Location: Tokyo, JP Company: Intesa Sanpaolo Group Intesa Sanpaolo is the banking group leader in Italy. Assisting more than 14,6 million of retail customers through a network of 5360 branches, it significantly supports the development of Companies and gives an important sustain to the country’s growth. The Group has a selected retail banking presence in Central and Eastern…
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…
Special offer for the members of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan.Now is the chance to try FLAVIA, the stylish and reliable office coffee machine, together with our premium coffee LAVAZZA in your office for two weeks for free. LAVAZZA boasts a history of more than 120 years in Italy, the home of espresso…
EU excludes Japan from the list of third countries for which member states should gradually lift restrictions on non-essential travel This list is reviewed every two weeks, and this time the restrictions have been tightened again in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection in Japan. However, this announcement is only at EU…
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 effects of Coronavirus are still vivid: in this case, we are not talking about health issues, but the impact that the lockdown had on the habits of Italians and, in particular, on digital commerce. During these months e-commerce has become a priority channel for securing essential products without leaving home. According to the Consumer…
Thursday, July 16, 11 am Italian time (6 pm JST) Note: the webinar will be held in Italian. Are you interested in the Japanese market but don’t know where to start? You heard that Japan is a “interesting” or “difficult” Country and you would like to know more? Or maybe you are already exporting but…
Note: the webinar will be held in Italian. Are you interested in the Japanese market but don’t know where to start? You heard that Japan is an “interesting” or “difficult” Country and you would like to know more? Or maybe you are already exporting but you still haven’t understood how to grow your business here?…
HOW IS THE DIGITAL MARKETING EVOLVING? It’s one year since the entrance into force of the economic partnership agreement between Europe and Japan (February 1st, 2019), which has led to greater liberalism in the relations between these two important economic realities, bringing them closer than ever. The agreement removed import-export duties, reducing the economic impact…
