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Following the EU-Japan ministerial meeting in 1986, the European Commission & the Japanese METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) agreed on the importance of deepening the industrial cooperation in order to achieve a closer relationship of the EU-Japan economic area.

Based on this agreement, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation was established in 1987 as a core organization to implement industrial cooperation between the EU and Japan as an affiliate of the Institute for International Studies and Training (renamed later Center for International Economic Collaboration).

The European Commission & METI of Japan strongly expect the Centre to contribute to the further development for the EU-Japan economic relationship from the entering into force of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) & Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) in February 2019.

At the opening a new era of the EU-Japan relationship, the Centre has started its operations as a new independent General Incorporated Foundation in Japan.

It aims at promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan and at improving EU and Japanese companies’ competitiveness and cooperation by facilitating exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses.

Name General Incorporated Foundation
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
https://www.eu-japan.eu
President Nikolaus BOLTZE
CEO & Country Representative of Thyssenkrupp Japan
Managing Directors Japan-side : Yasuo TANABE
EU-side: Manuel HUBERT
History 15 May 1987: Established an affiliate of the Institute for International Studies and Training (IIST).
August 2019: IIST changed its name to Center for International Economic Collaboration (CIEC).
1 July 2020: Establishment of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation as an independant General Incorporated Foundation.
Annual Budget 4.8mil euro(FY2022)
Employees 34
Competent authorities METI, European Commission
Headquarters in Tokyo 〒108-0072 Shirokane-Takanawa Station Bldg.4F 1-27-6 Shirokane. Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0072 JAPAN
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Branch in Brussels Rue Marie de Bourgogne 52, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Board of Governors &Trustees (As of 1st Oct. 2022)

Board of Governors
President Nikolaus BOLTZE CEO & Country Representative, Thyssenkrupp Japan
Managing Director Yasuo TANABE Japanese Managing Director
Managing Director Manuel HUBERT EU Managing Director
Governor Nobuhiko SASAKI Chairman, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Governor Takao SUAMI Professor, Waseda Law School, Waseda University
Governor Philippe WAHL Chairman and CEO, La Poste Groupe
Governor Nobuhiro ENDO Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation
Governor Jean-Eric PAQUET Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to Japan
Board of Trustees
Trustee Alistair DORMER President, Japan Business Council in Europe(JBCE)
Trustee Michael MROCZEC Chairman, European Business Council in Japan (EBC)
Trustee Yoshinori IIZUKA President, Japan Accreditation Board (JAB)
Trustee(New Entry) J. Laurent SWINNEN Counselor of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan
Auditor
Auditor Mitsuru KOMIYAMA Principal, KOMIYAMA & Co.

 

Financial Statement FY2021

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