Do you want to join our team? GR Japan is currently looking to hire a Public Policy Manager and an Office and Accounting Manager. You can find more information and apply by clicking the links below:  Public Policy Manager Office and Acc...

In his policy speech to the ordinary Diet session on Friday, 22 January, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reassured to tackle the challenges to realize his growth strategy. In addition to the pursuit of better and innovative economic growth, he addressed th...

GR Japan is pleased to co-host with the Institute for New Era Strategy (INES) Mr. Susumu Takahashi, Chairman of the Japan Research Institute, Ltd., for the November meeting of the International Policy Forum (IPF). Mr. Takahashi will discuss his insig...

On 14 October, the International Policy Forum invites Naomi Tokashiki, the Deputy Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Director of the House of Representatives Health, Labor and Welfare Committee, and former Parliamentary Minister...

GR Japan and the Institute for New Era Strategy (INES) are pleased to co-host Mr. Hiroshi Nakaso, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), for the September meeting of the International Policy Forum (IPF). Mr. Nakaso will discuss Japan’s monetary ...

GR Japan Managing Director, Jakob Edberg, has shared his analysis on the reshuffled Abe Cabinet and his new three arrows prior to IPF Brakfast Meeting with Naomi Tokashiki, State Minister of Health, Labour and Wealth on 14 October 15. Please check be...

GR Japan is pleased to invite you to a seminar, “Government Relations Strategies for Success in Global Rule-making”, which will be held on Friday, 2 October, at Roppongi Academy Hills. In this seminar, leading international speakers from the field...

According to Nikkei Shimbun on 9 September, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was re-elected unopposed as a president of LDP, is planning a cabinet reshuffle in October. However, the reshuffle is expected to be a minor one since Abe wishes to focus on t...

With the unprecedented triple crisis of a M9.0 earthquake, a devastating tsunami and a Level 7 nuclear accident, Japan’s government has been confronted by one of the greatest challenges faced by any nation in peacetime. As Vice-Director General of th...

  With gross national debt nearing 200% of the GDP and tax revenue (¥40.1 trillion) predicted to cover just 43% of national expenditures (¥93.1 trillion) in FY2011, Japan was in poor fiscal shape even before the disasters of 11 March.  After the e...