Vice President Katainen in #Japan on 22-23 October

Vice  President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen (pictured) will be in Japan on 22 and 23 October. On 22 October, the Vice-President will be in the city of Yokohama, where he will meet with Mr Yoshiaki Harada, Japanese Minister of the Environment, and deliver a keynote speech at the opening session of the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF2018), an event bringing together policymakers, business leaders, researchers and academics to discuss how to achieve the transition towards a circular economy. In Tokyo, the vice president will chair the first EU-Japan High Level Economic, trade and industrial Dialogue to promote EU-Japan cooperation in these areas. On Tuesday 23 October, the vice president will attend the opening of the Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting, which will focus on the role of hydrogen technology in global decarbonization efforts. The Vice-President will also meet the Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary, as well as Keidanren (a Japanese business association), and the Chairman of the Diet (the Japanese Parliament) Foreign Committee, notably to exchange on the preparation for the ratification and implementation of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, which was signed in July 2018 by President Juncker, President Tusk and Prime Minister Abe. Finally, Vice President Katainen will hold a press conference.

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