They also offer advice on entering the Japanese market for foreign companies and trade-promotion bodies. Okinawa Seminar A seminar to promote investment in Okinawa Prefecture will be held at Hotel New Otani in Tokyo on July 16. Okinawa has been selected as the host site for the Group of 8 summit meeting in 2000, which will increase its visibility worldwide. A recently established special free trade zone and new tax incentives have already attracted numerous information-technology companies and call centers. The seminar will be in English and Japanese.
Admission is free, but reservation is necessary.
The seminar will introduce internship success stories and discuss how companies benefit from hosting foreign interns. Although international internships are common among Europe and U.S. companies, the practice has only recently begun to attract the attention of Japanese firms. The seminar is aimed at promoting internships among small and medium-sized enterprises in local areas of Japan. Admission is free, but the seminar will be in Japanese only. A total of 1,730 people took the test.