August 2017

The 55th annual Joint Business Conference of the AJBCC and its counterpart the JABCC will be held in Tokyo from the 8-10 October 2017. With already more than 250 senior Australian and Japanese executives registered to attend the meeting, it will also feature a new...

Japanese investment in Australia is showing no sign of a let-up as it spreads ever wider. ASX listed Programmed Maintenance Services Limited, a staffing, maintenance and facility management services company has recommended to shareholders acceptance of a takeover offer from a Japanese company. That company...

Financial services is the new hot spot in Australia-Japan business. Challenger announced that MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. would take a 6.3% equity interest in it at a cost of $500m. This cements a strategic alliance that Challenger has struck with MS&AD. "Since November 2016,...

The AJBCC welcomes new member companies: Compass Group New Hope Group Standards Australia ...

Austrade has released a report chronicling the development of Japanese foreign direct investment in Australia, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1957 Agreement between Australia and Japan on Commerce. The 27 page report is available for download here. Apart from a...

Australian & Japanese Economic Intelligence will hold its annual Australia, Japan & International Economic Outlook Seminar in Sydney on Tue 26 Sept 2017 from 9:30am-1:30pm. Speakers will include: Mr Masatsugu Asakawa, Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan Mr Nigel Ray, Deputy Secretary,...