Innovation Mission
01
Dec
2024
Mission participants will exhibit and participate in the Innovation Leaders Summit (“ILS”) 2024 in Toranomon Hills, one of Tokyo’s most iconic business venues.
Smart Factory & Robotics Business Mission
20
Jan
2026
Smart Factory & Robotics Business Mission in Japan is organised on the fringe of the Factory Innovation Week in Japan. The selected SMEs and clusters will be able to showcase their technology during the fair within a common booth.
F2F Health Matters collective international trade mission to Japan successfully finalised
The selected Champion SMEs of the call for the second target country, Japan, got the opportunity to expand their business and to start a new internationalisation journey.
B2B Matchmaking for EU SMEs at the Third Japan-Africa Business Forum
29
Jun
2021
 
EPA Helpdesk Webinar 39: SME Chapter
29
Jun
2021
Important concessions are contained in the EPA for EU exporters to Japan, including SMEs. As a result, these EU products have since the entry into force of the Agreement an important competitive advantage on the Japanese markets.
EPA Helpdesk Webinar 21: SME Chapter
19
May
2020
19-05-20 | 10:30 - 11:30 AM CETHow can EU SME exporters benefit from the EPA?
EPA Helpdesk

EPA HELPDESK TO SUPPORT EU companies

On 17 July 2018, the European Union and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the biggest trade agreement ever negotiated by the EU that created an open trade zone covering over 550 million people.

The agreement entered into force on Friday, 1 February 2019.

Webinar 106: Invest Tokyo: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Initiatives to Support Foreign Companies and Entrepreneurs
07
Nov
2017
07-11-17 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CETWhat approaches are taken by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) to attract foreign companies to Tokyo?: Tokyo’s market trends
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Procurement Update: Procurement Guidelines translation available at JTPP

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