EU and Japan advance joint work on digital identity, semiconductors, artificial intelligence

The Council was co-chaired by Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and by Japanese Minister for Digital Transformation, Taro Kono, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Takeaki Matsumoto, and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Taku Ishii.

The EU and Japan reaffirmed the importance of their strategic partnership to promote their shared values and vision for a digital transformation that puts people at the centre and respects fundamental rights. The partners welcomed the successful implementation of the Digital Partnership and took stock of the progress achieved since the first Digital Partnership Council in 2023. They agreed on a list of new deliverables to further cooperate on core digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, 6G, semiconductors, high performance computing (HPC) and quantum technology, strengthening the collaboration in data and platform economy, submarine cables, eID and cybersecurity.

Read the full press release and learn more about the EU Digital Partnerships.