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Are you familiar with legal procedures to fully comply with when exporting and selling agri-food products to Japan?Agri-food sector is one of the three areas where the EU expect to make the greatest gains under the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which came into force on 1 February 2019. This is the second webinar of a series of three practical guides for the EU producers and exporters of agri-food products to know the legal procedures and comply to full extent with legal...

Are you familiar with managerial planning to draw optimal results when exporting and selling your agri-food products to Japan?Agri-food sector is one of the three areas where the EU expect to make the greatest gains under the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which came into force on 1 February 2019. This is the last webinar of a series of three practical guides for the EU producers and exporters of agri-food products to learn how to make managerial planning and optimise the outcomes...

What are the characteristics of the Japanese Circular Economy in terms of policy, business and trade?The Japanese government has taken significant steps to develop a circular economy policy framework. It incorporates the Japanese concepts of a Sound Material-Cycle Society (SMCS) and the 3Rs (reduce reuse and recycle) to promote waste minimisation and effective utilisation of resources, driven by a concern about the lack of landfill sites and the need for effective resource use. The Japanese...

How can I access the Japanese market as a novel biopharmaceutical product's owner?Japan includes a huge market for biopharmaceutical products which is open for innovative products and services, also those from abroad. Current trends are in immunotherapeuticals, cell-based products and genomic medicine. Japanese regulations favour innovative products and services and thus may offer an opportunity for fast-track market access. In view of specific rules and regulations, however, it may be...

Do you want strategic and pragmatic advice on how to deal with Japanese post-M&A challenges?Despite 2018 being a record year in Japanese outbound M&A activity, only 11% of Japanese companies admit to a successful post-M&A process. 'Who are the real stakeholders?'; 'Decision-making is very ambiguous’; ’What is their plan?' These reoccurring questions from top executives across a wide range of European companies indicate some of the underlying frustrations and challenges. The background for this...

Japan is quietly becoming a world leader in nanotechnology: what are the recent trends of this sector?It’s not very widely known or publicised by the Japanese government, but nanotech has reached a more mature stage in Japan which is leading to a variety of new initiatives and innovations which were not even conceivable when nanotech first came to the world’s attention a couple of decades ago. Japanese government initiatives as well as private company R&D has given Japanese researchers a much...

How will Japan use its leadership in bioscience and biotech to make its economy sustainable?Japan has long been successful in the commercial application of bioscience, in particular in biomedicine and industrial biotechnology. Only recently, Japan has defined its own agenda in this field, centred on the concept of a “bio-digital integration”. This new openness offers opportunities for European SMEs and startups with sustainable products, competencies for their production, or technologies to team...

When do I have to pay Consumption Tax when I do business with Japan?Do I have to pay Consumption Tax? How can I get paid consumption tax back? How to deal with Consumption Tax when doing business with or in Japan is a question that is often asked to JTPP Helpdesk’s experts, as Japan’s CT operates rather differently from the EU VAT regime. In this webinar, Tokyo-based tax attorney Mrs. Hiroko Koido will give an outline of the rules regarding Consumption Tax in Japan, discuss the changes after the...

What are the legal requirements you should comply with when addressing employment issues?Knowledge of labour law is simply essential to the success and sustainability of your business activities in Japan. Complying with legal requirements related to human resources matters will ensure legal certainty for your business activities and for your employees in the workplace and help you make sure basic requirements are met in order to avoid litigation.The webinar is targeted to EU companies seeking to...

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of communication with Japanese partners?This webinar on cross-cultural communication will not dwell on the popular assumptions about the cultural differences between Japan and Europe. Rather the aim to approach the matter of divergence from a fresh perspective by probing the differences in the underlying assumptions pertaining to the actual business challenges as experienced by European companies dealing with Japan and Japanese...

Do you want to understand and influence decision-making processes in Japanese organisations?Decision-making processes in Japanese organisations is an area of considerable bafflement to outsiders, but the Japanese approach to decision-making is based on different priorities and concerns, behind which lies clear pragmatic thinking. This webinar will supply an understanding of the underlying assumptions pertaining to decision-making processes in Japanese organisations and tools and tactics for...

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of trust and relationship building with Japanese partners?We all know that trust, networking and personal relations are important in Japan, but it is not so much appreciated that these three facets of business life are dramatically more important to Japanese companies. The three words, while superficially translatable into European languages, have meanings and connotations that are highly culture-specific. In this webinar we will...

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of strategic planning with Japanese partners?In this webinar, we will discuss strategy and strategic planning between European and Japanese organisations. The popular literature on cross-cultural management focuses on cultural differences up-front at the neglect of the actual business challenges. One such challenge, about which the literature is largely silent, concerns a matter of paramount importance to many European companies...

Is the Japanese leather and footwear market worth the effort for EU companies? Yes in so many ways!Finding new export channels is critical for any business but especially now during the Covid-19 crisis. Japan offers EU companies a real opportunity to find new sales. Japan may be affected as much as many markets, but the lock down has not been as severe and economic functions continue. Japanese consumers also have much, much higher savings levels than many markets so, even in downturn, have more...

To what extent is the AI utilised in Japan’s healthcare industry today?Japan’s government has highlighted Artificial Intelligence as a way to take on various challenges in the society including the healthcare industry. How to reduce increasing healthcare costs and transform the healthcare delivery to provide better outcomes are two major concerns. Major technology companies such as NEC and Fujitsu are utilising AI focusing on new approaches to diagnostics and drug discovery. Several start-ups...

What business opportunities does the Japanese meat market offer to EU SMEs?Today, the domestic production of meat can only meet about half of Japan’s demand and the shortfall is made up of imports. Changing lifestyles have been driving a shift towards more consumption of meat. For many years, the main exporters have been the U.S. and Australia. In recent years, exports from other nations including the EU are growing as a result of conclusion of free trade agreements as well as increasing...

What opportunities does the Japanese Electronics Sector offer to SMEs in EU?In 1957 Sony developed a small handheld transistor radio. This is the start of the Japanese Electronic industry. Other Japanese companies followed, and the Japanese electronics sector proliferated into many new areas. Japan become the largest exporting country of electronics goods to the rest of the world.Lately, countries like Taiwan, South Korea and recently also China has taken a significant market share, especially...

What does the existing structure of Japan’s organic food and beverage market look like, and what are the business opportunities for EU SMEs?A webinar delving into the organic food and beverage market in Japan. We take a look at the overall sector trends, highlight the key domestic and international players, how to effectively communicate the ‘organic’ concept to Japanese consumers, what the target demographic for organic looks like, as well as key promotional events, how to obtain official...

Japan is just beginning a multiple decade effort to transform its economy towards artificial intelligence. But its education sector is way way behind in its ability to provide the large numbers of AI knowledgeable workers that future economy will need.Can your company supply AI education tools, models, software or products to Japans education sector? Japan is about to spend big on AI for the education sector. Every sector of the economy from autonomous driving to the hospital sector will need AI...

What are the legal aspects to consider when selecting the best entry strategy for the Japanese nanomedicine/pharmaceutical market? The Japanese pharmaceutical market is seeing more and more foreign entrants. There are two main ways to enter the market: establishing a direct presence in Japan by setting up your own branch office or a 100% owned subsidiary, or, alternatively, forming marketing alliances including licensing agreements. There are usually many factors that together will determine the...