EU-Japan Centre Past events

'About Japan' webinar series 263: Food Distribution Channels in Japan

JAN

2026

Join our upcoming webinar to gain comprehensive insights into Japanese food distribution channels, explore emerging consumer trends impacting the distribution, and learn about critical industry issues and opportunities.

10:30 - 11:30

Smart Factory & Robotics Business Mission

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.

'About Japan' webinar series 262: Dermatology Skin Care Market in Japan

JAN

2026

Unlocking the Japanese Skincare Market – Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

10:30 - 11:30

'About Japan' webinar series 261: Consumption tax in Japan – an overview

JAN

2026

Unlocking the Japanese Skincare Market – Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

10:30 - 11:30

TICAD 9 Partner Project: Unlocking Africa's Potential - Opportunities for EU-Japan Business Cooperation

Dec

2025

This year marks a pivotal moment for Africa’s partnership with Europe and Japan.

'About Japan' webinar series 260: Influencing Without Pushing - How to Get Results with Japanese

DEC

2025

What are the keys to influence and convince Japanese? What are considered ‘respect and professional’ and what are not? This session will illustrate the keys to get the best results out of negotiation with Japanese while building and maintaining sustainable relationship.

10:30 - 11:30

Innovation Mission

Dec

2025

Mission participants will exhibit and participate in the Innovation Leaders Summit (“ILS”) 2024 in Toranomon Hills, one of Tokyo’s most iconic business venues.

Green Business Mission in Japan

Promote your green technologies at Tokyo’ Decarbonisation Expo with the support of the EU-Japan Centre.

'About Japan' webinar series 259: Pharmaceutical Industry in Japan

NOV

2025

Japan’s pharmaceutical market: Recent developments and how EU SMEs could add value

10:30 - 11:30

Green Materials: Key for Scope 3 Emission reduction

Nov

2025

In this seminar, representatives from both the public and private sectors will discuss the challenges and future directions for promoting green materials, drawing on perspectives from various stakeholders throughout the supply chain—from upstream suppliers to downstream users.

'About Japan' webinar series 258: Doing business with Japanese government organizations - First-hand experience of European SMEs

NOV

2025

What will you encounter when developing business with Japanese government organizations?

10:30 - 11:30

CBAM in full swing? Discussing the future of CBAM with the European Commission

Nov

2025

As the full implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will commence on 1 January 2026, we are honored to welcome Mr. Xavier Vanden Bosch, an official from the European Commission's unit in charge of CBAM (DG TAXUD) as the speaker, who will review the operations during the provisional application period and present the outlook for the full implementation.

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