The EU and Japan have held their second Digital Partnership Council in Brussels, selling their imaginative and prescient for a digital transformation that respects elementary rights.
The Digital Partnership Council was co-chaired by Commissioner for the Inner Market, Thierry Breton, and by Japanese Minister for Digital Transformation, Taro Kono, the Minister of Inner Affairs and Communications, Takeaki Matsumoto, and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Financial system, Commerce and Trade, Taku Ishii.
The EU and Japan welcomed the implementation of the Digital Partnership and reviewed the progress achieved because the first Digital Partnership Council in 2023.
The companions agreed on a listing of latest deliverables to cooperate on vital digital applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence (AI), 5G, 6G, semiconductors, high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum expertise, submarine cables, eID, and cybersecurity.
Memorandum of Cooperation
On the second Digital Partnership Council, the EU and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on digital identities and belief companies.
The Memorandum will facilitate knowledge free circulation with belief by way of cooperation and use instances on the premise of the EU Digital Identification Pockets.
It’s anticipated to be offered as a joint greatest observe on the subsequent OECD Ministerial assembly on 2 and three Could 2024.
In keeping with the Memorandum of Cooperation on submarine cables for sustainable world connectivity signed on 3 July 2023, the EU and Japan reconfirmed the significance of deploying resilient submarine cable infrastructures.
The companions will proceed to develop direct connectivity hyperlinks between Europe and Japan to advertise industrial alternatives and oceanographic analysis.
Collaborative analysis tasks for a digital transformation
The EU and Japan confirmed that they are going to proceed their collaboration on high-performance computing and have recognized hybrid Quantum-HPC functions and use instances for additional work.
Cooperation on primary analysis in quantum and joint cybersecurity tasks was additionally mentioned on the Council.
The EU and Japan have launched collaborative 6G analysis tasks and intend to assist world standardisation initiatives, that are essential for growing 6G applied sciences.
The companions reaffirmed their shared imaginative and prescient for open and resilient networks on the council.
Shaping a reliable AI world governance
As well as, the companions introduced their intention to boost cooperation between the EU AI Workplace and Japan’s AI Security Institute. The G7 Hiroshima AI Course of and Code of Conduct will proceed to be supported to form AI world governance.
The EU inspired Japanese corporations to take part within the AI Pact launched by the Fee. Japanese participation will assist foster early compliance with key provisions of the AI Act on a voluntary foundation earlier than it enters into drive.
The subsequent Digital Partnership Council is ready to be held in 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
