Commissioner Breton in Japan to discuss digital partnership, semiconductor, industrial and technology cooperation.

The just released report by Paul van der Plas on “Post -pandemic industries – Opportunities for EU & Japanese businesses in adapting together to a post-Covid world” with the support from the Centre’s MINERVA[1] Market & Policy Intelligence action, analyses how the pandemic has caused an incredible disruption in the global economy, with its aftermath being felt in every corner of the world and in every industry. Our scrambling to adjust, gave way to a whole range of technological but also social changes, many of which expected to have long lasting effects. One of them is the accelera...

As a member in Japan of Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) the world’s largest business support network composed of 600 organisations in over 60 countries, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (EEN Japan) contributed directly to build several business and technology partnership agreements (PAs) between European and Japanese enterprises. According to EISMEA, the performance of EEN Japan in 2020 is evaluated as a very good one. This was achieved through active participation in EEN brokerage events and strong links within the Network. These PAs help European businesses to access the Jap...

On 15 September, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered her second State of the Union address in the European Parliament. She focused on Europe’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis and on what the European Union needs to do for a lasting recovery delivering benefits to all - from health preparedness, the social dimension, technological leadership, to a defence union.
Von der Leyen also underlined the importance of staying true to our values and made a point of Europe’s duty to care for the most vulnerable, standing up for media freedom, reinforcing th...

The European Commission has launched Access2Procurement, a new expansion of the Access2Markets platform that will provide important and up-to-date information about public tender opportunities outside of the EU that are open to European companies.
The Access2Procurement, which is currently in a pilot phase, will be especially useful to small and medium-sized companies that have less access to procurement-related information in third countries. It is part of the European Commission efforts to expand the opportunities of European companies to trade beyond the EU’s borders.
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On 23 September the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission celebrated the launch of an annual ‘EU organic day’. The three institutions signed a joint declaration establishing from now on each 23 September as EU organic day. This follows up on the Action Plan for the development of organic production, adopted by the Commission on 25 March 2021, which announced the creation of such a day to raise awareness of organic production.
At the signing and launch ceremony, Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said: “Today we celebrate organic production, a sustainable ...

Tokyo is a city that continues to grow and mature. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has been engaging in full-scale efforts to attract foreign companies to Tokyo since 2012, to create innovation through attracting leading foreign firms and achieve sustainable development of the metropolitan economy. Here are support services provided by TMG to accelerate business expansion in Tokyo.
X-HUB Tokyo the Inbound Program
Run by TMG, this online program is envisioned to support global start-ups who are seeking opportunities to expand their business into Tokyo across the busines...

With support from public authorities, a group of small and medium-sized sake breweries across Japan have launched "Sake! Sake!! Sake!!!", an online sake trade fair platform for European sake importers and more importantly for those who want to become sake importers. The platform, a first of its kind in the sake industry, has been selected as a model for the National Tax Agency's Sake Branding Promotion Project.

The Platform will provide a free of charge online one-stop solution for European wine/premium liquor distributors who have never dealt with sake before. It is allowing them...

The second Advanced Therapy Showcase in Tokyo is seeking Advanced therapy companies for live-streaming presentations and pre-arranged one-on-one business meetings
Fuelled by the successful rendering of its first edition, ATST#1, in January 2021, Life Science Innovation Network Japan (LINK-J) is organising the second edition of the Advanced Therapy Showcase in Tokyo #2 (ATST#2), on Friday, 28 January 2022, JST.
The Network is currently recruiting live-streaming company presenters, and the recruitment of general attendees will follow soon from November.
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The leading economic regions of Germany and Japan, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Tokyo, have launched a cooperation programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On 31 May, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of NRW (MWIDE) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, representing Japan’s most important economic region, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support small and medium-sized enterprises from NRW and Tokyo in entering their markets, creating new opportunities and FDI for both regions.

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), one...

Creative Industry Zone 2021 is a matchmaking event linking designers, tech companies, traditional enterprises, clusters, R&D institutions, and other entities representing or involved in creative industries. Apart from virtual bilateral business meetings giving the opportunity to generate new business contacts and boost innovation, the event will cover thematic panel incl. presentations on IPR, current challenges in CCIs, funding opportunities in frames of Creative Europe programme and technical aspects of co-operation between designers and industrial manufacturers.
The event is a...

CTT - Politechnika Krakowska, is organising a brokerage event within the frame of Horeca – Gastrofood fair the major Polish fair about catering, hotel and wine sectors. The B2B event named Horeca, Gastrofood, Enoexpo 2021 will be held from 3 - 16 November 2021 and allow participants to meet potential partners during pre-arranged 30 minutes long meetings.

Main sectors: wine industry; alcoholic beverages; food and beverage products: traditional, organic, “free from”, functional etc.; soft drinks, coffee, tea; sweets and confectionery; dairy products; fruits, vegetables, nuts (fresh,...

As partner of the "Free From Functional & Health Ingredients" Expo, Enterprise Europe Network is organising an international matchmaking event on “Free From”, which takes place on the 23rd and 24th of November 2021.
Target sectors are Vegan, Plant-Based, Free From, Organic, Functional and Healthy Lifestyle Food, Drinks and Ready to Market Solutions.