Date and Time: 8:00-9:00am, Monday, 17 January 2022 (Japan Standard Time) 0:00-1:00am, Monday, 17 January 2022 (British Standard Time) 7:00-8:00pm, Sunday, 16 January 2022 (Eastern Daylight Time) GR Japan is proud to start 2022 with an IP...

GR Japan welcomed Mr. Ohamazaki, one of Japan’s most respected election analysists to the International Policy Forum Webinar on 29 October.  Mr. Ohamazaki shared his latest predictions of the results of the House of Representatives election on 31 Oct...

Date and Time: 8:00-9:30am, Friday, 29 October 2021 (Japan Standard Time) 8:00-9:30am, Friday, 29 October 2021 (Korea Standard Time) 0:00-1:30am, Friday, 29 October 2021 (British Standard Time) 7:00-8:30pm, Thursday, 28 October 2021 (East...

New Kishida Cabinet A new phase for the LDP? Fumio Kishida was officially anointed as Japan’s 100th prime minister on 4 October 2021, following his appointment as leader for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 29 September. Announcing his new...

On 29 September, Fumio Kishida, former Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Chair of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council, won the LDP presidential election, setting him up to become Japan’s 100th prime minister on 4 October.  No...

GR Japan welcomed House of Representatives member and former State Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare Gaku Hashimoto to the International Policy Forum webinar on 4 August.  Mr. Hashimoto, who currently serves as the chair of the LDP’s Project Te...

Future of Japan’s drug development capabilities Date and Time:  8:30-9:30am, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 (Japan Standard Time) GR Japan is honoured to welcome Gaku Hashimoto as the guest speaker at its International Policy Forum (IPF) webinar.   ...

Overview On April 16, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign leader to meet with President Biden in the White House.  The Government of Japan was determined to be the first, because of the message it sends at home and abro...

After long resisting calls for stronger measures to control the increasing number of new Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga instructed the government this week to prepare for a new state of emergency, which was officially announced on...

To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of GR Japan, we are pleased to share with you all a special number of our internal newsletter, the GR Times.  Reflecting the diversity and breadth of GR Group, the newsletter covers a wide range of topics, from ...