Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Dec 2025 | Henna Virkkunen Executive Vice-President | EU-Japan cooperation | — |
| 03 Dec 2025 | Henna Virkkunen Executive Vice-President | EU-Japan cooperation | SRC |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Gabriela Tschirkova Cabinet member | EU competitiveness agenda EU – Japan relations | SRC |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Michael Hager Cabinet member | EU competitiveness agenda EU – Japan relations | — |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Michael Hager Cabinet member | EU competitiveness agenda EU – Japan relations | SRC |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Valdis Dombrovskis Commissioner | EU competitiveness agenda EU – Japan relations | SRC |
| 01 Dec 2025 | Maria Martin-Prat Deputy Director-General | Discussion of EU-Japan trade and investment relations | SRC |
| 01 Dec 2025 | Maria Martin-Prat Deputy Director-General | Discussion of EU-Japan trade and investment relations | — |
| 01 Dec 2025 | Ioan-Dragos Tudorache Cabinet member | EU-Japan industrial and business cooperation, economic security, upcoming EU initiatives | SRC |
| 01 Dec 2025 | Ioan-Dragos Tudorache Cabinet member | EU-Japan industrial and business cooperation, economic security, upcoming EU initiatives | — |
| 18 Sept 2025 | Maria Zafra Saura Cabinet member | Competitiveness, data protection, and consumer protection | SRC |
| 18 Sept 2025 | Fiona Knab-Lunny Cabinet member | Competitiveness, data protection, and consumer protection | SRC |
| 18 Sept 2025 | Fiona Knab-Lunny Cabinet member | Competitiveness, data protection, and consumer protection | — |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | - Compétitivité des entreprises - Relation Japon/UE avec les USA - Made in Europe | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | - Compétitivité des entreprises - Relation Japon/UE avec les USA - Made in Europe | — |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Ursula von der Leyen President | Current international situation and measures to deepen economic cooperation between Japan and the EU | — |
| 23 Jul 2025 | Ursula von der Leyen President | Current international situation and measures to deepen economic cooperation between Japan and the EU | SRC |
| 08 May 2025 | Bernd Biervert Cabinet member | Exchange of views between Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Keidanren Business Federation | — |
| 08 May 2025 | Bernd Biervert Cabinet member | Exchange of views between Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Keidanren Business Federation | SRC |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Didier Millerot Head of Unit | Sustainability issues | — |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Didier Millerot Head of Unit | Sustainability issues | SRC |
| 02 Feb 2025 | Davor Percan Head of Unit | The EU's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, The European Business & Biodiversity Platform, Natura 2000 (As relevant to OECM and 30 by 30) | SRC |
| 02 Feb 2025 | Davor Percan Head of Unit | The EU's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, The European Business & Biodiversity Platform, Natura 2000 (As relevant to OECM and 30 by 30) | — |
| 27 Nov 2023 | Rozalina Petrova Cabinet member | To exchange information and views on the cooperation between the EU and Japan, the latest developments on circular economy, and the related opportunities and challenges for business | — |
| 27 Nov 2023 | Rozalina Petrova Cabinet member | To exchange information and views on the cooperation between the EU and Japan, the latest developments on circular economy, and the related opportunities and challenges for business | SRC |
Mission & Goals
KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) is a comprehensive economic organization with a membership comprised of 1,340 representative companies of Japan, 109 nationwide industrial associations and 47 regional economic organizations. Our mission as a comprehensive economic organization is to draw upon the vitality of corporations, individuals and local communities to support corporate activities which contribute to the self-sustaining development of the Japanese economy and improvement in the quality of life for the Japanese people. For this purpose, KEIDANREN establishes consensus in the business community on a variety of important domestic and international issues for their steady and prompt resolution. At the same time, we communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including political leaders, administrators, labor unions and citizens. We encourage our members to adhere to the Charter of Corporate Behavior in an effort to establish and maintain public confidence in the b (...)
EU Legislative Interests
-The Japan-Europe relationship In light of the importance of the Japan-Europe relationship, Keidanren has once a year dispatched a business delegation (Keidanren Mission), led by the Chair of Committee on Europe, to various European countries. During these visits, Keidanren has met with the governmental and business leaders of the countries visited and together explored ways to expand trade and investment. -Regulatory Dialogues joined by EU and Japanese government officials Keidanren and BUSINESSEUROPE have held Sector-to-Sector meetings since 2012 annually in order to promote a common regulatory framework. Important European and Japanese sector associations has joined for an exchange of views on the bilateral EU-Japan EPA/FTA negotiations. At the meetings, each sector reported on what their sector's dialogue between the EU and Japan has achieved so far and the challenges ahead they have to tackle.
Communication Activities
http://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/policy/index12.html#eu
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Organisation Members
Keidanren Member organisations: http://www.keidanren.or.jp/profile/kaiin/
Connected Legislation