{"id":3986,"date":"2020-05-27T17:06:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T08:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebc-jp.com\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2020-05-27T17:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T08:06:50","slug":"ebc-%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%83%ac%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%80%802020%e5%b9%b45%e6%9c%8827%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%80%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebc-jp.com\/ja\/news-ja\/ebc-%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%83%ac%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%80%802020%e5%b9%b45%e6%9c%8827%e6%97%a5%e3%80%80%e3%80%80\/","title":{"rendered":"EBC \u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30ec\u30bf\u30fc\u30002020\u5e745\u670827\u65e5\u3000\u3000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if !gte mso 9]><!----><span class=\"mcnPreviewText\" style=\"display: none; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; max-height: 0px; max-width: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; visibility: hidden; mso-hide: all;\">*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*<\/span><!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"bodyTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; 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mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; max-width: 600px !important;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodyContainer\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%; padding: 25px 18px 15px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">From the EBC<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentOuter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentInner\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color: #e2f7ff; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 18px 0 18px 18px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 150px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/73e4f668-2e59-4988-a7f7-3c73c0d14e98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">Dear Friends of the EBC,<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the state of emergency was fully lifted in Japan. If Covid-19 gradually disappears, the country will enter a recovery period.<\/p>\n<p>To help affected businesses, the Japanese government has set up various support programmes between February and May. <u>On Friday May 29<\/u>, the EBC invites you to attend a <strong>Webinar<\/strong> (in Japanese) in which a METI official will talk about \u201c<strong>the various financial supports offered by the Japanese Government to counter the effect of COVID-19<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At this critical time, there are compelling reasons for the EU and Japan to work together in a coordinated manner and provide leadership. We publish today <strong>the position paper<\/strong> prepared <strong>by the EU-Japan Business Round Table<\/strong> on possible ways to address unprecedented challenges to the health and well-being of our societies and to overcome downturns of our economies.<\/p>\n<p>Vicente Luna, an analyst of worldwide big data on location and mobility, shows in his presentation that Japan is slowly recovering but not all sectors\/brands are affected in the same way. The consumer is emerging cautiously and being selective with purchasing decisions. Vicente also looks at luxury retail, innovation\/start-up spaces and SoftBank investments.<\/p>\n<p>We wish you a good reading and hope you stay positive and healthy during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Valerie Moschetti<br \/>\nEBC Chief Operating Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">Webinar on the various financial supports offered by the Japanese Government to counter the effect of the COVID-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentOuter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentInner\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color: #e2f7ff; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 18px 0 18px 18px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 500px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/d09a0e4c-f3a5-4d10-8259-a97a693e6fb4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">On Friday May 29th, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm through Skype, Mr. Takaaki Nihira, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will detail in Japanese :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Financial supports to companies (loans and guarantees) (\u8cc7\u91d1\u7e70\u308a\u652f\u63f4)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">The COVID-19-related Subsidy Programme for Sustaining Businesses (\u6301\u7d9a\u5316\u7d66\u4ed8\u91d1)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Subsidy Project (\u88dc\u52a9\u91d1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please register by sending an email at <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:ebc@ebc-jp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ebc@ebc-jp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information on <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/files\/d22e92ff-e7eb-48f7-b2e9-a71aca2ab51f\/20200529_METI_Webinar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this <\/a><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/files\/d22e92ff-e7eb-48f7-b2e9-a71aca2ab51f\/20200529_METI_Webinar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">EU-Japan Business Round Table Position Paper on the coronavirus pandemic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentOuter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentInner\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color: #e2f7ff; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 18px 0 18px 18px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 150px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/f48adc25-9b24-45f3-b875-a05eb6db3523.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">The EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT) was established in its current form in 1999 to foster communication between the Japanese and European industries. The BRT&#8217;s Members are senior executives from 55 leading European and Japanese companies.<\/p>\n<p>The BRT&#8217;s main objective is to help develop trade and investment between the EU and Japan, and to encourage industrial cooperation in fields of common interest such as innovation, climate change, or industrial standards.<\/p>\n<p>On May 25th, the BRT published a position paper (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eu-japan-brt.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eu-japan-brt.eu\/<\/a>) focussing on the covid-19 health and economic crisis, ahead of a videoconference between European and Japanese authorities on May 26th.<\/p>\n<p>The position paper includes key aspects related to (i) treatment and vaccines, (ii) economic recovery, (iii) connectivity and EU-Japan business cooperation in third countries, and (iv) focus on green and sustainable recovery with reference to the Paris Agreement and SDGs.<\/p>\n<p>There are compelling reasons for the EU and Japan to work together in a coordinated manner and provide leadership at this critical time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">How people are changing on Mobility, Social Distancing, and shaping the Economic Recovery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentOuter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentInner\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color: #e2f7ff; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 18px 0 18px 18px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 150px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/f48adc25-9b24-45f3-b875-a05eb6db3523.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #202020; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">Vicente J. Luna is an analyst of worldwide big data on location and mobility. This week, he kindly<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\"> charts l<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">uxury retail, looks at the changes that will happen in <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">nnovation\/<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">tart-<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">u<\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;\">p spaces, looks at SoftBank investments as they represent the most interesting mix, and ends with a macro-analysis on the recovery of activity. <\/span>You can access his presentation through <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/files\/4826ff0a-9676-4add-a670-18cbc709039f\/mapping_the_We_curve_COVID19_EBC_11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this link<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">From the EBC Tax Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentOuter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentInner\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color: #e2f7ff; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 18px 0 18px 18px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 150px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/c886d456-e4d6-45c8-a0f6-5c07dc5ba181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">In EuroBiz &#8211; the EBC magazine &#8211; Hans-Peter Musahl, Chairperson of our Tax Committee, talks about <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/eurobiz.jp\/in-committee\/2963\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audits in Japan and the advocacy issues of his committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full April issue of EuroBiz can be read on <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ebc-jp.com\/publications\/eurobiz-japan-april-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this <\/a><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ebc-jp.com\/publications\/eurobiz-japan-april-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;\">What&#8217;s in the Media<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #e2f7ff; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px; width: 182px; height: 123px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/af7bd7b1-fec0-4b2c-8b33-a23f5a3c6660.png\" width=\"182\" height=\"123\" data-file-id=\"1322478\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Japan still world&#8217;s top creditor at end of 2019 (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/newsonjapan.com\/html\/newsdesk\/article\/127292.php\">News on Japan<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Kuroda says BOJ ready to do more for economy after state of emergency lifted (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/politics\/Kuroda-says-BOJ-ready-to-do-more-for-economy-after-state-of-emergency-lifted\">Japan Today<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Japan aims to revive tourism industry by subsidizing people to go on vacation (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/national\/japan-aims-to-revive-virus-hit-tourism-industry-by-footing-bill\">Japan Today<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Japan voices concern over virus-linked export curbs (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20200526\/p2g\/00m\/0bu\/016000c\">The Mainichi<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Japan top business lobby urges firms to become more creative during crisis (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20200526\/p2g\/00m\/0bu\/010000c\">The Mainichi<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Economic gloom as 10,000-plus made jobless due to coronavirus (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/13397815\">The Asahi Shimbun<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">BOJ to provide 30 tril. yen to aid virus-hit small firms (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20200522\/p2g\/00m\/0bu\/035000c\">The Mainichi<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"auto-style17\">Upcoming EBC Committee Meetings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #e2f7ff; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table style=\"width: 492px; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"1\" width=\"492\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Date<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Committee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Time \/ Location<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">May 28 (Thursday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Human Resources<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">EBC<br \/>\n09:00~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">June 1 (Monday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Materials<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">EBC<br \/>\n17:30~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">June 2 (Tuesday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Retail &amp; Wholesale<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">EBC<br \/>\n15:30~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">June 11 (Thursday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Logistics &amp; Freight<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">EBC<br \/>\n12:00~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">June 16 (Tuesday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Sustainability and Social Responsibility<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Off-site<br \/>\n08:30~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">June 18 (Thursday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Telecom Carriers<br \/>\nTelecom Equipment<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">EBC<br \/>\n10:00~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 161px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">June 25 (Thursday)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 148px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Medical Equipment &amp; Diagnostics Committee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 174px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Off-site<br \/>\n14:00~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you are interested in joining a committee meeting, please contact the <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:ebc@ebc-jp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EBC<\/a> to confirm the time and meeting place.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #000066; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;\">White Paper Sponsorships<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/td>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><\/tr>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentOuter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightContentInner\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color: #e2f7ff; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardRightImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 18px 0 18px 18px;\" align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 225px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b8807274dbc080b79beb9a224\/images\/bdcc34a7-1b5d-46af-b694-bf05c12dd374.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardRightTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-right: 18px; padding-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The European Business Council in Japan specializes in Japanese government relations and public affairs. Among our various services, the EBC White Paper is by far the most important document that we annually produce.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The White Paper is read by not only Japanese authorities, but also by the various European embassies and the EU Delegation. Its recommendations to the Japanese government in 25 economic sectors are a useful tool for European businesses to advocate on various problems they encounter on &#8211; or to access to &#8211; the Japanese market.<\/p>\n<p>We are therefore hoping that we can get the resources that are needed to print, translate and distribute this White Paper, something that has been done now for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>We would be very glad if you could support our work on improving better economic relations between the EU and Japan through one of <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #009bbf; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ebc-jp.com\/news\/call-for-sponsorship-pre-orders-of-2020-ebc-white-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>OUR VARIOUS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMMES<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance for your precious contribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; 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