Menu

EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT)

The BRT Handover to the European Commission
On 3 March, the EU-Japan Business Round Table’s 2025 recommendations were formally hand-delivered to Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, European Commission.

Annual Meeting 2025

Handover of the BRT's 2025 Recommendations to EVP Séjourné

Brussels, 03 March 2025 - The BRT's Recommendations adopted at its 26th Annual Meeting were formally submitted to the European Commission. EC Executive Vice President Séjourné received them from Merck's Maike Asmussen and NEC's Mitsuhiro Murooka. Ambassador Aikawa from the Mission of Japan to the EU witnessed the handover.

The 26th meeting of the EU-Japan BRT will take place in Tokyo in February
The 26th Annual Meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table will address economic security, industrial competitiveness and other issues. Dr. Endo (Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation) and Dr. Garijo (Chair of the Executive Board and CEO, Merck) will co-chair the meeting.
The BRT takes part in EU-Japan stakeholder workshops
The EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT) took part in two stakeholder workshops organised by the EU and Japanese Authorities on the fringes of formal EU-Japan annual government-to-government dialogues on industrial policy and the digital partnership.
Submission of the EU-Japan Business Round Table’s 2023 Recommendations to the Japanese Government
On 16 February 2024, Nobuhiro Endo (Japan-side BRT Chair and Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation) and Christopher Thomas (Representative Director, President of Merck Ltd., Japan, representing Belén Garijo, EU-side BRT Chair) submitted the BRT’s 2023 Recommendations to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The EU-Japan BRT will address economic security, green transition, standardisation, and digital issues
Established in 1999 to foster communication and cooperation between EU and Japanese industries, November’s EU-Japan Business Round Table meeting will address 4 key areas for future EU-Japan cooperation – economic security, the green transition, standardisation and digital.
News from EU-Japan Business Round Table’s member NEC Japan establishes European subsidiaries to strengthen its work on AI drug development
NEC strengthens its European life science activities where AI technology, biomedical science and ICT combine to develop advanced therapies for patients across the globe. Central and Northern Europe’s vivid entrepreneurial and scientific environment, and the European clinical network and regulatory infrastructure, help drive developments in immunotherapies.
News from members of the EU-Japan Business Round table
MELCO supplies traction systems to SNCF.
European Commission’s Acting Director General for Research and Innovation addressed the EU-Japan Business Round Table
On 15 November 2022, European Commission’s Acting Director General (DG) for Research and Innovation, Ms Ratso, addressed remotely the members of the EU-Japan Business Round Table gathered in Tokyo.
Report on the 24th EU-Japan BRT
The 24th annual meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table took place in Tokyo on 15 November and addressed green, digital and other issues including equality & diversity, technological innovation and discussions with the EU and Japanese Authorities.

EU-Japan Centre's News

More
The Centre's March 2025 newsletter is out !
The Centre quarterly newsletter, March 2025 issue, is now available. In this issue: EU-Japan…
MARKET ACCESS WORKSHOPS/ CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AMONG PARTNERS
The EU-Japan Centre is now calling for expressions of interest for Market Access online and on-site…
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News: 08 Mar - 14 Mar,2025
The EU Japan Centre is releasing a weekly press review covering Japan's economic and policy matters…
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News: 01 Mar - 07 Mar,2025
The EU Japan Centre is releasing a weekly press review covering Japan's economic and policy matters…
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News: 22 Feb - 28 Feb,2025
The EU Japan Centre is releasing a weekly press review covering Japan's economic and policy matters…

Events

More
19/03/2025
EU-Japan Digital Partnership Webinar: How to support an innovative, safe and fair AI ー the case of EU AI Act and Japan's AI Guideline
EU-Japan Digital Partnership Webinar  Wednesday, 19 March 16:30-18:00 Tokyo (8:30-10:00 Brussels) (With English-Japanese Simultaneous Interpretation / Free Event) Co-organized by:Japan Electronics…
Online and in Japan
19/05/2025 - 13/06/2025
Get ready for Japan - May / June
19-23 May 2025, → 1st phase online 9-13 June 2025, → 2nd phase in Japan   PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES “Get Ready for Japan” aims to help understand Japanese business practices and communication styles…

Library

We use a selection of our own and third-party cookies on the pages of this website. If you choose "ACCEPT ALL", you consent to the use of all cookies. You can accept and reject individual cookie types.
Related
Subscribe to
our newsletters

The EU-Japan Centre currently produces 5 newsletters :

  • EU-Japan NEWS - our flagship newsletter covering the Centre's support services, information about EU (or Member States) - Japan cooperation
  • Japanese Industry and Policy News
  • “About Japan” e-News (Only available for EU companies / EU organisations)
  • Japan Tax and Public Procurement Weekly Tender Digest (Only available for EU companies / EU organisations)
  • Tech Transfer Helpdesk Newsletter
Subscribe
Brussels
Tokyo
1 EUR = 161,239 JPY

EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

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

Copyright © 2025 EU-Japan Centre