Author: AJBCC

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Basic Treaty of Friendhip and Co-operation between Australia and Japan, the Japanese Foreign Ministry announced a number of awardees of the Foreign Minister's Commendation. The commendation is recognition of the promotion of friendship and goodwill...

05 September, 2016

Online registrations for the AJBCC's Joint Business Conference, held with our Japan counterpart the JABCC, are now open. This will be the 54th annual meeting. You are encouraged to complete your online registration early and before the online close of Friday 15 July, 2016. (Details on...

21 June, 2016

The AJBCC's Future Leaders group is convening a seminar  Japan: Still a Huge Opportunity for Australia. To be held in Sydney on Monday 20 June, 2016 from 12:30 to 2:00pm it will feature two excellent speakers. The seminar is sponsored by Allens. The seminar – the first in a series to be arranged by the...

23 May, 2016

The AJBCC's Joint Business Conference, with our Japan counterpart the JABCC, will be held in Melbourne from Sunday 9th to Tues 11th October, 2016. This will be the 54th annual meeting. The theme is "New Challenges - New Ideas". Further details of the program are now available here. Member registration will commence...

23 May, 2016

The AJBCC's Joint Business Conference, with our Japan counterpart the JABCC, will be held in Melbourne from Sunday 9th to Tues 11th October, 2016. This will be the 54th annual meeting. The theme is "New Challenges - New Ideas". Plunging resources and energy prices, concerns about China’s economic transition, the...

15 May, 2016

Annual corporate membership of the AJBCC includes complimentary participation for one nominated representative to attend the AJBCC-JABCC Joint Business Conference which will be held in Melbourne 9-11 October, 2016. (Additional representatives of the company can attend on payment of the prescribed membership fee.) This will be the AJBCC's 54th...

15 February, 2016

Inbound tourism into Japan is just one of Prime Minister Abe's "arrows" to revitalise Japan domestic business. The Osaka based Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (the Kansai Keizai Doyukai) link is Japanese mainly has established a MICE & IR Promotion Committee (MICE=Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions; IR=Integrated Resorts). Legislation...

15 February, 2016

Utilising the initiative of Australia's Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) with Japan which began last year, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is dispatching a mission to Northern Australia focussing on potential investment opportunities there. The mission is to evaluate using Australia for farming, processing and productionfor...

15 February, 2016

The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) marks another opportunity for Australia in a multilateral framework. The next phase is to see the signatories enact legislation in their home country to enable the TPP. The Australian Government sees that the TPP will: "open substantial new trade and investment opportunities...

15 February, 2016

The Victorian Government provides scholarships for Victorians aged 21 or over who are Australian citizens. Recipients will receive A$15,000 for language study in Japan. The scholarships are offered for a minimum of one semester or 5 – 6 months study at these universities: Nanzan University Nagoya Gakuin University Yamasa Institute Aichi Gakuin...

15 February, 2016