The Global Business Opportunities Convention (G-BOC) is an annual international business-oriented event aimed at creating new business opportunities and providing up-to-the-minute business information. What is special about G-BOC? Business Matching by prearrangement…”Individual Business Talks” To provide opportunities for efficient and fruitful business talks, the G-BOC Secretariat makes prior arrangements for talks between you and your potential business partners in Japan after considering your individual requests and needs. The Individual Business Talks cover a wide range of subjects including export/import, business/technical tie-ups, joint ventures, and investments in many fields of industries. Who is encouraged to join G-BOC? -Business people looking for Japanese partners in the fields of trade, business/technical tie-ups, joint ventures, and investments - Government bodies and economic organizations aiming to attract investments from Japan - Those who would like to expand their network of connections with business people and government officials from around the world - Those interested in investing in Japan

With the G-BOC2002, we have put a period to the annually held Global Business Opportunities Convention, to devote our efforts to promotion of on- line international business through programs fully utilizing the Internet such as the Virtual Business Talks. Concurrently, on occasions when needs arise, we will conduct programs of conventional (not on- line) Individual Business Talks (One-to-One meeting) restricting to particular lines of business or specified regions which cannot be achieved conclusively, only by exchanges of information and business talks on the Internet.