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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 ...

“Government Relations Powerhouse”: GR Japan and the GR Group are highlighted in this month’s edition of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan magazine. The article explains how GR Japan grew into the leading and most effective government relations...

On 18 September, former Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka, GR Japan’s CEO & President Jakob Edberg, and Executive Director of the GR Group in Washington D.C. Jim Fatheree spoke about the prospects and challenges fa...

Date: Tuesday 29 September 2020 Time: 8:00am – 9:00am (Japan Standard Time) GR Japan’s International Policy Forum (IPF) is honoured to welcome Yusuke Nakanishi as a speaker at its webinar.   Born in 1979, Yusuke Nakanishi is a native of Tokush...

Date: Friday 18 September 2020 Time: 8.00am–9.00am (Japan Standard Time) On 17 September, Japan’s National Diet will elect the country’s first new prime minister for nearly eight years, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga by far the most ...

2020 marks the 10-year anniversary of GR Japan, the leading government relations firm in Japan. Co-founders Jakob Edberg and Philip Howard were interviewed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and discussed how the company grew from a two-pe...

GR Japan K.K., the leading government relations and public affairs company in Japan, today announced the appointment of Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka, former Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as Senior Adviser, with immediate effect. As one of...

Japan’s government lifted the nationwide state of emergency on 25 May but some restrictions remain.  The government is now working to lift border restrictions in phases with business travellers allowed in first, and resumption of tourism later in the...

With offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Washington D.C. and London, the GR Group has been working to support employees and clients through the COVID-19 crisis. To date, there have been no cases of COVID-19 diagnosed among our staff. The company ad...

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2020 Time: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. KST GR Korea is honoured to welcome Dr Jiyoon Kim as the speaker at the first webinar to be hosted in Korea by the GR Group’s International Policy Forum (IPF).  With the governing Democratic...