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With the Rugby World Cup 2019 just around the corner, here’s a reminder of the matches involving UK teams!

PRESS RELEASE: International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss announces call for input into new UK-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. (Photo by Aleksander Pasaric)

Excitement is building for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2019 as the national teams arrived in cities across Japan this week to an exceedingly warm welcome. The high interest in Asia’s first RWC is also reflected in the uptake of travel and hospitality packages, with sales to date exceeding expectations, according to RWC exclusive official hospitality and supporter tour provider STH Japan.

With two weeks to go until the kick-off of the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2019, Welsh Government representatives to Japan are ramping up their efforts to build ties between Wales and Japan during the six-week global sporting event.

Officially announced in January of this year by Prime Minister Abe during his visit to the UK, the UK in Japan 2019-20 campaign is launching this month with the start of the Rugby World Cup, running through the Olympic Games and ending next September 2020 with the Paralympic Games.

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The British Chamber of Commerce in Japan is delighted to sponsor ‘Applying Neuroscience to Business‘ alongside trusted partners, NTT Data, University College London and Shiseido. This year’s event will bring together a diverse collection of influential speakers and guests from across borders to listen, learn and find solutions connected to neuroscience and its role in business.

In light of the BCCJ’s Travel Tourism Think Tank – Responsible Tourism on  July 29, involving participation from The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), the administrative institution has released a smartphone app designed to help Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2019 attendees from abroad navigate Japan ahead of the tournament’s kick-off on September 20.

With a government target of 40 million international visitors by 2020 and 60 million by 2030, how can Japan ready itself? How can it benefit economically while avoiding the social and environmental impact of overtourism? And, how can regions outside the “golden triangle” of Tokyo–Kyoto–Osaka get more of the tourism pie?

For twelve years, the BCCJ’s British Business Awards (BBA) have been celebrating and rewarding the best of UK-Japan business relationships. In the lead up to the 2019 BBA, to be held on the evening of November 8th at Hotel Gajoen, you have the opportunity to nominate your favourite companies and individuals – and even your own company – to win the most prestigious award for British businesses in Japan.

The BCCJ is delighted to welcome RSA Japan on becoming an Entrepreneur Member!

Struggling electronics and machinery giant Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a 40 percent equity stake in British nuclear power firm NuGeneration Ltd. from Engie SA of France to make it a wholly-owned subsidiary,according to The Japan News on 26 July.