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Innovation Mission
02
Dec
2024
Mission participants will exhibit and participate in the Innovation Leaders Summit (“ILS”) 2024 in Toranomon Hills, one of Tokyo’s most iconic business venues.
Smart Factory & Robotics Business Mission
21
Jan
2025
Smart Factory & Robotics Business Mission in Japan is organised on the fringe of the Factory Innovation Week in Japan. The selected SMEs and clusters will be able to showcase their technology during the fair within a common booth.
F2F Health Matters collective international trade mission to Japan successfully finalised
The selected Champion SMEs of the call for the second target country, Japan, got the opportunity to expand their business and to start a new internationalisation journey.
B2B Matchmaking for EU SMEs at the Third Japan-Africa Business Forum
29
Jun
2021
 
EPA Helpdesk Webinar 39: SME Chapter
29
Jun
2021
Important concessions are contained in the EPA for EU exporters to Japan, including SMEs. As a result, these EU products have since the entry into force of the Agreement an important competitive advantage on the Japanese markets.
EPA Helpdesk Webinar 21: SME Chapter
19
May
2020
19-05-20 | 10:30 - 11:30 AM CETHow can EU SME exporters benefit from the EPA?
EPA Helpdesk

EPA HELPDESK TO SUPPORT EU companies

On 17 July 2018, the European Union and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the biggest trade agreement ever negotiated by the EU that created an open trade zone covering over 550 million people.

The agreement entered into force on Friday, 1 February 2019.

Webinar 106: Invest Tokyo: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Initiatives to Support Foreign Companies and Entrepreneurs
07
Nov
2017
07-11-17 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CETWhat approaches are taken by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) to attract foreign companies to Tokyo?: Tokyo’s market trends
Webinar 103: The Japanese Startup Ecosystem: Opportunities for EU Collaboration
03
Oct
2017
03-10-17 | 10:30 - 11:30 AM CETHow has the Japanese startup ecosystem developed, and what are its features both within Japan and in terms of connections to Europ
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Outline of taxation in Japan

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Call for experts: Japanese policy and regulatory developments
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Call for experts: quarterly ‘Japanese technology and innovation monitoring watch’
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Minerva Policy Reports: Call for Expert Proposals - June 2024
The Minerva Policy Reports deliver comprehensive research on the dynamic political, economic, and…
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News (June 22- June 28, 2024)
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the…

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Online and in Japan
17/06/2024 - 12/07/2024
Get ready for Japan - June / July
17-21 June 2024, → mandatory week online (open to SMEs and large companies) 08-12 July 2024, → optional week in Japan (open only to SMEs who have completed the first online week) PROGRAMME…
Japan
01/08/2024 - 31/03/2025
Vulcanus in Japan - A training programme for students in engineering and other scientific fields (from EU / SMP associated countries)
  The organization of the Vulcanus Programme is pending reception of a grant by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation for the Japanese fiscal year 2024-2025: Please note that this call is…

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