Japan Bridge Scandinavia started 2026 by organising an after work on January 21st about the business collaboration in sensor technology between Acconeer (Sweden) and Alps Alpine (Japan). They have a joint development agreement to develop next generation patented Pulse Coherent sensors, targeting a wide range of applications in the automotive, industrial and consumer segments including mobile phones.
Ted Hansson, CEO Acconeer, told about the use of its sensor technology in a variety of fields, such as safety in cars, in tanks to measure the liquid and solid level and human presence detection. Kisei Hirobe, Engineering Manager at Alps Alpine, has been placed at Acconeer in Malmö in Sweden for a period and told about Alps
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Alpine and cultural aspects in business relations between Japan and Sweden.
The after work was organised by Japan Bridge Scandinavia together with Skånes Japanska Förening (The Japanese Association in Skåne/Scania). Ofelia Madsen, Chairman of the Board, Japan Bridge Scandinavia, and Marina Nakamura, Chairman of Skånes Japanska Förening, welcomed and gave a brief introduction. Thanks to Acconeer for hosting the event!
Japan Bridge Scandinavia is a non-profit, nationally and politically independent member-based association founded in 2021, aimed at establishing a Japanese- Swedish/Scandinavian meeting point.
Intelligence Watch, a Swedish think tank, has written the new report “Scandinavia’s Sustainable Tech Banana Beckons Japan” about the existing business, research and political relations between Japan and Scandinavia. It recommends Japan to collaborate more with Europe’s more sustainable version of California’s Silicon Valley, which in the report is called Scandinavia’s Sustainable Tech Banana due […]
J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) became the second high-power neutron spallation source in the world in 2008. ESS (European Spallation Source) in Lund, Sweden, is the third. The two facilities exchange technical information and experiences since 2012. In 2017 the Memorandum of Collaboration was renewed in front of Prime Ministers Abe and Löfven and again in 2022 by director Schober, ESS, and director Kobayashi, J-PARC.
Could dads with strollers become a boon to socioeconomic success, innovation and productivity growth, and even help slow Japan’s population decline? In an op-ed in The Japan Times, Anders Olshov, Noboru Konno and Jesper Edman suggest they might. Japan should look to Sweden to understand how the Nordic country is tackling comparable social and economic challenges. Interviews with dads walking strollers are highly recommended, they write.
The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) entered into force on 1 February 2019, opening a new marketplace home to 635 million inhabitants and almost a third of the world’s GDP. Together with the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership and the EU-Japan Green Alliance
t brings the people of Japan and Europe closer than ever before.
By joining Japan Bridge Scandinavia, your organisation will have the opportunity to be part of the process of building deeper relations between Japan and Scandinavia and interact with stakeholders, experts and policymakers in a variety of settings
On 10 November 2019, the Swedish think tank Intelligence Watch highlighted the strong business and research ties between Malmö-Lund in Southern Sweden and Japan. Companies like Axis (a Canon subsidiary) and Sony employ 3,000 people there, while 70% of the cars in the local harbor are Japanese.
Other collaborations include J-PARC and ESS in high-power neutron spallation, and Nippon Foundation’s major funding of the World Maritime University. Moreover, several Japanese firms have their Nordic headquarters in the region, and companies such as Alfa Laval and Tetra Pak consider Japan a key market. In September 2020, a significant meeting led to the agreement to establish Japan House Scandinavia in Malmö.
