This website provides practical information for European Union businesses in need of clear guidelines to trade with or invest in Japan or cooperate with Japanese partners. The information used in this website was obtained by screening the whole internet to provide European Union companies with a digest of useful Japan-related information from a wide variety of online sources. When seeking to do business abroad, it is essential to first get to know the country that you are targeting. Awareness about Japan’s politics, economics and social environment is a considerable asset. To help you improve...
Hundreds of web pages with up-to-date information on Japan, more than 400 market reports and recorded webinars available as well as a lot of detailed information on Japanese business culture.
In this section, you will find a selection of market reports, fact sheets and publications drawn up by industry experts. This page will be regularly updated and we encourage you to return for future developments.
We have put together a number of e-learning videos for members to enjoy at their leisure. This section is targeted to EU companies seeking to create, develop or improve their businesses with Japan and Japanese partners.
To access the recordings of our past sectorial and procedural webinars, please visit this link.
In this section are listed questions and answers that could be relevant for your business. It covers any kind of trade-related questions received and related answers including the ones covering the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.
In this section you will find a list of useful links for information about doing business in or with Japan. Of course, this is just a very small sample of useful links of this kind. In fact, on the many pages of this website you will find over 1,600 links (and counting!) that were consulted by our research team when compiling the information we have made available. We therefore encourage you to browse the website, in particular those pages most relevant to your business, as well as the links below.
The monthly newsletter covers the latest information on upcoming webinars, latest Japanese companies' profiles, special focus section, more information on the EPA Helpdesk, press review and much more! In this section you will find links to past and present newsletters.
This website and related activities are managed by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, a joint venture between the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and the Japanese Government's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI).
