Vue_de_Montmartre (Stéphanie De Nadaï)
“The SES project has featured major changes over the last year. Perspectives from major players around the industry provide an in-depth look at this herculean effort to bring the technologically progressed air transportation system that the Eurozone needs to manage the existing and projected growth in air travel.” (Avionics Magazine)
Find more details from:
http://avionicsmag.com/portal/wts/ugmcmsbsv%5Embb7DCec%5EOvADcjOE%3BqQa
Smart Homes
Check out the following Video:
“Toshiba, Honda and Sekisui House Bring the Future to the Present with a Real-World Smart Home”
The three companies created together a newly-built, fully livable, two-household model home that envisions a lifetime of comfort and sustainability, and embodies the goal of a zero carbon emission lifestyle by the year 2020. This model home is being used to test and verify technologies for future lifestyles by putting them into practical use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjO5SkHGYHQ&spfreload=10
JR-MAGLEV Series_L0 (Wikipedia)
MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitation) Train Applications are being developped, tested and slowly implemented in China and in Japan. What about one day a MAGLEV service speeding at an average speed of 500 km/h and linking Paris – Brussels – Berlin – Warsaw – Moscow – Pekin – Osaka – Tokyo in one day, competing with airplanes?
Find out more in this paper (in French) of Pr Jean Englebert:
Article -Maglev Jean Englebert 2007
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About Jean ENGLEBERT (in short):
• Civil Engineer and Architect (1955, University of Liège).
• Engineer and town-planner (1958, University of Liège).
• Full-time Professor at the Applied Sciences Faculty (University of Liège),
Architectonic and Urbanistic Composition, 1966-1994
. Emeritus professor 1994
• Founder and director of the Research Centre for Architecture and Town-planning
of the Liège University (CRAU), since 1967.
. Founder member in 1991 and President of CÉJUL (Centre for Japanese Studies at Liège University)
. Decorated of ” The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon,”
by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan the Twenty – ninth of the Fourth Month of the Seventh Year of Heisei (1995 ).
. Appreciation Prize 1998 of the A.I.J. (Architectural Institute of Japan).
Fujisawa green town (© Getty)
Japan is investing in a greener future, and electronics giant Panasonic is leading the way with its ‘smart town’, called Fujisawa.
The environmentally-friendly town was launched at the tail end of last year and, since then, the houses have been occupied with residents who are all keen to do their bit for the environment.
Fujisawa’s price tag is around £320 million. The town will have 1,000 solar-powered homes, along with electric cars and bikes that can be used by the community.
Around 3,000 residents are expected to move in by 2018. Alongside being eco-friendly, the project has also been carefully engineered to protect it against natural disasters.
Read more from:
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/gul/japan-to-build-green-town/ar-BBjLLot
Belgium (source: Wikimedia commons)
Japan
Tokyo – On May 12, addressing and presiding over the Seminar on investment opportunities in Belgium, Prime Minister Charles Michel and Deputy Prime Minister Kris Peeters, highlighted the recent measures taken by the Federal Government of Belgium to support the business and investment climate and strengthen Belgium’s attractiveness as a gateway to Europe.
One of the key notes at the seminar was the presentation of BELGIUM AND ITS NEIGHBOURS’ BUSINESS CLIMATES COMPARED 2015 edition, a comparison of business climates in Belgium and other European countries, which was delivered by Mr Masatomo Nomura, Chair of the BJA Investment Committee.
This study of studies looks at the four areas:
As the pages on global attractiveness show, there is a rather big gap between the perception of Belgium and reality. In other words, the recognition of ‘Belgium’ as a brand is low, but in reality the Belgian economy is highly globalised and investors discover pleasant surprises afterwards.
The pages on headquarters and holding companies show that Brussels is one of the leading cities in Europe for business. Not only because of its central location in Europe, but also because of its internationally open business culture and the ease of doing business, reasonable level of office rent and an investor-friendly tax regime, Belgium is a highly regarded location.
When it comes to logistics, Belgium ranks number 1 in Europe because of the strong combination of excellent infrastructure, accessibility and superb cost efficiency for distribution.
Concerning research and development, Belgium is in the top five countries in the world for the quality of scientific research institutions. The quality of mathematics and science education is among the top 3 in the world. University-industry collaboration is very active, which shows potential to bring the results of research to the market.
Download the report from our Blog: Belgium and its neighbours business climates compared 2015 (BJA)
More details from the BJA at: BJA News Flash – 2015 BJA Investment Publication
GBMC cross-cultural training courses
Formations Interculturelles et “Business” EUROPE-JAPON:
Les Consultants en Affaires Europe-Japon de GBMC ont le plaisir et l’honneur de vous faire part du lancement de trois nouvelles séries de formations interculturelles et « business » Europe-Japon données dans le centre de Paris et bientôt à Bruxelles. En voici le détail.
Série 1: Formations Interculturelles pour Expatriés venant ou travaillant en Europe
Nous proposons les 3 séminaires suivants:
Nos Séminaires sont DISPONIBLES EN JAPONAIS ET EN ANGLAIS. Dans nos Centres de Formation GBMC, à PARIS et bientôt à BRUXELLES.
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Série 2: Formation Interculturelle pour le personnel européen des entreprises japonaises
Nous proposons le séminaire interculturel suivant:
Séminaire DISPONIBLE EN ANGLAIS ET EN FRANCAIS (tous les documents sont en anglais, toutefois). Dans nos Centres de Formation GBMC, à PARIS et bientôt à BRUXELLES.
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Série 3: Formations pour entreprises européennes approchant le Marché japonais ou travaillant avec des entreprises japonaises (clients ou partenaires japonais)
Nous proposons les 4 séminaires « Business Japon » suivants:
Nos Séminaires sont DISPONIBLES EN ANGLAIS ET EN FRANÇAIS (tous les documents sont en anglais, toutefois). Dans nos Centres de Formation GBMC, à PARIS et bientôt à BRUXELLES.
Vous trouverez plus d’information sur notre site Internet aux Pages suivantes: http://www.gbmc.biz/Japan_Training.html et http://www.gbmc.biz/Training_-_Registration.html
Si nécessaire, envoyez-nous vos questions à l’adresse: seminar@gbmc.biz.
Au plaisir de vous y retrouver!
Le Team GBMC
Strategic Alliances and Partnerships in Japan
GBMC Article published by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation:
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1) in EU-JAPAN NEWS, in the March 2015 edition of the Centre’s Newsletter.
Article to be found page 34 of the Newsletter:
http://www.eu-japan.eu/sites/eu-japan.eu/files/march15.pdf
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2) permanently online, on the “EU Business in Japan” website:
http://www.eubusinessinjapan.eu/library/news/article-partnering-in-japan
Hitachi’s trains (source: Hitachi.com)
Hitachi Ltd’s has agreed to buy the rail signaling business of Italy’s Finmeccanica SpA in its largest overseas purchase ever. It will boost the company’s European manufacturing base, following its previous rail business expansion in the UK.
Read: “Hitachi trains push into Europe to challenge Siemens, Alstom”
Read: “Hitachi agrees to buy two Finmeccanica rail businesses”
Reporting on the UK Royal Visit to Japan:
1) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and the duke try their hand at juggling as they visit Smile Kid’s Park in Koriyama. Check: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/the-prince-the-rising-sun-and-the-dragon/ss-BBi8kEP#image=4
2) ウィリアム王子スピーチ Prince William’s speech “Innovation is GREAT” ～英国と創る未来～ 2015年2月27日
Check: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6MHAP0dpok
TPP (image source: cas.go.jp)
A senior official of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Friday she expects the 12 countries negotiating a Pacific free trade initiative (the U.S.-led TPP) to strike a deal before June, as the United States and Japan seem to be reaching a bilateral deal over Tokyo’s exceptional tariffs on five agricultural products — rice, beef and pork, wheat, dairy products and sugar.
Would this impact on/speed up talks for a EU-Japan FTA/EPA/EIA agreement?
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