For CES 2023, JETRO will present 36 innovative Japanese companies.

36 Japanese entrepreneurs will be exhibiting at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 5th to the 8th with the help of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

There will be an exhibition of ground-breaking, state-of-the-art innovations developed by J-Startup Program particip...

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...

JETRO INTRODUCES TRADITIONAL SHOCHU LIQUOR BY LAUNCHING A NEW WEBSITE

Highlights –

• JETRO introduces traditional shochu liquor by launching a new website.
• The new website is aimed towards the global export of the country’s local products.
• JETRO named the website “Discover shochu” and la...

JICA LAUNCHED AN ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT FOREIGN WORKERS IN JAPAN

Highlights –

• 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

Highlights –

• 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...