UKTI Japan helps British companies succeed in Japan and Japanese businesses expand into the UK. Our friendly and experienced teams in Tokyo and Osaka provide support and advice, including tailored market research and assistance arranging your visit to Japan. We also organise a busy programme of trade missions and hire out our Embassy facilities for your business events. We'd love to talk to you about how we can help your business and you can contact us at commercial.tokyo@fco.gov.uk
It's not every day you get chauffeured around by your Ambassador, so I made the most of the experience when I joined Ambassador David Warren as he undertook a test drive of the electric Rolls Royce 102EX concept car on …
We hosted an awards ceremony at the Embassy last week for Japanese companies who want to do business with the United Kingdom. British Airways offered twenty free tickets (and Hilton Hotels free accommodation in the UK) for Japanese firms planning …
Mounds of presents, the aroma of cinnamon , the strains of Silent Night: it must be ..... August. It's hard to get in the Christmas spirit when it's 32 degrees outside, but Lush certainly did their best when they mounted …
OK, so that’s an eye-catching title for a blog, but it’s a track on the new album by London-based Emmy the Great, who played a fantastic acoustic set in Tokyo last night with Tim from Ash. I thought the very …
Or more accurately: Toyota cars to Japan. Toyota recently announced that the Avensis model built at their factory in Burnaston in Derbyshire will go on sale in Japan from September. They're aiming to sell 5,000 vehicles per year. A great …
Amidst all the concern about the nuclear failure at Fukushima the plight of the region devastated by the tsunami on 11 March has pretty much disappeared from the international headlines. But the story is still horrifyingly real for those struggling …
You might think that opening your new store in central Tokyo on 11 March, the day when the largest earthquake in a thousand years hit, constituted a pretty bad omen. In fact, Cabbages and Roses, the British interiors and clothing …
It’s a little known fact that the BBC’s Dragons’ Den started in Japan titled "Manê no Tora", (Money Tigers), created by and broadcast on Nippon Television. Now, one of the most successful Dragons’ Den pitches has made the journey back …
Ewe had better believe me that you missed a ewe-nique event last week. On 13 May at the British Embassy, the British Wool Marketing Board presented awards to Japanese companies which have contributed strongly to the promotion of British wool. …
If you ever need proof that Japan's population is aging fast - curently 21% are over the age of 65 - just head down to the Sugamo area of Tokyo on a Sunday morning. The streets are thronging with people …
