Message from Yasuo TANABE, Japan-side Managing Director
Since 1987, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation has a long history as a joint venture between the Japanese government (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the European Commission (DG Grow). It has become a general incorporated foundation in its legal status in Japan and breathed new life into both name and reality.
Brussels, 16 April 2026 - The 27th Annual Meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table took place in Brussels and online. It was co-chaired by Dr. Nobuhiro Endo (Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation) and by Jeremy Grossas (Representative Director & President, Merck Biopharma Japan who was standing in for Belén Garijo, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck and BRT co-Chair).
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.
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.
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.
Joint venture established in 1987 by the European Commission (DG GROW) and the Japanese Government (METI) for promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan.
