FINESTJAPAN project arranged a green tech SME trade mission to Osaka, Japan, on 20-24 October 2025. SME’s on the mission were the Sykli Environmental College (Finland), DeskMe (Finland), Tuge Energy (Estonia) and Digiotouch (Estonia) with the project partners Green Net Finland and Tehnopol Science and Business park (Estonia). The project’s Japan expert service provider Ciriot Inc. (Osaka) was actively collaborating in the mission arrangements and had prepared face-to-face meetings for the participating companies on site.
The primary goal of the mission was to connect the FINESTJAPAN companies with interested business partners and explore new collaboration opportunities in Japan. As a result of the mission and active follow-up work, the first FINESTJAPAN deal in Japan was recently made by Digiotouch. Also, DeskMe has a new deal in the pipeline.
The mission programme contained a FINESTJAPAN seminar day for the participating companies, where IBPC Osaka and Intralink gave informative lectures about Japan and the Osaka-Kansai business environment. The project arranged a networking event where the companies and Japanese target groups were pitching, and presentations of the green transfer (Gx), digital solutions and sustainability (Sx) were shown.
A visit to Kyoto Research Park and ACT Kyoto was arranged. In Kyoto, meetings were held with tech companies and the research park. All companies had additional one-to-one meetings with relevant counterparts during the mission.
In addition to exports, “FINESTJAPAN - Boosting the Central Baltic Cleantech Exports to Japan” project’s secondary target is to introduce marketing or organizational innovation aiming at the Japanese market, such as applying new marketing approaches. The EU SMEs will gain knowledge of Japanese business culture and obtain visibility in Japan during trade missions. The next trade mission will be held on 22-28 April 2026 in Tokyo.
Source: Green Net Finland
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Published: March 2026