UK-Japan Relations

March 1, 2024

Blossoming connections: Bringing together the National Trust movements in the UK and Japan

With generous support from the Great British Sasakawa Foundation, staff from the National Trust and International National Trusts Organisation are visiting Japan from 25 March to 4 April 2024. The purpose of the visit is twofold. Firstly, to connect with the heritage and nature conservation sector in Japan. And secondly, to deepen understanding of Hanami, …
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March 1, 2024

Blossoming connections: Bringing together the National Trust movements in the UK and Japan

With generous support from the Great British Sasakawa Foundation, staff from the National Trust and ...

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July 18, 2023

The Accession of the United Kingdom to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Summary

Source: UK Gov The UK has now signed its Accession Protocol to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agr ...

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March 31, 2023

The UK Concludes Trade Talks with Member Countries of the CPTPP: What does this Mean for Trade in the Member Countries

The UK has concluded trade talks with member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreemen ...

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December 9, 2022

New plans to strengthen tech ties between UK and Japan

Source: UK Gov Today the UK and Japan have unveiled details of a new digital partnership to turbocha ...

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October 20, 2022

Investing in the UK: Implications of the 2021 National Security and Investment Act

January 2022 saw the introduction of the UK’s 2021 National Security and Investment Act (NSI Act), ...

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July 8, 2022

Statement from BCCJ President, Richard Lyle on Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

The BCCJ and its membership were shocked and saddened to hear the tragic news of the shooting and pa ...

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May 9, 2022

UK and Japan set to rapidly accelerate defence and security ties with landmark agreement

Source: UK Gov The Prime Minister hosted his Japanese counterpart on May 5 to deepen the UK’s rela ...

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April 27, 2022

New BCCJ President and Executive Committee Elected at AGM 2022

The results of the BCCJ’s contested 2022-2023 BCCJ Executive Committee (Excom) Election were a ...

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March 8, 2022

Special Announcement: Leadership Transition at the BCCJ

As we approach the end of the 2021-22 Chamber year, the Executive Committee (Excom) of the British C ...

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February 25, 2022

Trade Secretary secures major trade bloc milestone ahead of Asia visit

Source: UK Gov The UK reaches a major milestone to join £8.4 trillion CPTPP free trade area Announc ...

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February 22, 2022

BCCJ: 40 Industries at your Fingertips

Looking for new connections or inspiration? Did you know that the British Chamber of Commerce in Jap ...

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February 16, 2022

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

As many BCCJ members will know, 2022 marks the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. T ...

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February 4, 2022

BCCJ Members Mitsui Fudosan, Clarence Education Asia collaboration: Rugby School Japan

Basic agreement to develop Rugby School Japan in Chiba On January 31 2022, BCCJ member organisations ...

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December 17, 2021

BBA 2021 Winner Profile: UK-Japan Partnership – Ocado Group & AEON

In November 2019, Ocado Group and Aeon announced the establishment of a partnership designed to revo ...

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December 15, 2021

ESR – named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winners in real estate

The BCCJ is pleased to share the good news that Jeffrey Shen and Stuart Gibson, Co-founders and Co-C ...

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November 30, 2021

UK-Japan Travel Advice – Omicron COVID-19 variant (Nov 30 2021)

The new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has led to stricter border controls in countries ar ...

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