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(APRIL 25) The Japanese government held its annual seminar on Government Procurement on April 25. In the early hours (European time) Japan's Central Ministries presented their WTO-regulated procurement plans for the coming fiscal year during a 3-hour Zoom session organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

The first part of the seminar dealt with Japan's so-called voluntary measures, which have been in place for 30 years to stimulate participation by foreign suppliers in tender competitions, followed by an overview of the Government Procurement Challenge System. A more recent addition are measures where work-life balance is taken into account when selection suppliers. 

Most of the seminar consisted of presentations by individual ministries, each explaining their main procurement intentions for the coming year. For more details of intended procurement by each of the ministries, click the links below.

• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Ministry of the Environment
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Ministry of Defense
• National Police Agency

Some of the Ministries will also organise separate procurement seminars online in the coming weeks.

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
  • May 11, 14:00 JST  (Teams)
• Ministry of Defense 
  • May 31, 14:00 (Contact MOD, Personnel Training Bureau, Welfare office TEL: 03-5366-3111 Ext. 20732 or FAX 03-5229-2137