JETRO RELEASES SURVEY REPORT ON EXPECTATION OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES FOR FISCAL 2021

Highlights –

• JETRO releases survey report on the expectation of business activities for fiscal 2021.
• Around 80 percent of overseas affiliates of Japanese companies expect business to return normal in 2021.
• From the survey, around 30.9...

JICA LAUNCHED AN ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT FOREIGN WORKERS IN JAPAN

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• JICA launched an organization to support foreign workers in Japan.
• The agency will seek to make Japan an attractive choice for foreigners to work in.
• The organization aims to produce tangible results by 2023.
• A...

US-CHINA TENSION LEADS JAPANESE COMPANIES TO SHIFT BUSINESS TO ASEAN

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• US-China tension leads Japanese companies to shift business to ASEAN.
• Japan External Trade Organization conducted a survey to check the impact of the above.
• The survey was conducted between November and December of last y...

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO HELP LOCAL COMPANIES EXPORT MADE-IN-JAPAN CRAFTS ONLINE

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• Japanese government to help local companies exports made-in-Japan crafts online.
• JETRO has picked 519 items by 121 producers to be sold online.
• JETRO has established an online system to put the products to overseas marke...

EUROPEAN BUSINESSES GROUP WANTS JAPAN TO RELAX TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• A group representing European businesses is requesting Japanese government to set aside entry restrictions imposed on foreigners.
• The entry restrictions on foreigners were imposed by Japan in 2019.

A European business lobb...