EU Business Hub Mission to SEMICON JAPAN 2025
EU Business Hub Mission to SEMICON JAPAN 2025
The EU Business Hub - Japan and the Republic of Korea aims to boost the presence and visibility of EU companies operating in the green, digital, and healthcare sectors where potential for increased cooperation between European and Japanese and European and Korean companies exists. The programme aims to strengthen EU businesses' internationalisation, export and investment activities, as well as foster more resilient, sustainable, and technologically advanced value chains with the two Asian markets. Thus, significantly supporting the implementation of EU-RoK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The EU Business Hub will organise 10 business missions in Japan and 10 in the Republic of Korea over the next four years, each business mission allowing a group of approximately 50 innovative EU companies to benefit from extensive business coaching and B2B matchmaking. Participating companies are carefully selected based on criteria including their products and technologies, resources and capacity, as well as business strategy. Business missions to Korea will encompass all three priority sectors, while business missions to Japan will target the green and digital sectors.
Entité de financement
European UnionClôture de l'appel
12 septembre 2025Zone géographique
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Objectif
Overview of the business mission
The EU Business Hub @ Semicon Japan 2025 Business Mission, taking place from 15 - 19 December 2025, is your gateway to the forefront of innovation in Japan.
Funded by the European Union, the business mission to Tokyo will last five days in total, including three days of exhibition and dedicated business matchmaking at Semicon Japan 2025, networking opportunities and a study tour.
Key market insights:
Participating in EU Business Hub @ Semicon Japan 2025 represents a unique opportunity for European SMEs because:
- Japan is Asia’s 2nd and the world’s 4th economy.
- Japan’s semiconductor market is projected to reach €46.5 billion in 2025, driven by global trends like AI, IoT, EVs, and 5G.
- Japan has formulated the Green Growth Strategy to promote Green Transformation (GX). Within this strategy, the direction for the semiconductor industry includes supporting the research and development of next-generation power semiconductors and green data centres to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
- By 2030, Japan targets over 15 trillion yen (approx. €93 billion) in total domestic semiconductor sales to ensure a stable supply.
- The Japanese government is investing up to JPY 10 trillion (approx. €62 billion) to bolster domestic semiconductor and AI capabilities through 2030, supporting R&D, manufacturing, and talent development.
- In 2024 and 2025, Japan has intensified collaboration in the semiconductors sector, both within the region and with the EU, fostering dialogue to strengthen cooperation.
Critères d'éligibilité
Target audience:
European SMEs involved in the semiconductor sector, all parts of the value chain from design, products and services, equipment for front-end and back-end, including components (e.g., connectors, pumps, cables, sensors, etc.), manufacturing equipment, inspection equipment, metal processing, cutting and plating, surface treatment.
SMEs and startups must
- be established over 5 years ago (3 years for startups),
- be able to demonstrate last 3 years of financial figures (or last 2 years for startups),
- be entirely or majority EU-owned,
- have its headquarters in the EU.
Technologies clés
Semiconductor industry
Typologie de consortium
The business mission agenda is as follows:
Day 1: Arrival in Tokyo, welcome and networking reception.
Day 2: Briefing session with sectoral experts and a study tour.
Day 3: Exhibition, networking and B2B meetings @ Semicon Japan.
Day 4: Exhibition, networking, and B2B meetings @ Semicon Japan, networking reception.
Day 5: Exhibition, networking, B2B meetings @ Semicon Japan and debriefing session.
Services/benefits the EU participants will be receiving
- Business matchmaking resulting in pre-arranged in-person meetings with carefully selected Japanese companies.
- Market intelligence information including sectoral briefings that provide valuable insights into the Japanese market and potential opportunities.
- Cultural and linguistic support such as briefings on doing business in Japan and support for interpretation and translation.
- Financial support up to €1000 to benefit from a menu of additional customised services co-funded by the programme (e.g. translation, printing, legal advice).
- Hotel accommodation (Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba) for four nights – up to €1000 total per company (4 nights, 1 room) are covered by the programme.
- Coverage of the exhibition fee @ Semicon Japan.