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PHILJEC Co-Hosts JCCI Mission (Jan 31, 2015)

January 31, 2015by Philip Sanvictores in PHILJEC tagged Philippines Japan Society, PHILJEC

The Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JCCI) is dispatching a high-level economic mission to the Philippines on February 4 to 7, 2015. It is described as the largest contingent of Japanese businessmen to the Philippines in recent years. The Mission is headed by Mr. Akio Mimura, Chairman of JCCI. Its schedule is being coordinate by the Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the Philippines (JCCIPI), the Philippines-Japan Economic Cooperation Committee (PHILJEC), the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PCCI) and the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI).

On February 5, the Mission is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Benigno S. Aquino III at the Malacañang Palace. Thereafter, the group will proceed to the Shangri-La Makati for a luncheon jointly hosted by PCCI and PHILJEC. In the afternoon, a two-part Dialogue with the Mission will be held where several topics will be discussed:

Part 1 – Dialogue between JCCI and PCCI-PHILJEC on:

Development of Infrastructure for the Improvement of the issue of Transportation
Cooperation between Japanese and Philippine Companies

Part 2 – Dialogue between JCCI and the Philippine Government on:

Investment Climate in the Philippines (Sec. Gregory Domingo – DTI)
Fiscal Reform of the Philippines (Sec. Cesar Purisima – DoF)
Financial Policy of the Philippines (Governor Amando Tetangco, Jr.– BSP)
Investment Opportunities in the Eco Zones (Director-General Lilia De Lima – PEZA)

On February 6, the Mission will tour several industrial estates in Laguna.

PHILJEC Members Attend Nikkei Asian Review Forum (Jan 30, 2015)

January 30, 2015by Philip Sanvictores in PHILJEC tagged Nikkei, Philippines Japan Society, PHILJEC

Several PHILJEC members attended the recently concluded NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW FORUM IN MANILA held at the Manila Peninsula on 30 January 2015. Seen at the Forum were PHILJEC Advisor, former Prime Minister Cesar E.A. Virata, former PHILJEC Chairman Atty. Eusebio V. Tan and PHILJEC Trustees JJ Soriano and Philip Sanvictores.

The keynote speech was delivered by Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima who revealed the major components of the “Cebu Action Plan” for regional financial integration which will be presented at the APEC financial ministers meeting in September. He said he had discussed this earlier in Hong Kong and more recently in Davos, Switzerland. http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Philippines-to-accelerate-goods-trade

The theme of the Forum was “Countdown to the ASEAN Economic Community: How the Philippines and the Region will Fare: Opening speeches were delivered by Mr. Naotoshi Okada, Executive Vice-President of Nikkei, Inc., Mr. Alfredo Yao, President of PCCI and Mr. Ken Koyanagi, Publisher, Nikkei Asian Review. After the keynote speech by Sec. Purisima, a panel discussion was held with the following panelists: Mr. Jayant Menon, Lead Economist, ADB, Mr. Nestor V. Tan, President and CEO of BDO UniBank and Mr. Keisuke Nishimura, Managing Director, Kirin Holdings. The discussions were moderated by Ms. Gwen Robinson, Senior Asia Editor, Nikkei Asia Review.

Articles Featured in Nikkei Asian Review

Hurdles remain to ASEAN trade integration (website)
Obstacles remain to ASEAN trade integration (magazine)

PHILJEC-JPECC Joint Meetings

The PHILJEC-JPECC Joint Meetings

(1974 ~ 2021)

Number	Date	Venue	Chairman	Co-Chairman
1^st	April 14-16, 1974	Manila	Emilio Abello	Kiichiro Kitaura
2^nd	March 11-13, 1975	Tokyo	Noboru Gotoh	Emilio Abello
3^rd	March 9-10, 1976	Manila	Emilio Abello	Noboru Gotoh
4^th	February 23-24, 1977	Tokyo	Noboru Gotoh	Emilo Abello
5^th	March 11-12, 1978	Manila	Emilio Abello	Noboru Gotoh
6^th	March 6-7, 1979	Nagoya	Noboru Gotoh	Emilio Abello
7^th	March 1980	Manila	Emilio Abello	Noboru Gotoh
8^th	March 10-11, 1981	Fukuoka	Noboru Gotoh	Emilio Abello
9^th	March 9-10, 1982	Puerto Azul	David Sycip	Noboru Gotoh
10^th	March 9-10, 1983	Kyoto	Noboru Gotoh	David Sycip
11^th	November 8-9, 1984	Manila	David Sycip	Noboru Gotoh
12^th	March 13-15, 1989	Tokyo	Shinroku Morohashi	Joseph Uy
13^th	February 19-20, 1990	Manila	Joseph Uy	Shinroku Morohashi
14^th	June 12-14, 1991	Tokyo	Kazuo Haruna	Victor A. Lim
15^th	February 24-25, 1993	Manila	Victor A. Lim	Hisamitsu Uetani
16^th	June 2-3, 1994	Tokyo	Shinroku Morohashi	Alfonso T. Yuchengco
17^th	February 10-11, 1995	Cebu	Alfonso T. Yuchengco	Kazuo Haruna
18^th	April 4-5, 1996	Kyoto	Tadasu Toba	Herman M. Montenegro
19^th	May 16-18, 1997	Manila	Herman M. Montenegro	Shinroku Morohashi
20^th	November 4-6, 1998	Manila	Francisco C. Eizmendi	Kazuo Haruna
21^st	November 10-12, 1999	Tokyo	Akio Kosai	Francisco C. Eizmendi
22^nd	November 6-7, 2000	Manila	Feliciano L. Torres	Shinroku Morohashi
23^rd	September 13, 2001	Tokyo	Iwao Toriumi	Feliciano L. Torres
24^th	February 28, 2003	Manila	Fernando M. Zobel de Ayala	Isao Kaneko
25^th	October 14, 2004	Tokyo	Mikio Sasaki	Fernando M. Zobel de Ayala
26^th	February 24, 2006	Manila	Francis C. Laurel	Tohru Tsuji
27^th	October 29, 2007	Tokyo	Tohru Tsuji	Francis C. Laurel
28^th	February 27, 2009	Manila	Tomas I. Alcantara	Toshitaka Hagiwara
29^th	February 01, 2011	Tokyo	Toshitaka Hagiwara	Tomas I. Alcantara
30^th	February 16, 2012	Manila	Eusebio V. Tan	Tohru Tsuji
31^st	March 14, 2013	Tokyo	Eizo Kobayashi	Eusebio V. Tan
32^nd	March 6, 2014	Manila	Egmidio Cesar S. Jose	Ken Kobayashi
33^rd	March 30, 2015	Tokyo	Teruo Asada	Egmidio Cesar S. Jose
34^th	February 23, 2016	Manila	Roberto Jose Castillo	Ken Kobayashi
35^th	February 28, 2017	Tokyo	Ken Kobayashi	Robert Jose Castillo
36^th	February 22, 2018	Manila	Atty. Aniceto G. Saludo, Jr.	Teruo Asada
37^th	March 13, 2019	Tokyo	Shinya Katanozaka	Atty. Aniceto G. Saludo, Jr.
38^th	September 27, 2021	Online Conference Platform	Gerard B. Sanvictores	Ken Kobayashi

PHILJEC Officers

Advisers, Board of Trustees, and Officers

Council of Advisers

Tomas L. Alcantara

Roberto Jose L. Castillo

Francisco C. Eizmendi, Jr.

Egmidio Cesar de Silva Jose

Francis C. Laurel

Herman M. Montenegro

Atty. Aniceto G. Saludo, Jr.

Gerard B. Sanvictores

Atty. Eusebio V. Tan

Cesar E.A. Virata

Fernando Zobel de Ayala

Board of Trustees

Ramon M. Abaquin

Dr. Brian Vincent Belen

Ferdinand A. Ferrer

Atty. Carrie Bee C. Hao

Doris Teresa Magsaysay-Ho

Richard Albert I. Osmond

Philip B. Sanvictores

Felcaster D. Torres

Alfred V. Ty

Atty. Ma. Melva E. Valdez

Officers

Richard Albert I. Osmond
Chairman

Alfred V. Ty
Co-Chairman

Ferdinand A. Ferrer
Co-Chairman

Atty. Ma. Melva E. Valdez
Treasurer

Philip B. Sanvictores
Secretary-General/Corporate Secretary

Ma. Elena L. Loinaz
Assistant Treasurer

Atty. Jose Vicente E. Jimenez
Assistant Corporate Secretary

Glenda T. Ferma
Administrator

Ma. Isabel L. Dimayuga
Deputy Administrator

PHILJEC Hosts 40th ASEAN-JAPAN Business Meeting (Oct 25, 2014)

October 25, 2014by Philip Sanvictores in PHILJEC

The Philippines-Japan Economic Cooperation Committee (PHILJEC) hosted the 40th ASEAN-Japan Business Meeting (AJBM) on October 22 to 24, 2014. It was held at the Peninsula Manila, in Makati City. The AJBM “is a multilateral private-led forum between Japan and the ASEAN” which started in 1974 under the initiative of the Keizai Doyukai. The annual meeting promotes economic exchange among private sector business towards the stability and development of ASEAN and Japan.

The theme of the 40^th Meeting was “OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM ASEAN INTEGRATION”.

The meeting kicked off with a Welcome dinner on October 22, 2014 hosted by PHILJEC at the Rigodon Ballroom of the Peninsula Hotel. Over 100 guests attended the dinner reception.

The meeting proper was held on October 23, starting at 9:00 a.m. Opening remarks were delivered by PHILJEC Chairman Mr. Egmidio Cesar de Silva Jose and Keizai Doyukai Chairman, Mr. Yasuchika Hasegawa. Thereafter, messages from President Benigno S. Aquino III and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were read.

PEZA Director General Atty. Lilia de Lima delivered the Keynote Address, highlighting intra-ASEAN investment opportunities in the Philippines.

The First Plenary Session dealt with an Overview of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). It was moderated by Mr. Toshiyuki Shiga, Chairman of AJBM Japan. Guest speakers for this session were Mr. Juan Miranda – Managing Director, Asian Development Bank and Mr. Hiroyuki Ishige – Chairman, JETRO.

After lunch, the Second Plenary Session was held with three speakers providing perspectives on Key Sectors that Guide Close Business Cooperation between Japan and ASEAN. Moderated by Ambassador Theng Teng, Exec. Chairman of Save our Planet Investment Pte., Ltd. of Singapore, the speakers were: Dr. Thomas Aquino, former Senior Undersecretary of Trade and Industry of the Philippines, Dr. Yoshinori Fujiawa – Professor at Hitotsubashi University, and Ambassador Cesar B. Bautista, Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.

This was followed by parallel roundtable discussions on:

(1) Service Industries, moderated by Mr. Hironobu Kitagawa of JETRO Japan, the speakers for this topic were: Mr. Mr. Kenichi Kitao, President, Kumon Asia & Oceania Pte. Ltd., Mr. Fumiaki Tanaka, President, Chiyoda Philippines, and Ms. Josephine J. Francisco, President, NYK-FIL Ship Management, Inc.;

(2) Manufacturing, moderated by Mr. Shazali Sulaiman, Partner, KPMG (Brunei), the speakers were Dr. Bunluasak Pussarungsri Ph.D., Vice-Chairman, Service and Investment Committee, Thai Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Kerry Mok, Managing Director, Accenture Pte., Ltd.;

(3) Infrastructure Development and Connectivity, moderated by Mr. Roberto Jose L. Castillo, co-Chairman of PHILJEC and President-CEO of EEI Corporation, the speakers were Mr. Tan Eng Soon, Chairman, Tan Chong International, Ltd. of Singapore, Mr. Takeo Kitamura, President and COO, Zero Co., Ltd. of Japan, and Mr. Cecil Leong, CEO, Mayer Brown Consulting (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

A summary of the roundtable discussions was then moderated by Atty. Aniceto G. Saludo, PHILJEC co-Chairman and Managing Partner of the law firm of Saludo, Fernandez, Aquino & Daleon. Roundtable rapporteurs were: Mr. Toshikazu Saito, Chairman, Renaissance, Inc. on Service Industries; Mr. Shazali Sulaiman, Partner, KPMG on Manufacturing; and Mr. Roberto Jose L. Castillo, PHILJEC Co-Chairman and CEO, EEI Corporation on Infrastructure Development and Connectivity.

Mr. Toshiyuki Shiga, Chairman, AJBM Japan and Mr. Egmidio Cesar de Silva Jose, Chairman, PHILJEC each delivered their closing remarks, after which Mr. Cecil Leong, CEO, Mayer Brown Consulting (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. extended his invitation to the 41^st AJBM which will be held in Singapore.

At the Closing Dinner jointly hosted by PHILJEC and JETRO, Messrs. Jose and Ishige expressed their mutual gratitude and appreciation to all the participants as Mr. Yasuchika Hasegawa, Chairman, Keizai Doyukai offered a toast for the continued success of AJBM.

The following day, JETRO held the 2^nd International Symposium on the Service Industry. Also held at the Peninsula Manila, it was opened by Mr. Hiroyuki Ishige, Chairman of JETRO. Keynote speakers were: Mr. Junichi Yamashita, Sr. Executive Officer of Family Mart Co., Ltd., Mr. Ysmael Baysa, CFO of Jollibee Foods Corporation, and Ms. Chantra Purnariksha, Group President of Saha Pathana Inter-Holding (Saha Group), Thailand. The symposium was moderated by Mr. Yoshinori Fujisawa, Associate Professor – Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University.