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Annual Meeting 2026

27th EU-Japan Business Round Table Annual Meeting - 16 April 2026

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).

Horizon Europe
EU-Japan negotiation concluded for Japan's association to Horizon Europe
The European Union (EU) and Japan issued the Japan-EU Joint Statement and Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance at the Japan–EU summit meeting held last July.
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The EU-Japan Business Round Table will meet in Brussels in April
The 27th meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table (or “BRT”) will take place in Brussels on Thursday, 16 April 2026.
The EU and Japan launch Competitiveness Alliance at bilateral summit in Tokyo
The EU and Japan launch Competitiveness Alliance at bilateral summit in Tokyo
Photo of the President of the European Council, António Costa, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
30th EU-Japan summit
The President of the European Council, António Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, representing the EU, met Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the 30th EU-Japan summit, which took place in Tokyo on the 23 July 2025.
An EU Compass to regain competitiveness and secure sustainable prosperity
On 29 January 2025, the Commission presented the “Competitiveness Compass”, the first major initiative of this mandate providing a strategic and clear framework to steer the Commission's work.

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.

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.

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Japan
05/10/2026 - 09/10/2026
Mission dates: 05 - 09 Oct 2026 Are you active in the biotech, pharma, or related healthcare sectors and seeking business, technology, or collaboration opportunities in Japan? This autumn, the EU-…
Japan
13/10/2026 - 16/10/2026
Session dates: 13 - 16 October 2026 Are you running a business that specialises in digital technologies — such as AI, cybersecurity, IoT? Would you like to develop business in Japan and beyond? This…
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