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JETRO and Germany Trade and Investment (GTAI) agree to launch “Japanese-German/Germany-Japan Innovation Initiative 160” to promote practical solutions for current global matters

－Joint Press Release in Berlin, Germany－

Dec 16, 2021

On the occasion of the160th Anniversary of Japanese-German friendship, JETRO and Germany Trade and Investment (hereinafter referred to as “GTAI”) launches the “Japanese-German/German-Japanese Innovation Initiative 160” to promote practical solutions for current global matters such as aging society, the COVID-19 crisis, global warming, SDGs, and so on. JETRO and GTAI will annually co-organize supporting programs and mutual introduction of cases, and play up successful innovative cases of Japanese and German companies/organizations, through supporting Start-Ups and business matchings by Japanese and German industrial supporting organizations as follows:

  1. Joint business networking events
  2. Announcement of several “Best practices of the Year on Japanese-German/German-Japanese innovation” through supporting 160 cases
    • by big companies, SMEs, organizations
    • with sustainability, originality, and innovation
    • contributing to solving global matters such as aging society, the COVID-19 crisis, global warming or SDGs

JETRO Berlin （Mr. WANI, Mr. KOSUGE）
Tel： +49 30 2094 5560　
Email：BLN@jetro.go.jp