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Chronology of EU-Japan Relations

June 2011 1st EU-JP Joint Committee on S&T Cooperation
May 2011 20th EU-Japan Summit, Brussels
May 2011 5th EU School Project
April 2011 EU-Japan Business Round Table, Rome
May 2010 4th EU School Project
28 April 2010 19th EU-Japan Summit, Tokyo
April 2010 EU-Japan Business Round Table, Tokyo
1 December 2009 Delegation becomes Delegation of the European Union with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty
May 2009 3rd EU School Project
7-9 July 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido
July 2008 EU-Japan Business Round Table
16 June 2008 Launch of EURAXESS-LINKS: European Researchers in Japan
28-29 May 2008 European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid at TICAD
May 2008 EU-Film Days
2nd "The EU comes to Your School"
23 April 2008 17th EU-Japan Summit
4-8 February 2008 Visit of European Parliament President to Japan
January 2008 Launch of EUNIC Japan
19-20 January 2008 EU-Japan Journalists' Conference
18 December 2007 Regulatory Reform Dialogue High-Level Meeting
14 September 2007 EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Competition Policy
5 June 2007 16th EU-Japan Summit in Berlin
May 2007 7th EU-Japan Friendship Week
29 November to 1 December 2006 EU-Japan Regulatory Reform Dialogue in Tokyo
May 2006 6th EU-Japan Friendship Week
24 April 2006 15th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo
6-7 April 2006 EU-Japan Joint Symposium "New Visions for EU-Japan Relations" held in Brussels
31 March 2006 6th EU-UNU Tokyo Global Forum held in Tokyo
20-21 March 2006 EU-Japan Regulatory Reform Dialogue in Brussels
2 February 2006 EU and Japan sign an Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
24-25 November 2005 EU-Japan Regulatory Reform Dialogue in Tokyo
30 September 2005 2nd EU Institute in Japan inaugurated in Kobe
7-8 July 2005 EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Brussels
15-20 May 2005 26th EP-Japan Interparliamentary Meeting (Tokyo)
2 May 2005 14th EU-Japan Summit in Luxembourg
3 February 2005 5th EU-UNU Tokyo Global Forum held in Tokyo
17 January 2005 2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges launched in Tokyo
7-9 October 2004 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam
22 June 2004 13th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo
20-21 June 2004 6th EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Tokyo
May 2004 4th EU-Japan Friendship Week
1 April 2004 1st EU Institute in Japan launched
31 March 2004 High-Level Consultations in Brussels
10 February 2004 10th EU-Japan Symposium on Labour: Industrial Relations and Change in Japan and the EU (Tokyo)
5 February 2004 4th EU-UNU Global Forum held in Tokyo
13-14 November 2003 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
25 September 2003 EC-Japan Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) Third Joint Committee
10 July 2003 EU and Japan sign Competition Agreement
27-28 May 2003 5th EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Brussels
1-2 May 2003 12th EU-Japan Summit in Athens
May 2003 3rd EU-Japan Friendship Week
18 March 2003 2nd EU-Japan Consumer Dialogue in Tokyo
5 March 2003 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Brussels
13 February 2003 3rd 'Gateway to Japan' campaign is launched
16 January 2003 3rd EU-UNU Global Forum held in Tokyo
25 November 2002 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
23-24 September 2002 4th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit takes place in Copenhagen
8 July 2002 11th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo
7-9 July 2002 4th EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Tokyo
May 2002 2nd EU-Japan Friendship Week
25-27 April 2002 Official Working Visit of Commission President Romano Prodi
Prodi becomes the first President of the European Commission to address the Japanese Diet
25-26 January 2002 2nd EU-UNU Global Forum held in Tokyo
8 December 2001 10th EU-Japan Summit in Brussels
23 October 2001 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
9-10 July 2001 3rd EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Brussels
May 2001 1st EU-Japan Friendship Week
4 April 2001 EU and Japan sign Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)
9 February 2001 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
25-26 January 2001 1st EU-UNU Global Forum held in Tokyo
26 October 2000 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
20 to 21 October 2000 3rd Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit takes place in Seoul
19 July 2000 9th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo
17 to 18 July 2000 2nd EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Tokyo
29 February to
2 March		 2000 High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Brussels
22 February 2000 High-Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
13 January 2000 Then Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono makes a speech in Paris calling for "A Decade of Japan-Europe Cooperation"
11 January 2000 EU-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Brussels
25 to 26 November 1999 1st EU-Japan Consumer Dialogue (EJCD)
24 November 1999 High-Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo
7 to 8 October 1999 1st EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable
20 June 1999 8th EU-Japan Summit in Bonn
22 to 23 April 1999 High-Level Consultations in Brussels
22 February 1999 High-Level Meeting on Deregulation in Tokyo
1 January 1999 The launch of the euro
2 to 3 November 1998 High-Level Meeting on Deregulation in Tokyo
12 October 1998 EU-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo, 3rd visit of European businessmen to Tokyo with EC Vice President Sir Leon Brittan
4 to 5 June 1998 High-Level Consultations in Tokyo
3 to 4 April 1998 2nd Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit takes place in London
12 January 1998 7th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo
September 1997 EU-Japan Cooperation Week in Tokyo Conference on Cooperation in the fields of Science, Technology and Higher Education; EU-Japan Symposium, jointly organised with Member States, focusing on political and economic cooperation
25 June 1997 6th EU-Japan Summit in The Hague
23 April 1997 High-Level Consultations in Brussels
January 1997 The second 'Gateway to Japan' campaign is launched
30 September 1996 5th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo
29 April 1996 EU-Japan Ministerial Meeting
March 1996 EU and Japan participate in the first Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Bangkok.
  1996 The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is established in Brussels, Vulcanus programme is installed.
19 June 1995 4th EU-Japan Summit in Paris
March 1995 Publication of the 1995 Communication from the European Commission to the European Council 'Europe and Japan: The Next Steps'
  1994 Launch of deregulation dialogue
6 July 1993 3rd EC-Japan Summit in Tokyo
  1993 The High-level Forum on Science and Technology is set up
4 July 1992 2nd EC-Japan Summit in London
18 July 1991 The Joint Declaration on relations between the EC and its Member States and Japan is signed in The Hague. (1st EC-Japan Summit)
  1987 The EC-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is established in Tokyo
  1986 The Commission launches its fellowship scheme to enable young research scientists to work in Japanese research bodies and universities
  1984 1st EC-Japan Ministerial Meeting
  1979 The Executive Training Programme (ETP) is set up by the European Commission
  1974 Establishment of the Delegation of the European Communities in Tokyo
  1959 Japan's Ambassador in Belgium accredited as Japan's first Representative to the three European Communities

 

 

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