The Chamber celebrated its 50th anniversary in the company of esteemed guests of the Ireland-Japan business community at the 2023 Ireland Japan Business Awards in the Conrad Tokyo on Wednesday 22nd November.

Each year the Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce have the honour of celebrating key companies and individuals for their outstanding contributions to Ireland-Japan business relations. 

Historically, the IJCC has presented award certificates to each awardee in their category. In honour of our 50th anniversary, the IJCC were delighted to present engraved trophies to each awardee for this year's business awards. Many thanks to imageMILL for their generous sponsorship and for the brilliant trophy design.

The Enterprise Ireland Exporter of the Year was one of 5 award categories presented this year.

This awardee, chosen by our partners in Enterprise Ireland, is a company that has successfully entered the Japanese market or has demonstrated significant business momentum in Japan.

On behalf of the Chamber, we are delighted to announce that the Ireland Japan Business Awards 2023 Enterprise Ireland Exporter of the Year was awarded to Aerogen Japan.

Our MC invited Neil Cooney, Japan Director of Enterprise Ireland, to join the stage to introduce the award and announce the winner for this category.

Aerogen, headquartered in Galway, Ireland, is a world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery.
Founded in 1997, the firm recently celebrated a milestone of having produced its 20 millionth nebuliser, a device used by hospital caregivers to aerosolise drugs for respiratory acute care patients.
Aerogen has been doing business in Japan since 2010, and in the last few years has appointed a local team, led by Mr. Toru Sato, Country Manager, to strengthen its presence in the country.

Exporter of the Year Award (sponsored by Enterprise Ireland)

Aerogen Japan (https://www.aerogen.jp/)

Mr. Toru Sato, Country Manager of Aerogen Japan, accepted the award on behalf of Aerogen and shared a few words on receiving the Exporter of the Year award sponsored by Enterprise Ireland.

Mr. Toru Sato, pictured with George Onishi, Senior Market Advisor of Enterprise Ireland Japan, alongside IJCC President Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Embassy of Ireland Economic Counsellor Rory Conaty, Deputy Head of Mission Catherine O'Donovan and Agriculture Attaché Eoghan Murphy, with the Enterprise Ireland Exporter of the Year award.

Comment by Mr. Toru Sato, Country Manager, Aerogen Japan:

“We are delighted to be selected by the IJCC for the Exporter of the Year Award in 2023. This award reflects the great support and confidence of our customers and partners in Japan. The team at Aerogen Japan and I look forward to further building our presence and reputation here and making a positive impact on patient care in Japan.”

Go raibh míle maith agat to all the awardees from the 2023 Ireland Japan Business Awards. We were privileged to honour such incredible achievements from the Ireland-Japan community on our stage and we know both Ireland and Japan will only go from strength to strength in 2024 and beyond.