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
If you needed proof that shopping really does make you feel better, look no further than post-earthquake Japan. An informal survey by a consumer brand consultancy one month on from the 3/11 quake and tsunami showed that although only a …
I think everyone has been moved by the plight of the areas of Japan hit by last month's earthquake and tsunami. Everyone's wanted to do their bit to help - but how to do that in a way that is …
It was the power of nature that threw Japan cruelly off-course in March, with the horrific damage and loss of life caused by the earthquake and tsunami. And it’s the power of nature that’s gradually getting things back on track …
When I was in the UK last month I spoke to dozens of British companies, trying to enthuse them about the idea of exporting to Japan. Anyone who I managed to convince is probably now having second thoughts. Surely any …
I’ve just come back from Liberty’s seminar on the Spring Summer 2012 fabric collection, held in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district for Liberty Japan’s main fabric customers. Antiques, archives and costume were the main themes for the collection - sounds a …
Demonstrating children’s colouring products at a gift show in Japan brought back memories of my childhood. This may sound a strange activity for us to engage in, but this is just one very practical way we can support UK companies …
A Japanese businessman came to call on me the other day to talk about the UK economy. In telling me about his company's experiences it struck me that his story was the story in microcosm of most of Japanese industry. …
Japan's seen record snowfalls this year, right along its Japan Sea coast and northern prefectures, enough to bury entire houses. And yet the traffic keeps flowing. How come? Well, a mixture of preparation, and ingenuity. One Japanese company making rice …
Sometimes the metaphors just write themselves. Anyone who saw Japan and Korea battling it out in the semi-final of the Asia Cup will have recognised the real-life rivalry that exists between these two neighbours. 1-1 at full-time, 2-2 at extra …
Is Japan on the verge of a major change on a par with the Meiji Revolution, or is it heading for a third "lost decade"? That was the question underlying the visit to Japan this month of Simon Fraser, the …
