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Lobby organisation

Japan Business Council in Europe

Business / industry · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Japan Business Council in Europe appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€500,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Created in 1999, JBCE is a leading European cross-sectoral organisation representing the interests of companies of Japanese parentage active in Europe. JBCE's main missions: > Build a bridge between the EU and Japan, and enhance Europe’s understanding of companies of Japanese parentage and their contribution to the European economy > Contribute to EU public policy by sharing our members’ expertise…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party862%
Renew Europe215%
Socialists & Democrats215%
European Conservatives & Reformists18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026).

2020
1
2021
1
2022
3
2023
3
2024
0
2025
1
2026
4

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Axel Voss
5 meetings · EPP
Bart Groothuis
2 meetings · Renew
Kosma Złotowski
1 meeting · ECR
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP
Raphaël Glucksmann
1 meeting · S&D

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Jun 2026Jörgen WarbornIndustrial Accelorator Act
25 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisIAA
25 Jun 2026Dirk GotinkIAA
8 Jun 2026Pierre JouvetIndustry Accelerator Act
3 Jul 2025Mika AaltolaEU Affairs
8 Jun 2023Raphaël GlucksmannAPA level - Forced labour
8 Mar 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
25 Jan 2023Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
7 Nov 2022Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
17 Oct 2022Axel VossCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence
15 Mar 2022Kosma ZłotowskiArtificial Intelligence Act
27 May 2021Bart GroothuisMeeting on NIS II report
8 Dec 2020Axel VossArtificial Intelligence

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