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EU, Japan Expand Digital Partnership Across AI, Data, Semiconductors

5/5/2026

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EU and Japan agreed at the fourth Digital Partnership Council in Brussels, Belgium to expand cooperation on data, AI, quantum, semiconductors and digital infrastructure-online platforms.
They launched a Data Strategy Working Group to improve data-policy interoperability.
They expanded the EU adequacy decision to academia and research.
They pledged an AI Cooperation Arrangement, welcomed Japan’s Horizon Europe association, scheduled the 2027 Tokyo council and signed a platform-transparency arrangement.

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EU and Japan agreed at the fourth Digital Partnership Council in Brussels, Belgium to expand cooperation on data, AI, quantum, semiconductors and digital infrastructure-online platforms.
They launched a Data Strategy Working Group to improve data-policy interoperability.
They expanded the EU adequacy decision to academia and research.
They pledged an AI Cooperation Arrangement, welcomed Japan’s Horizon Europe association, scheduled the 2027 Tokyo council and signed a platform-transparency arrangement.