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Snapshot from the Latest Press Release

Minister Hagiuda Receives a Courtesy Call from Dr. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan (February 2022)
- EU-Japan Joint Webinar on Business and Human Rights to Be Held (June 1, 2022)
- Minister Hagiuda Holds Meeting with the Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, United Kingdom (February 25, 2022)
- Minister Hagiuda Receives a Courtesy Call from Dr. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan (February 9, 2022)
- METI Minister Hagiuda Attends Trilateral Meeting of Trade Ministers - Joint Statement Released (November 30, 2021)
- Minister Hagiuda Holds Video Conference with H.E. Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People and European Commissioner for Trade (November 18, 2021)
- Joint Statement on Trilateral Trade Ministers Meeting Released (November 17, 2021)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Iwata Attends the Annual EU-Japan Business Round Table (November 5, 2021)
- Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market (September 28, 2021)
- Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People, European Commissioner for Trade, via Video Conference (March 29, 2021)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market, via Video Conference (July 17, 2020)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Trade , via Video Conference (June 22, 2020)
- METI Minister Kajiyama Visits the United States (January 15, 2020)
- Joint Statement on Trilateral Meeting of Trade Ministers Released (January 14, 2020)
- METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ishikawa Visited Belgium (May 20, 2019)
- METI Minister Seko Visits Switzerland (January 28, 2019)
- METI Minister Seko Visits the United States (January 10, 2019)
- First Japan-EU High Level Industrial, Trade and Economic Dialogue Held (October 23, 2018)
- The First Japan-EU High Level Industrial, Trade and Economic Dialogue to be Held (October 17, 2018)
- The First Japan-EU High Level Industrial, Trade and Economic Dialogue to be Held (October 17, 2018)
- METI Minister Seko Visits the United States and Spain (October 1, 2018)
- Joint Statement on Trilateral Meeting of Trade Ministers Released (September 25, 2018)
- METI Minister Seko Attends Third Trilateral Meeting of Trade Ministers, OECD Ministerial Council Meeting and Informal Meeting of Ministerial Responsible for WTO Trade (June 4, 2018)
- Release of Joint Statement on Trilateral Meeting of Trade Ministers and Japan-EU Joint Statement (May 31, 2018)
- METI Minister Seko Visits the Kingdom of Belgium (March 11, 2017)
- Japan, US and EU trade ministers meeting took place at WTO MC11 (December 13, 2017)
- METI State Minister Takagi Visited France and Austria (June 6, 2016)
- METI Minister Motegi Visited Australia and the Philippines (July 22, 2014)
- METI Minister Motegi Visited Saudi Arabia, Italy, and France (May 8, 2014)
- Parliamentary Vice Minister Isozaki Visited South Africa, Belgium, and Germany (February 10, 2014)
J-EU EPA/EIA
- METI Minister Kajiyama Attends Annual Meeting of EU-Japan Business Round Table (November 6, 2015)
- Twelfth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (September 7, 2015)
- Eleventh Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (June 29, 2015)
- Tenth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA) (April 16, 2015)
- Ninth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (February 18, 2015)
- Eighth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (December 12, 2014)
- Eighth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (December 3, 2014)
- Seventh Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (October 24, 2014)
- Seventh Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (October 14, 2014)
- Sixth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (July 11, 2014)
- Sixth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (June 26, 2014)
- Fifth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (April 4, 2014)
- Fifth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (March 25, 2014)
- Fourth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (January 31, 2014)
- Fourth Round of Negotiations on the Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (January 24, 2014)
- Statement by Minister Edano on the Japan-EU EPA (November 30, 2012) Speeches
- Statement by Minister Edano on the Cabinet Decision "Policy on Regulatory and Institutional Reform" and the Japan-EU EPA (July 10, 2012) Speeches
Others
- 12th Conference on Critical Materials and Minerals Held (December 9, 2021)
- A EU-Japan AI Workshop on Monitoring AI Systems’ Operations Held (July 6, 2021)
- 11th Conference on Critical Materials and Minerals Held (June 30, 2021)
- The 10th Trilateral EU-US-Japan Conference on Critical Materials Held (November 11, 2020)
- The 9th Trilateral EU-US-Japan Conference on Critical Materials Held (November 20, 2019)
- The 8th Trilateral EU-US-Japan Conference on Critical Materials Held (December 6, 2018)
- METI and the European Commission Conclude a Memorandum of Cooperation on Promoting and Establishing a Liquid, Flexible and Transparent Global Liquefied Natural Gas Market (July 12, 2017)
- The 4th meeting of Japan - EU Railway Industrial Dialogue (November 6, 2015)
- Adoption of a Regulatory Cooperation Joint Document between Japan and the EU (March 17, 2015)
- The EU-Japan 2nd Railway Industrial Dialogue to be Held (December 2, 2014)
- The JPO Strengthens the Cooperative Relationship with IP offices of V4 (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in the Field of IP (September 24, 2014)
- JPO Held Tegernsee Symposium on Patent System Harmonization (July 11, 2014)
Related Information
- Japan-EURelations
- EU-Japan Business Round Table
- EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
- European Commission
- Japan-EUEconomic Partnership Agreement
- JETRO WEBSITE EU-Japan EPA/FTA
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Last updated:2022-06-01