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Information on Japan for EU Companies

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 your knowledge about Japan, and in accordance with the project of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROWTH) to develop a global platform providing EU businesses with relevant information about business with third countries, the EU-Japan Centre has created this online information portal for European companies seeking to break into the Japanese market. It aims to bring together and make...

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Each month on this page we will be introducing profiles of Japanese companies that are looking for EU partners.
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This month we have updated a few pages with new statistics, charts, further readings and much more!

Please find hereafter an overview of Railways, Sports, and...

Special Focus: Food...

This month in the “Special Focus” section, we focus on the Food & Drink sector in Japan.

Information on the various related sub-sectors and the latest...

Publications on...

Here you can find information about our forthcoming series of expert reports.

A number of specially select experts have agreed to cooperate on this project and...

About Japan...

Here you will find information about our ongoing webinar series.

The "About Japan" webinar series will cover a wide range of topics such as sector-related...

Cross-cultural...

Understanding the Japanese people represents one of the single biggest obstacles for European SMEs wishing to break into the Japanese market.
Indeed, in previous interviews conducted by the EU...

Technology Transfer...

The EU-Japan Centre launches the EU-Japan Technology Transfer Helpdesk, a new service which aims at being a reference for those who are interested in searching for available technologies from both...

Public Procurement...

The potential of the public procurement market in Japan remains largely untapped by European SMEs. JTPP Helpdesk supports SMEs with finding their way into this market, by providing a variety of...

Japan Taxation...

Dealing with taxation in a foreign country can be a complex, time-consuming and costly affair for SMEs, who would rather devote their time on development of their markets and flourish under the...

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