BCCJ ACUMEN - May 2014
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e magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan INDUSTRY & A-LIST M&A AND LEGAL & COMPLIANCE ECONOMY EXPORT TO JAPAN REAL ESTATE HEALTH MEDIA COMMUNITY ARTS and much more ACUMEN UK bikes, parts and riders challenge Japan 18 HEAVY METAL May 2014 | ¥900 bccjacumen.com Memory lane for motors Death penalty: for and against Foodex: Taste for quality 24 40 53 MAY 2014 ◆ BCCJ ACUMEN ◆ THE MAGAZINE OF THE BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN JAPAN BCCJACUMEN.COM
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The magazine of the
British Chamber of
Commerce in Japan
INDUSTRY & A-LIST
M&A AND LEGAL & COMPLIANCE
ECONOMY
EXPORT TO JAPAN
REAL ESTATE
HEALTH
MEDIA
COMMUNITY
ARTS
and much more
AC
UM
EN
UK bikes, parts and riders challenge Japan
18
HEAVYMETAL
May 2014 | ¥900 bccjacumen.com
Memory lane for motors
Death penalty: for and against
Foodex: Taste for quality
24 40 53
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OF T
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IN JA
PAN
BC
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Mergers & Acquisitions
34 Anti-bribery
and corruption issues in M&A
35 A-LIST
37 Compliance-related risks
38 EXPORT TO JAPAN
Market Insight
• Bewareofcorporatelaws
• Getwisetoglobaljinzai
40 HERITAGE
Memory lane for motors
Rallypaystributeto
classicmarques
47 SECTOR FOCUS
Mixed progress
48 ARTS
UK Events in Japan
• Violamasters
• IRAtheatre
• Shakespeareplay
• Culturalballet
• Aerialdance
• Multi-mediaart
50 COMMUNITY
Photos from UK–Japan events
52 HEALTH
A necessary vaccine?
Japaneseencephalitis
53 IF YOU ASK ME
Death penalty: for and against
Stanceonexecutions
requiresreview
54 BOOK REVIEW
Tenth of December
iandestainsobe
7 PUBLISHER
Winds of change
simonfarrell
8 MEDIA
UK–Japan news
11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Record-breaking year
lorihendersonmbe
12 MEDIA
Japan news
15 PRESIDENT
Special thanks
davidbickle
17 BCCJ EVENT
Online presence
LinkedIneventhighlightsmany
functionsofnetworkingplatform
18 TOP STORY
Heavy metal
UKbikes,partsandriders
challengeJapan
24 FOOD
Taste for quality
26 ECONOMY
Wave of optimism
ConferencehighlightsJapan’s
economicpotentialandambitions
29 REAL ESTATE
Bridge to 2020
MitsuileadsNihombashiplan
INDUSTRY
Legal & Compliance
33 Fertile field
May 2014
COVER: NORTON
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TheBritishChamberofCommerceinJapan
BCCJMISSION
TostrengthenbusinesstiesbetweenBritainandJapan,promote
and supportthebusinessinterestsofallourMembers,andactively
encouragenewbusinessentrantsintotheJapanesemarket
as well as JapaneseinvestmentintotheUK.
LEADERS
President:DavidBickle
DeloitteToucheTohmatsu
EXECUTIVESTAFF
ExecutiveDirector:LoriHendersonMBE
OperationsManager:SanaeSamata
MembershipandMarketingAssistant:SarahFirth
EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE
ReikoSakimura|CliffordChanceLawOffice
IainFerguson|Lloyd’sJapanInc.
GrahamDavis|IndividualMember
HarunoYoshida|BTJapanCorporation
JamesDodds|KPMG
AlisonJambert|Eat CreativeK.K.
JontyBrunner|BritishAirways
YokoKosugi|TheRoyalBankofScotlandplc
RichardThornleyCBE|IndividualMember
PhilipTGibbOBE|IndividualMember
SimonFarrell|Custom MediaK.K.
JamesWeeks|KreabGavinAndersonK.K.
AnnaPinsky|IndividualMember
EXOFFICIO
SueKinoshita|BritishEmbassyTokyo
JeffStreeter|BritishCouncilJapan
BCCJACUMEN
EditorinChief:SimonFarrell
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