EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges

The EU and Japan declared at the 11th EU-Japan Summit in 2002 designate the year 2005 the "EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges". The overall aim of the Year is to develop exchanges, contact and understanding between people in Japan and the European Union.

• Message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the closing of the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges" (December 2005)
• Message from Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on the Opening of the 2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges (January 2005)
• Calendar of Events
• Review of the events carried out so far
• Links

For more information:

• Reception Hosted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for Those Concerned with the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges" (December 2005)
• Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Europe (December 2005)
• Holding of European Autumn Festival in Hibiya and the Attendance of Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Opening Ceremony (November 2005)
• Noh Performance for 2005 Japan-EU Year of People-to-People Exchange (July 2005)
• Posters of the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges" in the EU Member States
• EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges (Video Clips)
• Web site of the Delegation of the European Commission in Japan (English) (Japanese)
• European Union and Japan - Partnership towards a common future - (Pamphlet) [PDF]

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