EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

Founded	1987
Headquarters	Head Office Japan: 1-27-6, Shirokane Minato, Tokyo 108-0072, Japan. EU Office: Rue Marie de Bourgogne 52, Brussels, Belgium.
Number of employees	30
Website	[1]

Established in 1987, the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is a unique venture between the European Commission (Directorate General for Growth - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and the Japanese Government (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (METI).

The EU-Japan Centre has its head office in Tokyo and an office in Brussels. It is headed by two General Managers, one European and one Japanese, and has a total staff of 30 people.

The mission of the EU-Japan Centre, a non-profit organization, is to enhance all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between Japan and the EU, and to strengthen the technological capabilities and the competitiveness of the European and Japanese industrial systems. The Centre was founded with a view to contributing to industrial cooperation between the Community and Japan, as specified in the Council Decision which constitutes the Centre’s legal basis.

September 2013: Launchof a new BILAT project: "Japan-EU Partnership in Innovation, Science and Technology (JEUPISTE)"