Following the EU-Japan ministerial meeting in 1986, the European Commission & the Japanese METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) agreed on the importance of deepening the industrial cooperation in order to achieve a closer relationship of the EU-Japan economic area.
Based on this agreement, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation was established in 1987 as a core organization to implement industrial cooperation between the EU and Japan as an affiliate of the Institute for International Studies and Training (renamed later Center for International Economic Collaboration).
The European Commission & METI of Japan strongly expect the Centre to contribute to the further development for the EU-Japan economic relationship from the entering into force of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) & Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) in February 2019.
At the opening a new era of the EU-Japan relationship, the Centre has started its operations as a new independent General Incorporated Foundation in Japan.
It aims at promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan and at improving EU and Japanese companies’ competitiveness and cooperation by facilitating exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses.
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Name |
(General Incorporated Foundation) EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation https://www.eu-japan.eu |
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President |
Nikolaus BOLTZE |
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Managing Directors |
Japan-side: Yasuo TANABE EU-side: Manuel Hubert |
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History |
15 May 1987 : Established an affiliate of the Institute for International Studies and Training (IIST). August 2019 : IIST changed its name to Center for International Economic Collaboration (CIEC). 1 July 2020 : Establishment of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation as an independant General Incorporated Foundation. |
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Annual Budget |
4.7mil euro（FY2024） |
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Employees |
28 |
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Competent authorities |
METI, European Commission |
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Headquarters in Tokyo |
〒108-0072 Shirokane-Takanawa Station Bldg.4F 1-27-6 Shirokane. Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0072 JAPAN |
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Branch in Brussels |
Rue Marie de Bourgogne 52, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium |
Board of Governors &Trustees (As of 9 July. 2024)
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Board of Governors |
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President |
Nikolaus BOLTZE |
Country Representative, Thyssenkrupp Representative Office |
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Managing Director |
Yasuo TANABE |
Japanese Managing Director |
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Managing Director |
Manuel HUBERT |
EU Managing Director |
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Governor |
Norihiko ISHIGURO |
Chairman, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) |
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Governor |
Takao SUAMI |
Professor, Waseda Law School, Waseda University |
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Governor |
Bélen GARIJO |
The Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck |
| Governor | Nobuhiro ENDO | Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation |
| Governor |
Jean-Eric PAQUET |
Ambassador of the European Union(EU) to Japan |
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Board of Trustees |
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Trustee |
Mikihito SAITO |
President, Japan Business Council in Europe(JBCE) |
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Trustee |
Laurent DEPUS |
Chairman, European Business Council in Japan (EBC) |
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Trustee |
Yoshinori IIZUKA |
Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo |
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Trustee(New Entry) |
Hidenori TSUTSUI |
Belgian-Luxembourg Market Council(BLMC) |
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Auditor |
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Auditor |
Mitsuru KOMIYAMA |
Principal, KOMIYAMA & Co. |
