Focus Areas

Although sustainable connectivity is welcomed anywhere, the EU and Japan have made a decision on some fields to begin their focused work.

The four fields to be tackled in the Partnership are:

Transport: Diversifying trade and travel routes, linking existing and future transportation networks. Quality infrastructure development, often discussed in Japan, falls in this field. Strategic investment in critical infrastructure creates economic and political inter-dependencies, both hard and soft.

Energy: Developing platforms that are interconnected regionally; modern energy systems and environmentally friendly solutions. These will be embedded in the EU-Japan Green Deal.

Digital: Increasing access to digital services while maintaining a high level of protection of consumer and personal data is embedded in the EU-Japan Digital Partnership.

Human dimension: Developing advanced cooperation in education, research innovation, culture and tourism.