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Join us for Norway Days at EXPO 2025 in Japan!
- Events held 1–3 June 2025 in Osaka and Tokyo. Partners listed: DNV, Equinor, General Electric, Kongsberg Gruppen, Norwegian Seafood Council, Rystad Energy and Statkraft. Contact: Ann Elin Hattrem, Special Advisor, Oslo (ann.elin.hattrem@innovasjonnorge.no). Page links to three detailed PDF programmes: EXPO Day 1; EXPO Day 2 Energy; and EXPO Day 2 Security.
- Norway Days celebrated 120 years of diplomatic relations under “Pioneering a sustainable future – together.” The delegation was led by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and State Secretary Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad (Trade, Industry and Fisheries). Business topics included seafood supply, renewable energy, critical undersea infrastructure, and equality/diversity in society and business. Osaka events used the EXPO/Nordic Pavilion, with simultaneous interpretation; the Tokyo programme was at Hotel Gajoen, Meguro. Shinkansen Osaka–Tokyo travel takes about 2.5 hours. Hotels recommended near Tokyo venue: Shinagawa Prince, JR-East Hotel Mets Premier Gotanda and Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo.
- 1 June (Japan time): Osaka get-together at Canopy by Hilton, 18:00–20:00. 2 June at EXPO Osaka: 11:00–11:20 official ceremony/flag raising and greetings; 11:20–12:00 Norwegian musician Helene Bøksle performance; 12:00–13:00 networking lunch; 13:00–15:15 selected-pavilion tour; 15:30–18:30 Nordic Pavilion Norway–Japan dialogue; 18:30–20:30 networking reception. Dialogue opening included Ambassador Kristin Iglum and keynotes by Espen Barth Eide on cooperation/security in a changing geopolitical context and Innovation Norway CEO Håkon Haugli on Norway–Japan partnership in a new trade order. Panels: securing critical infrastructure (moderator Svein Grandum; speakers Eide, Kongsberg Discovery EVP Anders Rønningen, DNV Energy Systems CEO Ditlev Engel, and Hide Sakaguchi of Sasakawa Peace Foundation); cost-efficient energy value chains (State Secretary Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, Equinor SVP Ingunn Svegården and Kansai Electric’s David Povall); food-supply chains (NHO’s Idar Kreutzer, Pelagia’s Rolf Kristian Vaage, Ocean Supreme’s Elisabeth Haugen, Thyms’ Yasuda Satoshi and Ocean Trading’s Kaneko Naoki); and diversity/equality in global business (moderator Akiko Shiono; Kreutzer and GE Healthcare Norway CEO Cathrine Thomassen).
- 3 June in Tokyo: parallel sessions at Hotel Gajoen, 13:00–18:00 on renewable energy and “From Deep Ocean to Space”; joint seafood networking reception 18:30–20:30. Additional practical information was to follow. No fees shown. ESG and responsible-business due-diligence conditions applied.