Japan

On March 1, a delegation around the director of the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) visited Silicon Saxony in Dresden during their Europe tour. MEXT plays a role as seed phase investor to support the Japanese innovation ecosystem. However, they recognized...

The Beauty sector consolidates its presence in Japan and is that 11 Spanish companies, AD Particles, Feed Your Skin – Beauty and Go, Dermoestética del Sur, Laboratorios Ferrer, Magasalfa, Phergal, Quadpack Group, Quimibios-Careabout, Sesderma, Toskani Cosmetics y Viokox, have participated in the...

The EU-Japan Centre is currently calling for applications for its next ICT Mission and Partnering Event in Japan in May. ICT mission and partnering event in Japan / Dates: 08-11 May 2018 / Application deadline: 22 February 2018 This mission is managed by the EU-Japan Centre and funded by the...

OI2.0 Conference Founder and Adviser for Innovation Systems at the European Commission, Directorate General for Communications, Network, content, and Technology (DG CONNECT) Bror Salmelin about the event: “Cluj-Napoca has outperformed our expectations and set a new standard for the upcoming OI2.0...

TECHTERA is the French innovation cluster for textiles and flexible materials of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, French leader of the sector. Since its creation in 2005, the cluster fosters cooperation between France and Japan in textiles. 2016 was no exception. As part of the Memorandum of...

From 14 to 18 November, the EU-Japan Centre organised the second edition of its matchmaking mission to Japan for EU SMEs and clusters and focusing on ICT. The purpose of this 5-day mission was to support and encourage participants in establishing a first contact with Japanese clusters and SMEs in...

The European Strategic Cluster Partnership on Personalized Healthcare, bioXclusters plus – gathering Biocat (Catalonia), BioM (Bavaria), BioPmed (Piedmont) and Lyonbiopole (Auvergne Rhone-Alpes) – organized in collaboration with the EU Japan Centre a mission to Japan from Oct 10th to 14th 2016, that...

Just few days left before the deadline for applications (9 June 2016) for the next Biotech Cluster/SME mission to Japan funded by the European Commission and managed by the EU-Japan Centre. Unique BtoB meetings opportunity! In addition to the participation to BioJapan 2016 expo (on day-3 to 5)...

Organised by JEUPISTE project, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, Kobe University, APRE, on June 9th, the Empowering EU-Japan Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation - Key programmes to facilitate EU-Japan Cooperation seminar will address the recent policy developments and programmes...

The conference aims at strengthening, through an open and constructive exchange of views among leading personalities, the cooperation between the STS forum and the EU, in the face of the common challenges confronting our societies and the capacity of science, technology and innovation to provide...

Mission dates: 10 - 14 October 2016 / Applications deadline: 09 June 2016 The mission is composed of lectures, visits to Japanese R&D Centres and companies and cluster to cluster/B-to-B meetings organised on the “Bio Japan Expo" premises. The EU cluster and SME delegation will have a booth at the...

• Are you considering marketing a product or service in Japan? • Do you need a tailor made Market Entry Plan? “KEYS TO JAPAN” is a competition for European SMEs considering marketing a product or service in Japan. The 3 winners are awarded a detailed and personalised market entry, the cost of which...