EU-Japan cooperation

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is one of the 6 winning regions of the European programme "International Urban and Regional Cooperation" IURC EU-Japan, which supports cooperation for innovation between European regions and Japanese prefectures.

Held on the 25 October, this second meeting of the HLED confirmed EU-Japanese strategic alignment on key economic and geopolitical challenges.

EU-Japan Centre and Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce sign a Memorandum of Understanding to broaden their cooperation.

On 28 September, the newly appointed EU Ambassador to Japan, Mr Jean-Eric Paquet, visited the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation head office in Tokyo for a presentation of the Centre's activities to support the cooperation between European and Japanese businesses.

Leaders at the EU-Japan Summit taking place in Tokyo agreed to start exploratory talks on Japan’s possible association to the EU's key research & innovation funding programme Horizon Europe. Association is the closest form of international cooperation on research and innovation with third countries, and it could pave the way for an intensified cooperation in research and innovation between the EU and Japan.