
Policy Radar June 2019
Welcome to June’s Policy Radar! This is a continuation of Langley Esquire’s new initiative to deliver up-to-date information on political

Welcome to June’s Policy Radar! This is a continuation of Langley Esquire’s new initiative to deliver up-to-date information on political

This is a continuation of Langley Esquire’s new initiative to deliver up-to-date information on political developments in the Japanese Diet. This is the last time we will post Policy Radar on our website for the general public, so please subscribe to our policy mailing list below if you wish to keep receiving these via email.

Beginning of a New Era The Current Diet session will last until June 26th, 2019, which will include the change

Casino legislation has just passed in the most recent Diet session. Now the bureaucrats must finalize the contents of the basic Integrated Resorts (IRs) regulations.

Welcome to Policy Radar! This is Langley Esquire’s new initiative to deliver up-to-date information on political developments in the Japanese

Election alert: double election in Osaka. As Japan gets ready for the unified local elections, Osaka sees prefecture Governor Matsui

Timothy Langley shares his experience and insights of working as Diet Secretary under Taro Nakayama.

2月28日、シンガポール国立大学リー・クアンユー公共政策大学院の日本研究ツアー歓迎会に出席しました。 同大学院は、世界各地から若手政治家、NGO、ジャーナリストなどが集まることで知られています。学生達は、将来のASEAN諸国のリーダーとなる人材です。 歓迎のスピーチは塩崎恭久元厚生労働大臣によって行われ、日本の政治的・社会的課題(高齢化問題など)の説明に加え、学生達に対するアドバイスがありました。学生達は、歓迎会に参加した日本の政府関係者や企業関係者から日本に関して学ぶようにアドバイスを受けました。歓迎会には務台俊介衆議院議員も出席し、学生達が真剣に話を聞いていました。 参加者達は、日本国内外の政策について活発な議論を交わしていました。

2月28日神田憲次衆議院議員のセミナーに参加しました。講師は青木孝德内閣官房審議官。テーマは外国人材受け入れについて。在留外国人や外国人労働者の現状と新たな外国人材受け入れ制度について詳細な説明がありました。日本全国各地で深刻な人手不足であることがわかりました。 We assisted Kenji Kanda’s morning seminar on the effects of the newly reformed immigration law and the acceptance of

Government Affairs Best Practices in Japan The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a U.S. bill passed in 1977, designed

An in-depth view on how to achieve effective lobbying in Japan.

Langley Esquire’s team attended a seminar hosted by Vice Foreign Minister Masahisa Sato on February 12th, 2019. Rep. Sato gave

The Diet session convened just a few days ago, on January 28th, 2019. It will see only 58 Cabinet-sponsored bills

Throwback at when Timothy Langley met with Councillor Yamamoto Ichita, at the LDP’s headquarters, where they discussed their ties going

David and Timothy dive into the inner workings of lobbying in Japan. Learn how foreign firms can achieve results through advocacy.