September 2016

Online registration for the AJBCC's upcoming 54th annual Joint Business Conference on the 9-11 October, 2016 in Melbourne will close at COB on Monday 26 September, 2016. The latest conference program is obtainable here. If you are a member of the AJBCC and have not registered to attend the conference, please register. Registered delegates...

At the recent AJBCC AGM, two new Executive Committee Members were appointed: Arnoud Balhuizen, President Marketing and Supply, BHP Billiton; and Chris Salisbury, Chief Executive - Iron Ore, Rio Tinto. Sir Rod Eddington AO, President of the AJBCC thanked two previous Executive Committee members, Andrew Harding,...

As an adjunct to the 54th Annual Australia Japan Joint Business Conference (9-11 October), the Victorian Government, in partnership with Asialink Business, is hosting two closed industry breakfast events. Infrastructure and construction – Monday 10 October, 2016 Hosted by the Treasurer of Victoria, the Hon. Tim Pallas, the Infrastructure and...

Melanie Brock, the passionate and peripatetic President of the Tokyo based Australia and New Zealand Japan Chamber of Commerce will step down as its first female President after 6 years in the role. Melanie, long time Japan resident, is also an Ex-Officio member of the AJBCC's Executive...

AJBCC members, who are registered to attend the upcoming conference, have just received the current delegate list of the over 360 attendees currently booked to attend the AJBCC's 54th annual Joint Business Conference on the 9-11 October, 2016 in Melbourne. The latest conference program is obtainable here. If you are a member of...

Building on PwC previous report Passing us by - "Why Australian businesses are missing the Asian opportunity. And what they can do about it", PwC has released a groundbreaking analysis of Australia's expatriate community in Asia and, in terms of Australia intensifying its Asian business engagement, how we...

Ahead of the AJBCC’s Joint Business Conference in Melbourne, the AJBCC welcomes the following new members: Grant Thornton Lion Tardis Pitcher Partners IP Australia Stanbury Consultants Baggott Consulting ...

Want to get the Japanese Government's perspective on Abenomics? This 16 page presentation, available here, gives both the metrics showing achievements as well as the targets for the aspirational reform measures....

At the end of July, the Japanese Embassy in Canberra with the assistance of the AJBCC, held an infrastructure networking event. The programme was based around two strands: giving Japanese companies an opportunity to explain their business and their strategy for Australia; and Australian companies engaged in delivery...

PwC will host an invitation-only roundtable discussion in Melbourne on Fri 23 September, 2016. Where is the Japanese economy heading? Will political stability and majorities in both houses deliver reforms and reboot the Japanese economy? Given the shrinking and ageing population, can Japan finally mobilise women in the workforce?...