Japan and Belgium already are important economic partners nowadays. Overcoming the global economic slowdown caused by to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Belgian trade with Japan rebounded within 2021, with imports totaling 9. 3 billion EUR. Exports grew by nearly 140% to 7. six billion EUR – in part due to vaccine exports – making Belgium the second largest goods exporter to The japanese within the European Union.
The full programme and everything useful information on the Belgian economic mission to Japan are available on the following website: https://www.belgianeconomicmission.be The programme in Tokyo is going to be concluded with the opening from the Belgian Beer Weekend 2022 in Shinjuku, with in order to meet Belgian beer makers and importers while sampling some of the finest Belgian create beers and cuisine. Belgian jazz artists Jef Neve and Teus Nobel may commemorate the 100th birthday of Toots Thielemans having a live performance. The programme in Tokyo will bring a rich variety of activities with a focus on featuring sustainable business partnerships and opportunities, new and revolutionary technologies, clean energy, Fintech, Life Sciences, investment opportunities in Belgium, company trips, high-level bilateral discussions, plus business-to-business meetings, academic exchanges and attention for Belgian beer culture – an array of the events follows: Princess Astrid and the official delegation will also explore post Covid-19 New Perspectives and Fundings in internationalization of Higher Training. A Business Luncheon hosted by Keidanren and the Belgian Corporations Federation will conclude the particular morning programme. The same day, Princess Astrid and the official abordnung will also have a bilateral ending up in HE Fumio Kishida, Best Minister of Japan. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib will hold consultations along with HE Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister of Foreign Affairs associated with Japan. Princess Astrid will be accompanied by a ministerial abordnung with Federal Minister regarding Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Government Cultural Institutions, Hadja Lahbib, Minister-President of the Government of Flanders, Jan Jambon, and Brussels State Secretary responsible for Urbanism and Heritage, Western european and International Relations and Foreign Trade, Pascal Smet. Federal Secretary of Condition Mathieu Michel will also participate in activities of the economic mission in the field of digitisation. Upon December 6 the programme will draw attention to many events highlighting the Belgian know-how in the field of clean tech and energy solutions. In the morning, Princess Astrid will reveal a maquette of the Sea Challenger – a boat DEME will operate within Japanese waters to install just offshore wind turbines – and go to the opening of the Decarbonation Conference: tech development in Hydrogen & Offshore blowing wind energy. The Belgian economic objective will be the largest international trade delegation to visit Japan as well as the second-largest Belgian economic mission in Belgium’s history. The scope is to renew and enhance the already strong financial interactions between both countries with a clear focus on clean and innovative technologies that will tackle the challenges of the twin green and digital change. On December 5, Princess Astrid will enjoy several sustainable partnerships in between Japanese and Belgian companies, such as Barco and TOHO cinemas, Zetes and the Panasonic Center in Tokyo (legal and digital identity sector), as well as Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, both major players in the roro car delivery and LNG sectors with the clear ambition to achieve co2 neutrality by 2050. From December 5 to 9, Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, symbolizing His Majesty the King, will lead the Belgian economic mission to The japanese to its first stop in Tokyo. Several visits in order to businesses and with public authorities are scheduled in order to explore further investment and online business offerings between Belgium and The japanese. Follow the Belgian Economic Mission to The japanese on social media: #BEmissionJPN In the afternoon, a Conference on Decarbonation and Synthetic Intelligence will further consider practical applications of AI to optimize processes and reduce burdens.
