BRT participation in policy events
Since 2024, the BRT has received invitations to take part in meetings on EU-Japan related topics to give an EU-Japan business perspective to the issue being discussed.
Economic Security
EU and Japan reaffirm close cooperation on trade and economic security
The EU and Japan reaffirmed their shared commitment to further strengthening their cooperation on trade and economic security at their 6th High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) on 8 May 2025.
Annual Meeting 2025
Handover of the BRT's 2025 Recommendations to EVP Séjourné
Brussels, 03 March 2025 - The BRT's Recommendations adopted at its 26th Annual Meeting were formally submitted to the European Commission. EC Executive Vice President Séjourné received them from Merck's Maike Asmussen and NEC's Mitsuhiro Murooka. Ambassador Aikawa from the Mission of Japan to the EU witnessed the handover.
5th EU-Japan High Level Economic Dialogue
On the occasion of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris of 2 May, Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People, and European Commissioner for Trade, Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Saito Ken, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, held the 5th Japan-EU High-level Economic Dialogue.
Team Europe in Japan visits Kumamoto for exchanges with local stakeholders
On 8 and 9 February, European Union Ambassador to Japan Jean-Eric Paquet, together with 19 EU Member State Ambassadors, visited the city of Kumamoto in southwestern Japan for a series of meetings with local stakeholders on issues including security and economic security.
Submission of the EU-Japan Business Round Table’s 2023 Recommendations to the Japanese Government
On 16 February 2024, Nobuhiro Endo (Japan-side BRT Chair and Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation) and Christopher Thomas (Representative Director, President of Merck Ltd., Japan, representing Belén Garijo, EU-side BRT Chair) submitted the BRT’s 2023 Recommendations to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News (July 14-July 20, 2023)
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the latest information from the Japanese governmental organizations & private companies/organizations
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News (June 30-July 6, 2023)
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the latest information from the Japanese governmental organizations & private companies/organizations
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News (June 23-June 29, 2023)
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the latest information from the Japanese governmental organizations & private companies/organizations
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News (May 26-June 1, 2023)
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the latest information from the Japanese governmental organizations & private companies/organizations
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News (May 19-May 25, 2023)
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the latest information from the Japanese governmental organizations & private companies/organizations
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News Dec.9 -Dec.15, 2022
The EU-Japan Centre is pleased to start a new weekly service by publishing brief summary of the latest information from the Japanese governmental organizations & private companies/organ
