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On 25 January, specialist professional recruitment firm Robert Walters Japan announced results of ‘counteroffers’ from employees in its Salary Survey 2024*.

On Monday February 19, the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan (BCCJ) will begin accepting applications for the 2024-2025 BCCJ Executive Committee (Excom).

Sanderson Design Group PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. It is the proud home of some of the UK’s most respected fabric and wallpaper houses, including Clarke & Clarke, Harlequin, Morris & Co., Sanderson, Scion and Zoffany.

BCCJ Junior Editor, Ami Endo caught up with Beni Powell, Sales Account Manager at British Council Japan to learn more about the crucial role of English language in global business success.

The 16th annual British Business Awards
“Challenge the ordinary, achieve the extraordinary”
celebrates the very best of UK-Japan business relations,
organised by the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

The best of UK-Japan relations, as well as British excellence, innovation, diversity, entrepreneurship and responsible business contributions in Japan were recognised last night at the British Business Awards 2023 (BBA2023), welcoming over 330 guests to the Hilton Tokyo.

British Airways’ predecessor, BOAC, became the first British airline to operate passenger flights between the UK and Japan in 1948

The phenomenon of “boomerang employees”, professionals who return to their former place of work, has seen an increase across global markets since the end of the pandemic.

“Northern Ireland is in the unbelievably special position, a unique position in the entire world, in having privileged access not just to the UK home market, which is the fifth biggest in the world, but also the European Union single market. Nobody else has that,” said UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

英国の伝統的な文化を体感し、その学びの場となる「ヴァルカナイズ・アカデミー」。

The new Shizuoka City Museum of History prominently features British cultural exchange during the Tokugawa (early Edo) period in a colourful and engaging exhibition.

The BCCJ’s British Business Awards (BBA) acknowledges, celebrates and rewards the achievements of companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence over the past year, showcasing the very best of UK-Japan business relationships.

The clock is ticking for businesses to prepare their operations for a new qualified invoice system to be introduced in Japan from October 2023.