusai Country […]

The Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ) and the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan (BLCCJ) are thrilled to announce their very first joint Tennis Gathering, to be held this autumn at the Showa-no-Mori Tennis Center in […]

In view of the upcoming Princely Mission to Japan in December, BLCCJ flagship member company Solvay Japan and AIST, the biggest Japanese technology institute belonging to METI, are working towards signing a MoU to jointly accelerate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). On October 5th they will jointly […]

We would like to invite to our next webinar in the framework of the BeLuxEur Chambers in Asia, this time hosted by our colleagues of BLCC Singapore: SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION Smart and Sustainable buildings: from Brussels, the Capital of Europe, to Asia   By definition, […]

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation in Tokyo is organising a business mission in Vietnam for European green tech companies already active in Japan and looking to expand their business in Vietnam with their Japanese partners. This could be of interest for […]

The SACCJ is excited to invite BLCCJ members to the SACCJ Heritage Day Braai happening on Saturday, September 24th from 12pm to 3pm. BLCCJ members can receive a discount of 3,000yen from the non-member price of 12,000yen (so you pay JPY 9,000, same as […]

Happy fall day! We hope typhoon Nanmadol has not caused you too much hardship. It was an unfortunate timing with our monthly beer gathering yesterday, but thank you to the members who came out to join us! Those who couldn’t make […]

On 16 September Belgian Beer Weekend will kick off in Toyosu! CITABRIA BAYPARK 9.16 (Fri.) – 9.25 (Sun.) weekdays 16:00 – 21:00 weekend, holidays 11:00 – 21:00 https://belgianbeerweekend.jp/en/toyosu The BLCCJ will hold its September beer gathering on Tuesday 20 September […]

The Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Japan is pleased to invite the BLCCJ members to their August Luncheon with Ms. Tina Koyama (CEO & Co-Founder, POJ Studio) who will deliver a speech titled “The Importance of Digital Design for Small […]

The BLCCJ is relaunching the 11th edition of the Nippon Export Award (NEA). The NEA is an initiative of the BLCCJ to reward those SMEs or large companies that have made significant achievements in exporting to Japan, importing into Japan, or distributing within […]