These Conventions will enter into force for Japan  on 1st October, 2020.

UK Club staff will return to the Tokyo office from 1st July, 2020.

Please note that our Japan offices will be closing for three days to celebrate a collection of National holidays known as 'Golden Week'. 

We have put in place temporary flexible working arrangements for our staff to avoid the worst of the rush hour in compliance with the Japanese Government’s recommendation for preventing spread of infection of Coronavirus. 

Available in both English and Japanese, our Lookout publication aims to help all Members, especially those based in Japan navigate the complex world of P&I insurance. 

The following table lists countries which have imposed bans on vessels fitted with open-loop SOx scrubbers calling at their ports, and on the discharge of washwater from these scrubber systems within their port waters.

This circular provides details of the AGM of the Association which will take place in Tokyo at 9am on 29th October 2018 and the arrangements for voting by proxy

The UK P&I Club recently held its annual P&I seminar for its Members in Tokyo on the subject of collision avoidance.

In this edition of Lookout, we examine the subject of collision avoidance from three key aspects.

Due to adverse weather (heavy snow) conditions in the metropolitan Tokyo area, the Japan office is closed.

The seminar was recently organised by the UK Club Japan branch. Members and brokers joined other interested parties to learn more about the UK Club work and analysis on Crew Health topics.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our readers to this first edition of Lookout, a new publication looking at some of the main industry issues the Club has been tackling, and to introduce some of the talented people within the Club who advise and help find innovative and creative solutions to some of the most challenging problems that our Members face on a daily basis.

Welcome to our new Lookout series. A deep dive into issues facing our Japanese Membership.

UK P&I Club, a leading provider of P&I insurance and other services to the international shipping community, has relaunched a Japanese version of its website. The new website will provide Japanese seafarers, ship owners and stakeholders with a valuable portal for information, advice and industry news in their native language.

The UK Club is grateful to have been invited to contribute to the senior officers seminar for Members' Misuga Kaiun which was recently held in Manila. Capt Anuj Velankar and Hironobu Bekku represented the Club at the seminar.

The updated 'PEME Japan' brochure offers a comprehensive guide and new information on the Club's Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme for Japanese Members.