Author: AJBCC

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...

30 September, 2016

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...

30 September, 2016

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...

13 September, 2016

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...

13 September, 2016

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 ...

13 September, 2016

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....

13 September, 2016

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...

13 September, 2016

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?...

13 September, 2016

Long time AJBCC member, Masanori Ohtani is the organiser of the 10th annual Inoue Yashushi Award Ceremony which will be hosted by the University of Sydney on Fri 7 Oct 2016 at 6:00pm. The Inoue Yasushi Award for Outstanding Research in Japanese Literature has been awarded annually...

13 September, 2016

AJBCC members must register if you are to attend the upcoming AJBCC's Joint Business Conference to be held in Melbourne 9-11 October, 2016. With attendee numbers already in excess of 330 and with a solid contingent of delegates coming from Japan, this year's conference focusing on the theme of New...

05 September, 2016