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Jakob Edberg, GR Japan Managing Director, presented our analysis and predictions on the upcoming upper house election at "IPF: 2016 House of Councillors Election Special" on 28 June. His presentation is available as attached.  Should you like to know...

As UK voted to leave EU on 24 June, Japan Time,  Prime Minister Abe said that he would take an action to stabilize the markets and called for an urgent meeting with the Bank of Japan and Ministers this morning. The government has also commented that ...

The official campaign for the 2016 House of Councillors election kicked off on 22 June. A total of 389 candidates declared to run in the election that will be taken place on 10 July, vying for half of the chamber's 242 seats. As PM Abe calls economy ...

Jakob Edberg, Managing Director of GR Japan, was quoted in the article of Nihon Keizai Shimbun on the government relations activities in the new era of the Japanese industries on 20 May. The article is available from the link below. (Japanese only)

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.

The ordinary Diet session came to an end with a long-awaited announcement from Prime Minister Abe regarding his decision to postpone a raise in consumption tax until October 2019. With the Prime Minister denying any imminent plans to dissolve the low...