Union advocates peace, strives to maintain solidarity
The year 2015 kicked off with Lithuania adopting the euro, an auspicious event for the European Union (EU). Now, all three Baltic States have adopted the single European currency, enlarging the eurozone to 19 members and demonstrating that the euro, which faced difficulty surviving ...
On May 9, 1950, Robert Schuman called on the nations of Europe to unite and make war on our continent impossible. Sixty-five years later, his message of peace and unity is as relevant as ever. Schuman's appeal to overcome age-old divisions just five years after ...
Unity in policy making, peacekeeping
Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, ambassador of the European Union to Japan It gives me great pleasure to address the readers of The Japan Times as the European Union (EU) marks Europe Day. On May 9, 1950, then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman put forth his vision ...
Government, business leaders address climate change
The Delegation of the European Union to Japan held a symposium in which ambassadors of European countries and executives of major corporations discussed environmental measures in the EU. The April 21 symposium, titled "Climate Change Policy in Europe: Opportunity or Threat for Business?" brought together ...
Longstanding commitment to business
On behalf of the European Business Council in Japan (EBC), I would like to express my gratitude to The Japan Times for this opportunity to address its readers on Europe Day. The EBC has long been committed to Japan. This commitment has not wavered despite ...
With heightened interest among Japanese students and researchers aiming to study in Europe in recent years, the Delegation of the European Union to Japan will hold its fourth European Higher Education Fair 2015 from May 15 to 17. The fair will take place at Meiji ...
EU Film Days offers new insights into Europe
What is Europe? It is not easy to give a single description for Europe with its wide and deep diversity, but a film may capture one aspect of such diversity, serving as a mirror that reflects people's hopes and fears. As part of the annual EU-Japan ...
EU continues commitment to security and peace
The European Union is now at its most critical stage ever. It is facing what European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called "a disgrace in the 21st century." The Ukraine crisis has brought the EU's raison d'etre into the spotlight. Van Rompuy condemned the ...
In February 2014, a cute robot suddenly appeared on the wall of the Delegation of the European Union in Tokyo. The robot is looking around the corner to see what Japan and the European Union can do together in interesting new technologies. But the ...
EU enjoys close ties with Japan
Today is Europe Day, marking the day in 1950 when then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman laid out a vision for post-war Europe that was to form the basis of the integrated Europe we know today. I have just returned from Brussels, where I attended ...
Working to broaden EU-Japan cooperation in research
I was surprised Japanese children knew the European Union, said Maria Cristina Russo, director for international cooperation in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, who joined an event on robots held on April 13 in Tokyo during her recent visit to Japan. The ...
As voters throughout the European Union prepare to go to the polls to elect the next European Parliament, will anyone pause to think about the people who made all this possible? It has been 64 years since the first steps were taken toward the ...
