April 2024 Event Highlights
View a collection of photos from the ACCJ’s April 2024 events.
ISA 600 Explained
The International Federation of Accountants has updated the International Standard on Auditing 600 (ISA 600), and the revised standard went into effect on December 15, 2023. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the revisions when it comes to group audits?
Assisting Business
With an emphasis on teamwork the ACCJ Sales Support Alliance supercharges the chamber experience by bringing together members across industries to share connections, knowledge, and help one another build business success.
March 2024 Event Highlights
View a collection of photos from the ACCJ’s March 2024 events.
February 2024 Event Highlights
View a collection of photos from the ACCJ’s February 2024 events.
Losing the Lag
Rob Claar, CEO and founder of healthcare investment, development, and commercialization platform HekaBio joins us to discuss how overseas healthcare companies can gain regulatory approval in Japan and put their innovations in the hands of Japanese doctors and patients.
Internal Controls, Sustainability, and IFRS
With two new sustainability standards in effect for annual reporting as of January 1, 2024, companies may need to reassess their internal controls to ensure they are compliant with disclosure requirements.
2024 ACCJ Shinnenkai
ACCJ members and guests ushered in the Year of the Dragon in the Imperial Hotel’s Hikari Room.
Charting the Course
The ACCJ Journal sits down with ACCJ President Victor Osumi to learn more about how his career took flight, how he became involved with the chamber, and the path he sees ahead as he takes the helm for 2024.
2023 Leaders and Volunteers of the Year
The ACCJ honored the 2023 ACCJ Leaders and Volunteers of the Year at the December Leadership Forum. Learn more about the contributions each has made to better the community and contribute to the ACCJ mission.
The Year Ahead 2024: Forecasts and Surprises
Qualitative predictions are based on a combination of experience and intuition. Like an inspired jazz solo, they deliver a genuine surprise that you did not expect but cannot live without once you’ve heard it. What unexpected riffs does 2024 have in store for Japan? Jesper Koll shares 10 twists and turns that could make for an interesting Year of the Dragon.
Shining Bright
ACCJ members and guests gathered at the Hilton Tokyo in Shinjuku on December 2 for one of the chamber’s largest annual events. And this edition offered a chance to celebrate the chamber’s 75th anniversary while also raising funds for charity.
Serene Shrines and Sauruses
As a tourist destination for inbound visitors, Fukui Prefecture often gets short shrift, especially compared with more glamorous neighbors such as Kyoto and Ishikawa Prefectures. But this may start to change when the Hokuriku Shinkansen adds Fukui, Tsuruga, Awara Onsen, and Echizen Takefu Stations to its pit stops in March 2024.
Japan Unlocked
Looking to enter the Japan market? Want to improve your existing operations? As part of Kreston Global, the world’s 13th-biggest accounting network and 10th-biggest in Japan, Kreston ProWorks helps companies establish a foothold in Japan.
The Hunt for DX Champions
Despite being a nation renowned for assimilating advanced machinery and technology into everyday life, the reality of Japan’s IT workforce paints a very different picture. But Robert Half Japan is supporting clients undergoing digital transformation and is seeing promising progress.
Synthetic Savants
Since the introduction of consumer-facing artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, generative AI has transformed how people work around the world. How might it impact specific industries in the years to come?
Renewable Ambitions
Japan has detailed ambitious plans for the wider deployment of renewable energy sources throughout the economy. Yet energy experts caution that Tokyo is unlikely to reach those targets unless policy changes are made.
2022 Person of the Year: Akio Mimura
On November 9, 2023, the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) recognized Akio Mimura as the 2022 ACCJ Person of the Year. He was chosen for his efforts to bring the Japanese and international business communities closer together during his nine years as chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI).
A Matter of Demographics
The year 2023 will go down in history as the moment when global investors began to take a serious interest in Japan. Jesper Koll shares the four Japan megatrends you and your corporate strategy must seek to exploit.
Equal Partners
In September 2018, the ACCJ released a viewpoint supporting marriage equality in collaboration with the Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network (LLAN) and five other chambers of commerce. Here is where we stand today.