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Policy webinar - Current status and challenges of the circular economy: Toward a growth-oriented resource-autonomous economy
17
Mar
2026
Futurotextiles exhibition in Osaka
During World Expo Osaka 2025, the French cultural organization lille3000 is holding an exhibition around innovative textiles and fashion with Yanmar in Nagai from 12 April until 31 July 2025.
Co-Creating the Future: Luxembourg and Japan at Expo 2025 Osaka
Through co-creating and collaborating across borders, the Luxembourg Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka showcases a shared spirit of innovation, blending culture, science, and design through dynamic partnerships between Luxembourg and Japan.
Designed for disassembly: The Luxembourg Pavilion at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka
EXPO Osaka Special: With the start of Expo 2025 Osaka on April 13, 2025, the world will come together in Osaka, Japan. Around 28 million visitors are expected, with 160 participating countries and various international organizations presenting themselves - Luxembourg among them.
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15
Jun
2023
19th Japan-EU High-Level Dialogue on Environment
Japan and the European Commission held their 19th High-Level Dialogue on Environment via videoconference on 23 January 2023 to discuss three key environmental issues – biodiversity, circular economy and plastics, and pollution.
Webinar on Opportunities for EU-Japan Cooperation in the Circular Economy for Strategic Metals
Would you like to learn the latest EU and Japanese circular economy policy instruments and industrial innovations? Join us on 23 June at a webinar on the opportunities for EU-Japan industrial and innovation cooperation in the circular economy for raw materials.
Opportunities for EU & Japan Industrial and Innovation Cooperation in the Circular Economy for Strategic Metals
23
Jun
2022
With the EU and Japan seeing the circular economy as a key tool for achieving resource efficiency and net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, this
Government Procurement & Circular Economy

Government Procurement & Circular Economy

'Circular economy' has become container concept that covers a very broad spectrum of human activities. Over the last decades national governments and supra-governmental organizations such as the European Commission have used various policy-tools, to promote environmentally sustainable human activities and behavior that ideally have a zero environmental impact.

Government Procurement Thematic Reports

Reports

Report: The Japanese Model for a Bioeconomy
To get the access to this report, please click here.
Report: Circular Economy in Japan
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12/05/2026
The Sapporo Model: A Compact City Powering a Sustainable Future – Business Opportunities in Sapporo City, Japan | Webinar
[Updated 17/4/2026] The Sapporo Model: A Compact City Powering a Sustainable Future – Business Opportunities in Sapporo City, Japan | Webinar Useful links: - Sapporo Step (global website)…
13/05/2026
Key Developments in the Battery Sector and Opportunities for Japan-EU Cooperation—As Part of the Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Policy SeminarKey Developments in the Battery Sector and Opportunities for Japan-EU Cooperation—As Part of the Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance…

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