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Reception Hosted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for Those Concerned with the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges"

December 6, 2005

  1. On December 7 (Wed) from 18:00, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will host a reception at his official residence, to which those concerned with the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges", such as Mr. Hiroshi Okuda, Chairman of Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), H.E. Mr. Graham Holbrook Fry, British Ambassador to Japan, and H.E. Mr. Bernhard Zepter, Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Commission, have been invited. Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will also attend the reception.
  2. The reception will be held as one of the closing events of the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges" and will be attended by its members of the Organizing Committee in Japan, chaired by Chairman Okuda, ambassadors to Japan of the Delegation of the European Commission and the EU member countries.
  3. The purpose of this reception is to sum up the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges" to further promote Japan-EU exchanges after next year.
  4. The "Decade of EU-Japan Cooperation" launched in 2001 and at the EU-Japan Summit Meeting in 2002, Japan and the European Union agreed to designate 2005 -- the middle year in the "Decade of EU-Japan Cooperation" -- as the "EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges" with the aim of deepening mutual understanding through exchanges and communication between people.

    More than 1700 events spanning a wide range of fields, including politics, economics, education, science and technology, culture and sports, have been registered in Japan and the 25 member countries of the EU.
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