Policy Seminar

In this webinar, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will share Japan’s efforts on business and human rights, while the European Commission will provide an overview of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) and its implementation.

The EU Compass, published on January 29th and inspired from Draghi report, sets the direction for her second term, with a focus on innovation, decarbonization and competitiveness, and strengthening economic security efforts. Discussions will be held with the top EU climate policy official, the head of Japan’s METI GX strategy, and a representative from Japanese businesses to explore the future direction of decarbonization efforts and the advancement of the Japan-EU Green Alliance.

Japan and the EU agreed on the “EU-Japan Digital Partnership” at the 2022 Summit, and have since been strengthening cooperation to advance the contribution of digital technologies to society and the economy. In this seminar, we will deepen dialogue between the public and private sectors from Japan and the EU on the future direction the Partnership should pursue toward a prosperous and sustainable future.

Circular economy is an economic system that aims to enhance industrial competitiveness and economic growth while ensuring efficient and cyclical use of resources at all stages of the supply chain and value chain, based on the premise of reuse/recycle from the product design stage. In this webinar, the authorities of both Japan and the EU will introduce the latest status and challenges of evolving CE policies and initiatives, and explore ways of cooperation.

We welcome Mr. Shozo Maeda, Secretary General of the Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE), an organization highly regarded in Europe for providing fair and accurate information, as our keynote speaker. He will provide insights into EU policies and regulations, covering past developments as well as the latest trends.

This webinar will delve into the key provisions of the Net-Zero Industrial Act (NZIA) and Clean Industrial Deal, highlighting their impact on industries and the businesses and investment opportunities they generate for Japanese companies.

On 13 November, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, together with the Delegation of the EU to Japan and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), held a seminar on “EU CBAM and its implication for Japanese companies” in a hybrid format.

In this seminar, the Director-General of DG TAXUD of the European Commission, will talk about the current status, future measures and responses, and discuss together with related parties of Japan.

This event will look at recent developments to implement the regulation and will give participants an opportunity to put questions to the Commission experts.

In this webinar, panelists involved in GAIA-X, CATENA-X, Japanese date strategy and the Ouranos Ecosystem will provide insights about the overview and challenges, and will discuss on crucial topics such as the involvement of all players in the supply chain (especially SMEs) in this data linkage mechanism, ensuring data reliability, achieving globally interoperability, delineating optimal roles between the public and private sectors, and exploring possible industrial cooperation between Japan and the EU and the ideal framework for global data collaboration.

The webinar will present the latest GX policies and specific progress, as well as comment on Japan's GX policy from a European perspective, exploring the Japan-EU Green Alliance. 

In this webinar, the European Commission will explain the outline of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) while Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will discuss initiatives to build sustainable supply chains.