GR Japan Research Director, LLewelyn Hughes, spoke at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London on 25 January. He shared his views and insights about trends in renewable energy policy and discussed opportunities for and chall...

The 198th ordinary Diet session was convened today.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a policy speech at the opening of the session, seeking understanding for his plan to raise the consumption tax from 8 percent to 10 percent in October. He also expres...

Please be kindly informed that GR Japan office will be closed for the New Year holiday, from 29 December, 2018 until 6 January, 2019. We will be back to work starting 7 January, 2019. We wish you all happy holidays!

The extraordinary Diet session was ended yesterday as scheduled although the extension of the session was once considered as the opposition parties fiercely protected to deliberate a bill to accept more foreign workers into Japan as well as to revise...

GR Japan is pleased to welcome Seiji Maehara, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to our last IPF breakfast meeting of the year. Mr. Maehara will discuss his policies and ideas in the ...

The November 6 US midterm elections captured remarkable attention, garnering the highest midterm voting rate in more than 100 years.  With the Democratic Party taking control of the House of Representatives, a divided Congress will make it difficult ...

GR Japan President & CEO Jakob Edberg spoke for the Kansai Chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) on 10 October. Edberg talked about the update of the Japanese political scenes and shared his insights on recent developments in th...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched his new cabinet on 2 October. He retained key veteran ministers to keep the basic framework of his administration intact while appointing 12 first-timers, the highest figure for any of the cabinets he formed. With h...

On Thursday 18 October, GR Japan will host Shigefumi Matsuzawa, newly appointed leader of the Party of Hope, Member of the House of Councilors and former Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture.  Mr. Matsuzawa will talk about the Party of Hope’s policy initi...

Japan and the European Union signed the economic partnership agreement (EPA) in Tokyo on Tuesday, 17 July.  The EPA, which will remove tariffs on most of each other's goods in phases, is expected to be put into effect by the end of March, 2019. Comme...