EU-Japan Green Transition 2025-2026
18 July 2025 - 31 March 2026
Welcome to the EU-Japan Green Transition Platform
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On-site Meeting Session at Makuhari Messe: 17–19 September 2025 (Smart Energy Week/Sustainability Management Week)
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Information on additional business matching after September will be updated here as it becomes available
The EU-Japan Green Transition is a platform that brings together Japanese and European companies and research institutions, fostering partnerships that contribute to a low-carbon society.
The Platform is based on the idea of Open Innovation.
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Registrants create profiles including their "Offers" and "Requests" or "Seeds and "Needs".
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Registered participants can browse each other's profiles and search for potential partners by keywords and categories.
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It is possible to send messages or request meetings that can be conveniently scheduled on the platform.
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Meetings can take place either online or onsite in Japan during Smart Energy Week/Sustainability Management Week.
Approximately 50 European start-ups and SMEs participating in the EU Business Hub will visit Japan in September 2025, seeking face-to-face meetings with Japanese companies at the Smart Energy Week/Sustainability Management Week.
For more details on matchmaking opportunities on this platform, have a look at the Agenda.
Target fields
Hydrogen / Fuel cells and electrolysers
Battery/storage technologies
Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies
Grid technologies
Onshore wind and offshore renewable technologies
Carbon Capture and storage (CCS) technologies
Heat pumps and geothermal energy technologies
Energy Efficiency Technologies
Green materials / Low-carbon construction and manufacturing
Circularity / Product lifecycle management (PLM) and Recycling
Environmental Monitoring Analysis and Assessment Equipment
Environmental services
Eligibility
Eligibility
Access to this platform is reserved for representatives of enterprises, research and educational institutions and other related organisations, active in the above target fields. Individuals are not eligible for participation.
Related to public funding for this platform, only organisations headquartered in Japan, the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, Moldova and Ukraine can participate. (as of June 2025)
Special support
Inquries
EU- Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation