5. Chronology of EU-Japan Relations
| 1959 | Appointment of the ambassador of Japan in Belgium to the Japanese delegation to the three European Communities |
| 1974 | Establishment of the Delegation of the European Commission in Japan |
| 1979 | Establishment of the Executive Training Programme in Japan by the European Commission |
| 1986 | Launch of Science and Technology Fellowship Programme by the European Committee |
| 1987 | Establishment of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation in Tokyo |
| July 1991 | Signing of the Joint Declaration on relations between the EC and its Member States and Japan at the 1st EC-Japan Summit in Hague |
| July 1992 | The 2nd EC-Japan Summit in London |
| 1993 | Creation of the Japan-EU High Level Forum on Science and Technology |
| July 1993 | The 3rd EC-Japan Summit in Tokyo |
| 1994 | Launch of deregulation dialogue |
| March 1995 | European Commission Presentation of the 1995 Communication to the European Council "Europe and Japan: the Next Steps |
| June 1995 | The 4th EU-Japan Summit in Paris |
| 1996 |
Establishment of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation in Brussels Creation of the Vulcanus programme, internship programme for European and Japanese students |
| March 1996 | EU and Japan participation in the 1st Asia Europe Summit Meeting (ASEM) in Bangkok |
| April 1996 | EU-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Brussels |
| September 1996 | The 5th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo |
| January 1997 | The 2nd campaign for Gateway to Japan |
| April 1997 | EU-Japan High Level Consultations in Brussels |
| June 1997 | The 6th EU-Japan Summit in Hague |
| September 1997 |
EU-Japan Cooperation week in Tokyo Conference on Cooperation in Science, Technology and Higher Education EU-Japan Symposium on political and economic cooperation |
| January 1998 | The 7th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo |
| April 1998 | The 2nd ASEM in London |
| June 1998 | EU-Japan High Level Consultations in Tokyo |
| October 1998 |
EU-Japan Ministerial meeting in Tokyo 3rd visit of European businessmen to Tokyo |
| November 1998 | High level meeting on deregulation in Tokyo |
| February 1999 | High level meeting on deregulation in Tokyo |
| April 1999 | EU-Japan high level consultations in Brussels |
| June 1999 | The 8th EU-Japan Summit in Bonn/Cologne |
| October 1999 | First EU Business Dialogue Round Table |
| November 1999 |
EU-Japan high level meeting on regulatory reform in Tokyo 1st EU-Japan Consumer Dialogue |
| January 2000 |
EU-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Brussels Kawano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, proposal for 10 years of EU-Japan cooperation in the speech on new domain for EU-Japan cooperation |
| February 2000 | EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo |
| February-March 2000 | EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Brussels |
| July 2000 |
2nd EU Business Dialogue Roundtable in Tokyo 9th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo |
| October 2000 | 3rd ASEM in Seoul |
| October 2000 | EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo |
| January 2001 | 1st UN University International Conference |
| February 2001 | EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo |
| April 2001 | Signing of EU-Japan Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| May 2001 | 1st EU-Japan Friendship Week |
| July 2001 | 3rd EU Business Dialogue Roundtable in Brussels |
| October 2001 | EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Tokyo |
| December 2001 | 10th EU-Japan Summit in Brussels "Shaping Our Common Future: Action Plan for EU-Japan Cooperation |
| January 2002 |
2nd UN University International Conference EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Regulatory Reform in Brussels |
| April 2002 | Official visit of Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission to Japan |
| May 2002 |
2nd EU-Japan Friendship Week EP-Japan Interparliamentary Conference |
| July 2002 |
4th EU Business Dialogue Roundtable in Tokyo 11th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo |
| September 2002 | 4th ASEM in Copenhagen |
| November 2002 | EU-Japan high level meeting on regulatory reform in Tokyo |
| January 2003 | 3rd EU-UN University Global Forum in Tokyo |
| February 2003 | 3rd campaign for EU Gateway to Japan |
| March 2003 |
EU-Japan high level meeting on regulatory reform in Brussels 2nd EU Consumer Dialogue in Tokyo |
| May 2003 |
3rd EU-Japan Friendship Week 12th EU-Japan Summit in Athens 5th EU Business Dialogue Roundtable in Brussels Interparliamentary Conference |
| September 2003 | 3rd joint commission of EC-Japan Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| February 2004 |
4th UN University Global Forum in Tokyo 10th EU-Japan Labour symposium in Tokyo |
| March 2004 | EU-Japan high level meeting on regulatory reform in Brussels |
| April 2004 | Establishment of EU Institute in Japan |
| May 2004 | 4th EU-Japan Friendship Week |
| June 2004 |
EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Tokyo 13th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo |
| October 2004 | 5th ASEM in Hanoi |
| November 2004 | EU-Japan high level meeting on regulatory reform in Tokyo |
| January 2005 | EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges |
| February 2005 | 5th UN University Global Forum in Tokyo |
| March 2005 | EU-Japan high level meeting on regulatory reform in Brussels |
| May 2005 |
14th EU-Japan Summit in Luxembourg Interparliamentary Conference |
| July 2005 | EU-Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable in Brussels |
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