Ordinary meetings

An ordinary meeting of the Delegation for relations with Japan (D-JP) was held on Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 15.00-16.30 in Strasbourg.

The meeting was in camera.

The main topic on the agenda was an exchange of views on the EU-Japan security and defence relations with:

• Mr Cosmin Dobran, Director, Peace, Partnerships and Crisis Management (PCM), European External Action Service (EEAS)
• Ms Jolanda Van Eijndthoven, Head of Unit in charge of international cooperation, European Commission, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS)
• Ms Sophie Larder, Officer responsible for Japan, Indo-Pacific Section, Political Affairs & Security Policy Division (PASP), NATO

The first Japan Delegation meeting of the new parliamentary term took place on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 at 15.00-16.30 in Strasbourg with an exchange of views on the state of play of EU-Japan relations' with:

• Mr Thomas FRELLESEN, Head of Division, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific (ASIAPAC.5), European External Action Service (EEAS)
• Ms Marco CHIRULLO, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Trade - Unit B1 - Far East Asia (TRADE.B.1), DG TRADE, the European Commission
• H.E. Mr Kazutoshi AIKAWA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Mission of Japan to the European Union
  

The meeting was held in camera.

Delegation for relations with Japan (D-JP) held its constitutive meeting for the 10th parliamentary term (2024-2029) and elected its bureau, including a Chair and Vice-Chairs, on Thursday, 3 October 2024, at 15:00 in Brussels, in room ANTALL 6Q2, as follows:

Chair: Adam BIELAN, ECR, Poland

1st Vice-Chair: Emma WIESNER, Renew, Sweden

2nd Vice-Chair: Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, EPP, Poland