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Below 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.

Report: Working in Japan as an Expatriate: Practical Guidance towards Achieving Assignment Success
About the Report This report offers practical guidance to EU-based organisations that are considering investing in expatriate assignments as a means towards exploring and exploiting business opportunities in Japan. In this report we illustrate the risks, challenges and opportunities faced by...
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Report: The Olive Oil Market in Japan
About the Report Japan’s annual domestic production of olive oil is limited at about 45 tonnes (2020). Japan cannot meet the internal demand and imports more than 99% of the domestic consumption. In 2020, Japan imported about 70,000 tonnes. The EU supplies the majority of the imports; 96% of...
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Report: The Market for Biogas Plants in Japan and Opportunities for EU Companies
About the Report The share of Biogas in Japan’s energy mix, especially in comparison to other renewable energies such as solar energy, is still rather small. However, the biogas sector shows a steady and positive development and current policy strategies illustrate the increasing importance of...
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Report: Smart Farming Technology in Japan and Opportunities for EU Companies
About the Report Facilitated by EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the Japanese market offers interesting opportunities for European small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of soil cultivation and harvest preparation/ cultivation technologies such as drones and other...
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Report: Japanese Consumers' Behavior (by age and gender)
About the Report This report provides an overview of the current situation on the Japanese consumer market (as of January 2021). It first presents current data on the purchasing power, size and relevance of the Japanese consumer market. The second part describes particularities of Japanese...
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Report: Japanese Convenience Stores and Drugstores: Opportunities for European Snack and Beverage Products under Corona
About the Report This report presents an overview of trends and opportunities on the Japanese convenience store and drugstore market under the Corona pandemic and delivers strategic insight, tactical guidance and real-life examples of how to succeed in the Japanese convenience store and...
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Report: Japan's Circularity
About the Report The world is currently facing two global crises, the climate crisis alongside the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic ramifications. Transitioning to a circular economy can be the solution to both, which aims to decouple our economic activity from consuming finite resources and...
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Report: Artificial Intelligence in the Japanese Educational Sector
About the Report Japan is about to spend big on AI for the education sector. Not today or next month, but in the next few years. Every sector of the economy from autonomous driving to the hospital sector will need AI knowledgeable workers, as well as a fair number of AI experts, to bring AI...
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Factsheet: EPA & Telecommunication
About the FactsheetSub-section 4 of Chapter 8 of the EU-Japan EPA sets out the principles for regulatory framework for provision of telecommunication services. As per the language in Chapter 7 on technical barriers to trade, standards issued by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), are...
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Report: Opportunities for EU Companies in Japan’s Organic Food & Beverage Market
About the Report This report analyses the current trends and features of the organic food and beverage market in Japan and opportunities for EU companies. The Japanese organic food market is currently limited by various internal and structural barriers. These barriers include a lack of retail...
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