This post is also available in: JapaneseThe UK’s financial regulatory authority has announced further plans to ease the rules for banks and insurers in the UK. This is in line with both previous and current British government policy of putting more emphasis on growth and investment over concerns about safety and risk. It is also…

This post is also available in: JapaneseSomething has been puzzling me for a few years about Japanese foreign investment in the UK. The net investment by Japanese companies in the British “communications” sector since 2016 is US$55bn, over three times more than the next largest net investment, which was in the food manufacturing sector. There…

This post is also available in: JapaneseHuman resource management in Japan has changed radically over the past decade. What does this mean if your company has employees in Japan, or your parent company is Japanese? Join our online seminar (July 3 15:00-16:30 UK time/10:00-11:30 EST) to find out.  We’ll look at: The JTC – Japanese Traditional…

This post is also available in: JapaneseOne of many jobs I did not get over the years was a board position for an investment trust focused on Japan. In the “any other questions for us?” bit at the end, I raised the issue of “how do you define a Japanese company? Is it enough just…

This post is also available in: JapaneseThe largest Japan owned companies in the UK employ around 65,000 people and have grown around 5% on average in terms of employee numbers in the year 2023 to 2024. The top 5 The top three largest companies are the same as in 2015/6 – Nissan Motor Manufacturing with…

This post is also available in: JapaneseAfter a three year gap due to the pandemic, my company has rejoined the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK. My company was the first non-Japanese company, with no Japanese nationals working for it, to be allowed to become a member in 2004. This followed a change in…