China Economically Risky: Japan-Australia Business Strengthen Ties: Details

Anonymous, on July 9, 2020 commented:

Noting the growing US-China confrontation and as a pathway for Japan, Yukimitsu Sanada (Professor, Department of Business, Aichi Shukutoku University) [1] proposed greater trade and investment co-operation between Japan and Australia.

The world economy, including trade supply chains, has been damaged by the Coronavirus spread. Australia has a huge amount of resources in its vast land area. Japan should invest in Australia and to increase Australian economic productivityry.

Anonymous thinks it is an interesting idea.

[1] Prime News 08/07/2020 (Fuji TV, Japan) (Professor Yukimitsu Sanada is an expert on East Asian regional economy and international finance, at Aichi Shukutoku University). Takabumi Suzuooki (or Suzuki?) and Yukimitsu Sanada made an excellent presentation/analysis on the politics of South Korea and international finance in Japan.

PETE COMMENT

Three useful sources on Japan-Australia trade promotion are:

1. the Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee (AJBCC) "about" which has a large number of Australian academic, corporate and government members and
its Counterpart Organisation is the "Japan Australia Business Co-operation Committee (JABCC) based in Tokyo. "The list of JABCC member companies is available here.

Overview of the JABCC and its activities. " [which takes the reader to the Australia-Japan Economic Commission (website in Japanese BUT right-click mouse to translate into English)]

So the AJBCC and JABCC may now have been effectively renamed the:

2.  the Australia-Japan Economic Commission (website in Japanese BUT right-click mouse to translate into English, as Pete did). Its Chairman is Akio Mimura, President of Tosho Nikko. 

The 57th Japan-Australia Economic Joint Committee Meeting was held in Osaka Prefecture from October 7 to 9, 2019:

"In the opening remark, Chairman Mimura addressed the common theme of the plenary session as "a new partnership for the future" and new themes such as "Resources and Energy and SDGs". , I want to create an opportunity to think about the future of Japan and Australia."

"The two-day plenary session will actively exchange views on the issues and roles that the two countries should tackle under the five themes such as "infrastructure investment, urban development, urban concentration," "sessions by next-generation leaders," and "innovation startups." The we. At each session, the possibility of new business opportunities was discussed, and it was introduced that concrete cooperation and partnerships are progressing across industries, regions, and generations."

The two chairs summarized the conference, "In addition to the long-standing traditional relationship between Australia and Japan, we need to strengthen our two countries by building new relationships for the future."

The next meeting is scheduled for October 18-20, 2020, in Adelaide, Australia.

and

3.  the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Factsheet on the "Australia-Japan bilateral relationship" including "Strategic partnership" and "Economic engagement"

Anonymous and Pete