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MIC / BMBF

Letter of Intent for Cooperation in Communication technologies

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) have published a “Letter of Intent for Cooperation in Communication technologies”.

EU / Japan

EU-Japan Digital Partnership: Japan and the EU strengthen their close cooperation

The European Council and the Japanese government have issued a joint statement reaffirming their “close and comprehensive” partnership in preparation for the 2022 EU-Japan Summit.

Call: BMWK

Call for Proposals for a German-Japanese Innovation Project – Development of Digital Technologies (5G)

[Deadline: 2022/04/05] The BMWK has published a call for funding for a German-Japanese innovation project in the context of the funding framework “Entwicklung digitaler Technologien”. The aim of the technology competition “Mobile Connectivtiy for Key Industries” is to develop and test innovative 5G communication technologies for practical use in the manufacturing industry. Funding is provided for innovation projects (with up to €3 million for the German partners) that have the potential to develop high visibility for industry and trigger imitation effects. In addition, the results of the project should contribute to the international standardization of advanced 5G technologies.

Beyond 5G

6G – Potential for Japanese-German cooperation

The future mobile communications standard 6G is set to become an important topic for Japanese-German cooperation in the next ten years. Japan shows strong interest in collaborating on 6G research with international partners who share similar values and state secretaries of the Japanese MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ) and German BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) discussed about a possible research cooperation between the two countries in October 2021.