GR Japan happily and proudly celebrated its 6th anniversary on 18 May.  Thanks for your generous support in the past six years. We would appreciate your continuous guidance and encouragement in the future.

Japanese government will take further measures to boost its economy, according to the media. After a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) on 4 April, the government announced a plan to stimulate consumer spending, by introducing new steps such as distributing vouchers for child care services, shopping coupons and travel vouchers, etc, aiming to lift GDP.  Prime Minister Abe instructed ministers to prepare the measures that should be intensively worked on in order to be included in a fiscal and economic blueprint. For more details, please visit the link below.

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 the diplomatic policies and security issues, touching upon Japan's relations with South Korea, China and Russia,  and briefly mentioned about the revision of the Constitution. For the entire text of his speech, please visit the link below.

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 fields of government relations and public policy will share their global experience and talk about best practice for international businesses in this area. They will help you understand and plan effective approaches to government engagement.