PHILJEC Chairman Bobby Castillo hosted a working lunch today at the Taipan of the Tower Club in Makati to discuss the proposed visit of the Kansai Keizai Douyukai Mission to Manila on December 3, 2015.  The meeting was attended by (in photo L-R): Mr. Ricardo C. Reyes – Vice President & Gen. Manager, Gulf Asia International Corp.; Mr. Philip Sanvictores – President Nihongo Center and Netmarks PH; Mr. Shozo Suzuki – Investment & EPA Advisor, JETRO; Mr. Bobby Castillo (host) – PHILJEC Chairman and President-CEO, EEI Corp.; Mr. Yoshio Amano – President, Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the PH and General Manager, Mitsubishi Corp Manila Branch; Mr. JJ Soriano – PHILJEC Secretary-General and Chairman Soriano Projects & Ventures; Mr. Gerry Sanvictores – PHILJEC Co-Chairman and President, Quantum; and Mr. Ferdinand G. Villafuerte, Sr. Vice-President, EEI Corp.

The Kansai Keizai Douyukai Mission is a fact-finding initiative to look into the conditions of Japan-owned companies in the Philippines, how they develop and utilize human resources in the context of Japan’s labor shortage.  The Mission will also gather information on Filipino former students in Japan – their careers and professions, as well as issues surrounding the development of Filipino human resources as a potential strength of Japanese enterprises. 

The Mission is an activity of the Keizai Douyukai Committee on Human Resource Development which involves a tour of Southeast Asia to undertake high-level contact to gather information, exchange ideas and solicit recommendations on various issues on human resource development and training and the upgrade of Asia standards for HR capabilities and qualifications.