Are you considering marketing a product or a service in Japan?
Do you need a professional market entry plan?
“Keys to Japan” is a European Commission-funded initiative, managed by the EU-Japan Centre to help a selected European SME considering marketing a product or a service in Japan by developing a detailed and personalised market entry plan for it. The plan will be prepared by the prestigious Japan Market Expansion Competition (https://jmec.gr.jp).
Financial conditions for session 2023/2024:
The plan is worth €10,000€ - €9.000 are covered by the EU-Japan Centre, and €1000 will be covered by the SME.
Who is eligible to apply?
Applicants must be citizens of an EU Member-State or SMP-COSME Third Country(*) working in a management position for a SME headquartered in the EU or in a SMP-COSME Third Country(*). Applicants must be at least 20 years of age at the date of submission of the application form.
Application deadline: 3 July 2023 (17:30 Tokyo time)
For more info contact: Fabrizio Mura, tel +81 (0)3 6408 0281; e-mail: KeysToJapan(at)eu-japan.gr.jp
(*) Please check the status of your country in this document. Please only refer to the sub-paragraph: "COSME strand (SMP-COSME)".
Published: June 2023
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Joint venture established in 1987 by the European Commission (DG GROW) and the Japanese Government (METI) for promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan.
The EU-Japan Centre’s activities are subject to the allocation of a Grant Agreement by the European Commission for 2024-2026
