In every Japanese office, in the period going from February to May, there is at least one colleague who cannot help but keep sneezing, coughing, nose-blowing, and generally feeling pretty bad every day. The cause is the feared kafunsho season, the hay fever problem that every year affects millions of people in Japan. The reason…
When on January 5th Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for business leaders to speed up the wage rise process, his voice was definitely heard. According to a Reuters monthly poll, more than half of Japanese companies are currently planning to raise wages this year. One of the first companies responding to this call to…
In January 2020, the World Economic Forum announced an ambitious plan: the Reskilling Revolution aims to provide 1 billion people with better education, skills, and economic opportunities by 2030. With the collaboration of 50 CEOs, 25 ministers, and 350 organizations, the aim is to prepare companies and workers with the needed skills for a future…
The DOC delle Venezie – the largest in Italy, bringing together the operators of the Pinot Grigio DOC production chain from Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Trentino – in collaboration with ICCJ will present a full calendar of events, including tie ups with A.Q.I restaurants, SNS and Youtube contents to promote the denomination among buyers,…
Il 28 gennaio presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Tokyo, durante l’Assemblea Generale 2022, i soci di ICCJ hanno eletto sei su otto membri del Consiglio Direttivo
Two years have passed since the Japan-EU EPA came into effect in February 2019. On February 1, 2021, the number of food and drink products protected by geographical indications (GIs) – a distinctive sign used to identify a product whose quality, reputation or other such characteristics relate to its geographical origin – was expanded, and…
The economical crisis brought by Covid-19 is putting big attention on the topic of employee dismissal. Generally speaking, foreign investors consider that the Italian regulation is not favorable to the company’s side when it’s time to deal with the dismissal of employees. However, the situation has changed positively from 2012 with the first important reform…
What will the social media world look like after the pandemic? As we have learned so far in 2020, it is not possible to ever be 100% prepared for the future. It is important to try to predict trends, strategize and plan, but we have to be flexible and ready to shift marketing and business…
The “JOOP SELECTION 2016” guide, which is curated by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, will be soon available. The guide, in English and Japanese, will be distributed on line and will be an important resource for the members of the Chamber as well as restaurant managers and olive oil importers in Japan. This…
