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EU Ambassador to Japan meets with Science Policy Minister Yamamoto

EU News 526/2013

17 December 2013

On 5 November, in the run up to the EU-Japan Summit (Tokyo, 16 November), H.E. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, Ambassador of the EU to Japan met H.E. Ichita Yamamoto, Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy and Space, Mr. Masazumi Gotoda, Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office and Kenji Kosaka, Member of the House of Councillors and a former MEXT Minister (Ministry of Education S&T, Sports and Culture) to pave the way for a better understanding on the possibilities to work together towards a research and innovation partnership between the EU and Japan. (For the outcome on this subject, please refer to article 4 and 17 of the Joint Summit Statement)

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Photo by Cabinet Office, Ichita Yamamoto, Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy and Space (middle), Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, Ambassador of the EU to Japan (on his right), Masazumi Gotoda, Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office (left); Kenji Kosaka, Member of the House of Representatives (2nd from the left) and Barbara Rhode, Science Counsellor, EU Delegation to Japan (right)