The magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
FDI
July / Aug 2020
Hitachi signals new rail era in Durham
FDI
June 2019
Brexit option?
Event marks ties between Japan and Central and Eastern Europe
FDI
January 2016
People issues
The results of M&As in the UK
FDI
October 2015
Old bilateral ties draw new train plant
FDI
June 2015
Added value of inward investment
Japanese firms support education and community links
FDI
April 2013
Africa: Riches and Risks
The risks of doing business in Africa were graphically underlined in January, when fundamentalists opposed to France’s intervention in Mali took more than 800 workers hostage from the Tigantourine gas production facility near the Algerian town of In Amenas.
FDI
July 2012
Myanmar: Investor Haven?
A history of political instability, ethnic violence, international sanctions and a lack of legal protection for foreign investors are the hallmarks of the economic climate in Myanmar. But have we turned a corner?
FDI
February 2012
Investing in the Best
From Mr. Men to contact lenses, aircraft-leasing, green energy, technology, cars and parts, Japanese corporations are stepping up their deals in Britain. That has, in part, been encouraged by the strength of the yen, but long-standing ties between the two tea-drinking island nations that have for generations stressed their similarities are also convincing more Japanese firms that the UK is the place they need to be.
Main Feature
June / July 2010
Britain: Open for Business
Britain was an attractive destination for Japanese foreign direct investment long before the yen’s dramatic appreciation against sterling. The doomsayers who warned, years ago, that Japan would pull out of the UK unless it joined the euro zone have been proved wrong. On the contrary, Britain attracts more Japanese investment than any other country in Europe.