Policy Seminar co-hosted by U.S.-Japan Council and EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Hope for Offshore Wind Power in Japan, learning from experiences in Europe and the U.S.

Monday 22 September 2025, 16:00-17:30 Tokyo (9:00-10:30 Brussels)
(English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation / Free event on Zoom webinar)

There is strong hope for offshore wind power in Japan as well as Europe and the U.S. as means for decarbonization and energy security. Yet, there are many challenges mainly due to cost inflation and other factors such as business environment.

In Japan, there have been developments going on along with the 2018 Act on Promoting the Utilization of Sea Areas for the Development of Marine Renewable Energy Power Generation Facilities. Further, in June this year, the Act was revised to expand the sea area for development to Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

On this occasion, we invite experts both from the public and private sectors to the webinar to discuss outlook and challenges of offshore wind power in Japan, while also learning lessons of experiences in Europe and the U.S.

Please register using the link below.

Agenda

16:00-16:02 (9:00-9:02)  Opening remarks
-    Audrey Yamamoto, President & CEO, U.S.-Japan Council

16:02-17:00 (9:02-10:00)  Presentations or video messages
-    Gaku Hasegawa, Member of the House of Councilors
-    Noriyoshi Fukuoka, Director, Wind Energy Project Promotion Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
-    Paolo Frankl, Head of Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency
-    Kosuke Oniwa, Renewable Energy Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
-    Gero Norman Tschierschke, Global Business Development Head for Offshore, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
-    Chihiro Terasawa, Lead researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute

17:00-17:30 (10:00-10:30) Panel discussion
Moderator: Yasuo Tanabe, Japan-side Managing Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

Registration: This webinar will be held on ZOOM. Please click this ZOOM link for registration.

Q&A: Registrants can enter questions in the Questions & Comments section of the registration screen.  Due to time constraints, it may be difficult to answer all the questions. Thank you for understanding.