Around a half of the 1,100 or so Japanese companies in the UK have filed their annual reports for the financial year 2021/2. Most paint a positive picture of recovery from the pandemic and resilience to any impact from Brexit. …
Read MoreExcluding automotive production, Japanese manufacturing operations in the UK have been relatively stable since 2015/6. Out of 200 or so companies, only a handful of companies have closed in the past five years, and much of this was to …
Read MoreFor many years the UK was host to the largest number of Japanese automotive manufacturers and their employees in Europe. This was thanks to Toyota, Nissan and Honda all having factories there. which in turn attracted a large number of …
Read MoreThe total number of people employed by the 30 largest Japanese companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has grown over the past year – despite the pandemic – but only by 3% overall. The top 30 employ around …
Read More(This article was first published in Japanese in the Teikoku Databank News in July 2021)
It has been six months since the UK left the EU and the transition period ended. According to my research and also a recent survey …
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The recent news about Nissan and its Chinese battery manufacturing partner Envision deciding to go ahead with expanding the battery plant in Sunderland, to supply a new electric vehicle model, led me to revisit my researches on trends on the …
Our latest Top 30 Japanese companies in the UK shows a 1.3% drop overall in employee numbers from 2019 to 2020*, the first fall we have seen in the seven years we have been tracking the Top 30. As most …
Read MoreOnly around 10% of Japanese companies in the UK mention any charitable donations in their annual reports, and yet according to Toyo Keizai, many of the largest Japanese companies in the UK top the rankings for contributions to corporate …
Read MoreGermany and the UK are host to a similar number of Japanese companies, and a similar number of people are employed by Japanese companies in both countries. Comparing the 30 largest employers in each country reveals some significant differences however, …
Read MoreI occasionally buy objects in local antiques shops which are a hybrid of Japanese and British design and manufacturing. Most of these date from the late 19th or early 20th century when Japonaiserie was at its peak in …
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