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12 Mr. Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society “For more than fifteen years, the EU-Japan Centre has actively enabled EU managers to acquire through its programmes a better understanding and appreciation of the industry, culture, language, society and traditions that make Japan unique and successful. Its founding objectives of improving competitiveness by facilitating exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses, and boosting the presence of our industry in high-growth sectors and regions are, if anything, all the more valid in today’s globalised world. I am pleased to note that more than 1,300 EU managers, students and researchers have benefited from the range of training programmes offered by the EU-Japan Centre in the past fifteen years, and that their companies have, thanks to their participation, gained knowledge which gives them a very significant advantage.”•
“I am very pleased that EU-Japan relations are continuing to grow in strength. It is important to build up new economic relations between the EU and Japan to promote economic growth on both sides by developing a knowledge-driven, globalised economy, and through innovations in corporate management and structure. Improving the business environment is absolutely essential for economic growth as globalisation of business activities rapidly accelerates. This issue has been discussed at the EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table. The EU-Japan Centre contributes to increased industrial cooperation, including investment and technical exchanges, and provides training courses in which more than 1,300 people have participated. The Centre has programmes to enhance access to various types of business information that contribute to investment promotion. It also serves as the Secretariat for the EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table. The Annual Meeting was last held in July 2002 in Tokyo and was a tremendous success; it was graced by the presence of European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society Erkki Liikanen and European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy. In these and many other ways, the EU-Japan Centre is making a positive contribution to mutual understanding and to stronger cooperative relations between the business sectors of the EU and Japan. These activities are highly regarded as an inspiring example of success in economic relations between the EU and Japan. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) was reborn as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on 6 January 2001. The most important issue for METI to tackle, along with the existing trade and industry policies, is economic structural reform in order to improve the Japanese economy and contribute to the world development. METI extends its highest respects for the substantial contributions that have been made by the EU-Japan Centre. We earnestly hope that the Centre will continue to play an active role in the promotion of EU-Japan industrial cooperation and look forward to an ever closer relationship between Japan and the EU.”• Mr Takeo Hiranuma, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan 13
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