January 2019 Issue

ANZCCJ NEWSLETTER

ANZCCJ Shinnenkai 2019

Outgoing ANZCCJ Chair Andrew Gauci welcomes ANZCCJ Chair Sally Townsend into the new role

Message from the Chair

A Happy New Year to all ANZCCJ Members andfriends. I hope you, your families and yourbusinesses have all had a good start to the year.January is always a blur of events celebratingthe New Year but I’m sure you found, as did I,there is a real buzz about the coming yearahead; we may have a rise in consumption taxapproaching and a sense of the unknown withBrexit looming, however, the Rugby World Cup

is coming, and the excitement is palatable all over the country. I believe nowis the time for Australia and New Zealand to engage with Japanesestakeholders on a deeper level about topics that really matter to our businesscommunities and how we can use these great sporting events to do just that,especially with respect to gender diversity, free trade, improved marketaccess conditions, and so on. This is our opportunity to fully leverage theRWC19 and other major international sporting events in 2020 and beyond toraise the profile of what Australia and New Zealand are doing, and can domore of, with Japan – both in current and emerging industry areas.

Thank you to those of you who joined the ANZCCJ Shinnenkai earlier thismonth. It was wonderful to see such a big turnout and we were very fortunateto have a number of senior business leaders in attendance including a numberof former Chamber chairs, senior leaders from the Australian and NewZealand Embassies and Australian and Japanese business cooperation

committees, including Sir Rod Eddington. It was also terrific to meet a numberof people who are new to the Chamber and to really feel the power of ourcommunity here in Tokyo. We have a greater presence here than ever beforeand that is not only a physical presence with our growing membership butalso through our social media activities. It is an absolute privilege to be ableto represent our business community in Japan during what will be anincredible 2 years ahead.

Welcome to our new members, and a big thank you to our longstanding andcurrent members and partners. Let’s make 2019 the best year for theChamber yet!

Sally Townsend

NewsANZCCJ Shinnenkai 2019

On Wednesday 16 January 2019, we had the ANZCCJ Shinnenkai, held in theHamarikyu Ballroom at the Conrad Tokyo. This event marked the beginning of2019 and was celebrated with a delectable selection of foods and beverageswith speeches made by then, ANZCCJ Chair Andrew Gauci, and ANZCCJincoming Chair, Sally Townsend. We also heard from New Zealand Ambassadorto Japan, HE Stephen Payton, Deputy Head of Mission at the AustralianEmbassy Tokyo, Rob Tranter and President of the Australia Japan BusinessCooperation Committee, Sir Rod Eddington AO. A very big thank you toANZCCJ sponsors Conrad Tokyo, Oakwood and Yurikong for their contributionsto the evening.

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Ashurst M&A Year in Review 2018

On Tuesday 15 January 2019, Ashurst hosted their annual M&A Year in Reviewat the Australian Embassy Tokyo, providing an analysis of cross-national M&Aactivity between Australia and Japan. Those who spoke at the event includedthen, ANZCCJ Chair and Managing Director of Lendlease Andrew Gauci;

Austrade's Senior Trade Commissioner Brett Cooper; Ashurst Tokyo PartnerTracy Whiriskey; Ashurst Melbourne Partner Natsuko Ogawa; Sydney DeloittePartner Shin Takenaka; and, Tokyo Deloitte Manager Yoshi Shinozuka.Speakers highlighted that there was an increase in Australia and Japan M&Adeals and that channeling Japanese investment opportunities should bemaximised.

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Sports for Business discussion with Dr. Monica Chien

On Friday 11 January, ANZCCJ's Sports for Business Committee held their firstmeeting for the year at the PwC Tax Japan office. Members heard from guestspeaker Dr. Monica Chien, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Queenslandin the School of Business visiting Tokyo as an international Visiting Fellowteaching at Showa Women's University. On the night, Dr. Chien spoke abouther research on projects which included the impacts of tourist misbehaviour indestinations including Australia and Japan, sponsorship measurement andsponsorship portfolio management, and special tourism which includes luxurytourism and working holiday makers. Dr. Chien also spoke about the issues insports and her future marketing and research outlook.

Minutes

Food, Agriculture, Hospitality Committee January Meeting

On Thursday 25 January, ANZCCJ hosted the Food, Agriculture and HospitalityCommittee (FAHC) at METoA Cafe & Kitchen. The meeting had its focus onANZCCJ event planning for 2019, including the ANZCCJ’s Garden Party and

other potential events. Notably, the ANZCCJ Garden Party was confirmed asbeing rugby themed to coincide with the upcoming RWC19. Of othersignificance, FAHC Chair Tim Barnstable announced that ANZCCJ Chair SallyTownsend will step down from being the FAHC Vice-chair and that Andrew Coxfrom Meat and Livestock Australia will be replacing the position.

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Visit from Assistant Trade Minister from Australia at the

First Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP) Commission Meeting

Representatives from the 11 CPTPP signatories, including Australian AssistantMinister for Trade, Tourism and Investment the Hon Mark Coulton participatedin the first CPTPP Commission meeting in Tokyo on 19 January 2019. TheCPTPP Commission is the decision-making body of the CPTPP, which wasestablished when the CPTPP entered into force on 30 December 2018. TheCommission discussed the accession process for interested member countriesto join the the CPTPP, and to develop a code of conduct for investor-statedispute settlement. Read more on the decisions made here and the mediarelease by the Minister here. You can view the most recent high level visits toJapan here.

Celebrating Women in Japan

Savvy Tokyo featured ANZCCJ Chair Emeritus, Melanie Brock, and her project"Celebrating Women in Japan" late last year. Celebrating Women in Japan is anAdvisory CSR project launched in April 2018. It was designed to celebrateJapanese women and women in Japan and to breakdown some of thestereotypes some people have about Japanese women. The project is a year-long social media initiative where profiles (in Japanese and English) are posteddaily on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, celebrating women and theirachievements. Over 300 women have been profiled to date and while there areonly two months of this amazing project remaining, we encourage you tonominate friends, colleagues, or even your relatives by emailing Melanie oncelebratingwomen@advisoryjapan.com.

The Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies (FAJS) Grant Applications

FAJS opens its call for expressions of interest for grant support for 2019. Thisis an opportunity to apply for financial support for collaborative researchprojects that combine Japanese and Australian university researchers withresearchers from industry or government on topics of significance for theAustralia-Japan bilateral relationship. Grants are available for many differenttypes of research and will typically be between AUD$50,000 to AUD$150,000in value. Applications close today - 31 January 2019. To find out more,click here. Access the English and Japanese media releases.

Rugby World Cup 2019 - Second General Sales Tickets

For those of you who missed out on the first round ticket sales for the RWC19,Second General Sales Tickets are now on sale until the 31 March 2019. A greatopportunity to secure tickets with less than 8 months to go, tickets will be sureto sell out fast. There are still limited tickets available for the followingmatches:

Australia vs. Uruguay Saturday 5/10/2019 Oita Stadium Australia vs. Georgia Friday 11/10/2019 Shizuoka Stadium Epoca

Registration is required and you can purchase tickets online here.

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Septième is hosting a very special wine dinner with one of the most historicchampagne houses, PERRIER-JOUËT. Since its foundation in 1811, thechampagne house PERRIER-JOUËT has crafted elegant, floral wines of rarefinesse with a chardonnay hallmark.

Friday 15th Febuary18:30 Bubbles at the bar |19:00 Sit down22,000 JPY {all inclusive}

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Super Rugby 2019 Season

New South Wales Warathas will face Japanese Sunwolves in Tokyo!

As Rugby World Cup is approaching, rugby is gaining more popularity in Japan.

Come and watch the Australian teams from Sydney and Brisbane.

Sunwolves vs Waratahs (AUS) Feb 23rd (Sat) 13:15 Kick off

Tickets

Sunwolves vs Reds (AUS) Mar 16th (Sat) 13:15 Kick off

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New Members Welcome

Individual Members

ANZCCJ would like to extend a warm welcome to the following individualmembers joining the Chamber in January:

Aya Haruyama, Private Equity Analyst, KKR.Haruo Kawahara, Senior Industrial Partner, Aspirant Group, Inc. Lucy King, Senior Manager Corporate Communications, MetLife.Rentaro Oku, CEO at Calders Consultants Japan.Saito Yukie, CEO at Y & S Visionary Co. Ltd.

We look forward to working with all of our new members to developand strengthen commercial ties between Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Ifyou would like to find out more about joining the Chamber either as anindividual sponsor or corporate sponsor, please visit our website here. If youhave any further questions you can book an appointment to speak with ourExecutive Director through emailing info@anzccj.jp.

Interested in catching up on the latest news about Australia, New Zealandand Japan? Then follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thinking Outside the CorporateMindset: A Workshop with DianaGreen

04 February 2019 | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM |Steelcase Work Life 4th Floor, Tokyo Hear from Diana Green, an artist, designerand educator with a workshop aboutinteracting in a group, encouraging openideas and inquisitive thinking. Theworkshop involves brainstorming, self-reflection, co-creation, coaching anddrawing/art together.

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YEP: Australia and New ZealandCareers in Japan

07 February 2019 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |WeWork Shimbashi, Tokyo

Join the Australian and New ZealandChamber of Commerce's YouthEmpowerment Programme on 7 Februaryto meet and greet some Australian andNew Zealand companies operating inJapan. The evening will includerepresentatives from: ANZ, Air NewZealand,Fonterra, Macquarie, Rio Tintoand systemsGo.

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ANZ Economic Outlook Series

14 February 2019 | 11:30AM - 2:00PM |Palace Hotel Tokyo

Australia and New Zealand Banking GroupLimited (ANZ) will be holding ANZ Group’sEconomic Outlook Series “HORIZONS”

SMBC Global Seminar: "Thinking ofNew Investment Opportunities inAustralia"

15 February 2019 | 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |SMBC Head Office 3F, Tokyo

This seminar will help attendees thatcurrently consider expanding theirbusiness in Australia have an oversight ofthe potential industries, andrepresentatives from state governmentwill introduce the various investmentopportunities a Japanese corporate wouldneed to know. Special guests AustralianAmbassador to Japan, HE Richard CourtAC and Senior Trade & InvestmentCommissioner, Brett Cooper will bespeaking at this seminar on 15 February.

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Sport for Business discussion withJun Hiromichi

05 March 2019 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |WeWork Shimbashi, Tokyo

The March Sports for BusinessCommittee meeting welcomes two-timeParalympian, Jun Hiromichi as guestspeaker. Come and hear Jun talk abouthis journey as an Paralympian and hishopes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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together with ANZCCJ, to talk about GlobalEconomic Priorities of 2019 and a paneldiscussion on Property Markets Update inAustralia. Hear from Chief Economist ofANZ Group, Richard Yetsenga and Directorof ANZ's Institutional Property Group, JeffDavid discuss macro trends in theAustralian and New Zealand propertymarket.

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