********************************************************************* Issue 76 [September 2013] OCCI e-Magazine http://www.osaka.cci.or.jp/e/index.html ********************************************************************* [CONTENTS: September 2013] 1. (Notification) Invitation to the 2013 Joint Chamber International Meishi Exchange 2. Follow-up Meeting held for the Korea-Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Summit Meeting 3. Visiting Seattle\The Osaka Government Tourism Bureau and a tourism association in Seattle sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 4. Japan-China Elder-care Industry Cooperation Promotion Platform established 5. OCCI International Division report on VIP visitors ===================================================================== 1. (Notification) Invitation to the 2013 Joint Chamber International Meishi Exchange Under one roof, local Japanese businesses will join their foreign counterparts to strengthen existing ties and build new partnerships during an evening of business networking. This event is your opportunity to meet the main players and to explore new market opportunities in Kansai and abroad. Kansai's Consular Corp as well as City and Prefectural Government officials will be on hand to facilitate networking and to provide market information to participants. Leaders from both the international and local business Chambers will also be in attendance to offer their expertise on current market conditions and potential business strategies. E Date: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 E Time: 18:30 - 21:00 E Venue: Hilton Hotel Osaka, 5th Floor. For registration and further details of this event, please click here: @@ http://www.osaka.cci.or.jp/b/pdf13/131031kansai.pdf For inquiries, please contact: @@ Yumiko Nagoshi (Ms.), International Division, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tel:06-6944-6400 Fax: 06-6944-6293 E-mail: nagoshi@osaka.cci.or.jp ===================================================================== 2. Follow-up Meeting held for the Korea-Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Summit Meeting On August 26, Chairman Sato of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, welcoming President Mr. Cho Sung-Jae of the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chairman Mr. Park Hung-Seok of the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, held a Follow-up Meeting in Osaka for the 7th Korea- Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Summit Meeting, which focused on each regionfs tourism exchanges. This meeting eventuated as the result of a call from Chairman Sato to follow up on the Korea-Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Summit Meeting, which was held in Sendai in June this year. This time, Chairman Sato, after explaining the outline of the OCCI's Project to be a City of Tourism and Entertainment, introduced the Osaka Government Tourism Bureau, which was inaugurated through public-private sector joint efforts in April this year, as well as the cooperation between the Osaka Government Tourism Bureau and gVisit Seattleh (a tourism association) at the time he visited the U.S. in August. President Kenji Nishida of the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau (Managing Director and Secretary General of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry) reported on an increase in the number of visitors from South Korea to Japan, and Representative Director and CEO Shinichi Inoue of Peach Aviation presented its plan to launch services on the Kansai International Airport - Busan route in September this year. The two Korean Chairmen explained their respective tourism promotion plans, mutually learning about their efforts for those plans as a reference to expand their tourism exchanges in the future. ===================================================================== 3. Visiting Seattle\The Osaka Government Tourism Bureau and a tourism association in Seattle sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Shigetaka Sato, Chairman of the OCCI visited Seattle in the United States from August 18 to 22, and implemented promotional activities for Osaka/Kansai at the Kansai Seminar. This was Chairman Sato's third visit to Seattle, following his visits in September last year and February this year. This Seminar was held as part of the project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the friendship ties between Hyogo Prefecture and the state of Washington. Furthermore, the Chairman was present at a business partnership agreement between gVisit Seattleh, a tourism association in Seattle, and the Osaka Government Tourism Bureau, which was inaugurated in April. Chairman Sato has visited Seattle three times since September last year in order to increase and improve air travel links between Osaka/Kansai and Seattle, as well as to promote tourism exchanges. This time, he coordinated his visit to the U.S. to the project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the friendship ties between Hyogo Prefecture and the state of Washington, in which Seattle is located. Also speaking for the Kyoto and Kobe Chambers of Commerce and Industry, he jointly promoted the three cities\Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe\with those chambers for representatives of local companies. In the Kansai Seminar and the Tourism Product Fair, both of which were held on the 20th, Chairman Sato from the OCCI, Chairman Ohashi from the KCCI (Kobe), and President Okuhara of the KCCI (Kyoto) introduced each regions' business and investment environments and tourist attractions. Also, since a trend for tourism exchanges has been developed through the past two visits, Chairman Sato, accompanied by Executive Director Kano of the Osaka Government Tourism Bureau, inaugurated in April this year, made a passionate speech on tourist attractions in Osaka/Kansai at the Seminar. Furthermore, a business partnership agreement was concluded during this visit to promote mutual exchanges between Visit Seattle and the Osaka Government Tourism Bureau. In the presence of Chairman Sato, who served as a mediator between these organizations, those two cities signed a memorandum to establish a cooperative and collaborative relationship for the promotion of inbound and outbound flows between the two cities. ===================================================================== 4DJapan-China Elder-care Industry Cooperation Promotion Platform established Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in order to obtain business opportunities through solving problems connected with the aging society in China, established the Japan-China Elder-care Industry Cooperation Promotion Platform, and recently has begun seeking registrants. In China, with its rapidly aging population, medical and nursing care for the gGeritol Generationh has become a major problem. However, this is the first establishment of a platform designed to promote Japan-China cooperation in the elder-care industrial field. The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made efforts since last year to collect related information by dispatching investigation teams and by holding workshops that focus on the development of nursing care projects in China. Based on these efforts, this platform will provide updated information on related events, and national policies, markets and concrete matters about China for the registrants, in addition to dispatching business missions to understand the local situation. Also, in this platform, in order to advertise the advantages of the elder-care industry of Japan, an introduction booklet (translated from Japanese into Chinese) of Japanese companies with high-quality services and equipment will be prepared and distributed widely to Chinese government officials and related organizations. Since the registration to the platform is free of charge, active participation will be called for from interested companies and groups. ===================================================================== 5DOCCI International Division report on VIP visitors August 26(Mon.) Mr. Sung Je CHO, President, Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Korea Mr. Hung-Seok PARK, Chairman, Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Korea Setember 11(Wed.) Dr. Bernard NIKAJI, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo Mr. Ahmet SHALA, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo ŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸžŸž O-BIC as one-stop service center for creating a foothold in Osaka http://o-bic.net/ Osaka Business & Investment Center (O-BIC), established in 2001, is operated through the joint efforts of the Osaka Prefectural Government, Osaka City Government, and Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry. 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