Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) will hold "Global Business Seminar" on March 7 under the theme of Japan's Attractive Investment Environment in a Changing International Environment. This year also marks the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo in April 2025, which will bring world business leaders together, and will attract international attention to Japan.
In this seminar, officials involved in the Expo, local authorities, and foreign companies based in Japan will give remarks in light of the Osaka-Kansai Expo on the recent investment environment in Japan, the business environment in Japan from a foreign perspective, and the advantages of investing in Japan; while government officials will give remarks regarding institutional reforms and major policies to attract more FDI to Japan.
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Costs: Free of charge
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Friday, 7th March 2025 | 14:00 - 16:50 (JST)
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Mita Conference Hall (Mita Kaigisho) 2-1-8 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073 *Online viewing is also available
Program (Subject to change)
- Opening remarks Political representative from MOFA (TBD)
- Keynote Speech "Creating a sustainable future society on the basis of the Osaka-Kansai Expo”
Mr. TAKASHINA Jun, Deputy Secretary-General, Japan Association for the 2025 International Exposition
- Presentation1 "Kyoto City's Efforts to Promote the Attraction of Foreign Businesses.”
Mr. ONOUE Shintaro, Director, Metropolitan Business Attraction Promotion Division, Industry and Tourism Bureau, Kyoto City
- Presentation 2- "Japan's Efforts to Promote FDI in Japan.”
"Japan's efforts to achieve rural revitalization 2.0”
IWAMA Hiroshi, Deputy Director-General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Promoting Decentralization Reform, Cabinet Secretariat
"Priority Program for Attracting FDI ”
Mr. MYOCHIN Mitsuru, Deputy Director-General for Economic and Fiscal Management, Director General of the Office of Foreign Direct Investment Promotion
"JETRO's Efforts to Promote Investment in Japan”
Mr. NAKAJIMA Takeo, Director-General, Innovation Department, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
- Coffee Break
- Presentation3 "Benefit of doing business in Japan”
Mr. TAKEUCHI Ryosuke, Manager, Materials Development, QuantumScape Japan G.K.
Dr. Buzz PALMER, Founder and CEO, MedTech Actuator
- Q&A
- Closing remarks Political representative from METI (TBD)
- Networking available after the programme
Remarks
Language: Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation will be provided
Costs: free
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 3rd, 2025
Capacity : Around 180 people
Organizer
Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)
Co-organizer : Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Co-operation : Cabinet Office (CAO), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
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