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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...