GR Japan Public Policy Manager, Yoshihiro Koyano (far right of the above photo), joined the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium 2018 as a panelist on 1 November, 2018. He spoke at the session, "Combating IUU Fishing on National and Industry Level: C...
GR Japan welcomed the Luxembourg Ambassador to Japan, H.E. Mr. Pierre Ferring, to our latest International Policy Forum (IPF) lunch meeting on 14 May. Ambassador Ferring shared his views on the latest developments in the European Union, including on...
GR Japan is pleased to welcome Ken Saito, former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, to our latest International Policy Forum (IPF) breakfast meeting. Mr. Saito will share his views on recent free trade agreement developments and negotia...
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 ...
