{"id":5600,"date":"2026-10-13T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:47:50","slug":"strengthening-connections-with-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/strengthening-connections-with-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening connections with Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Polar Connect delegation is in Japan this week (12\u201316 October) to strengthen relationships with Japanese government representatives, research institutions and industry stakeholders, and to continue advancing the initiative towards implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit will continue the dialogue on Polar Connect\u2019s development and its potential to provide resilient digital connectivity between Europe and Asia via the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme includes meetings with Japan\u2019s Ministry and key commercial stakeholders. The delegation will also take part in European-Japanese dialogue on strategic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit marks another step in Polar Connect\u2019s ongoing efforts to build international partnerships and move the initiative closer to implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0991-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0991-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0991-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0991-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0991-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0991.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants:<br><strong>Fumiko Nohara<\/strong>, Deputy Director, International Economic Affairs Div.<br><strong>Masayasu Tahara<\/strong>, Assistant Director, International Economic Affairs Div.<br><strong>Yuri Matsumoto<\/strong>, Official, Emerging Technology Strategy Div.<br><strong>Masayuki Komura<\/strong>, Director, Emerging Technology Strategy Div.<br><strong>Per Nihl\u00e9n<\/strong>, Chair of the Polar Connect Board and Chief Technology Officer and Inventory at Sunet\/Swedish Research Council<br><strong>Elizabeth Sandstr\u00f6m Greenfield<\/strong>, Senior Advisor at Sunet\/Swedish Research Council and Chair of the Polar Connect Executive Team<br><strong>Valter Nordh<\/strong>, Cheif Executive Officer of NORDUnet<br><strong>Katarina G\u00e5rdfeldt<\/strong>, Member of the Board and Director of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat<br><strong>Peter Fatelnig<\/strong>, Minister-Counsellor for Digital Economy Policy, EU Delegation to Japan<br><strong>Alix Fontaine<\/strong>, Project Coordinator for Polar Connect at Sunet\/Swedish Research Council<br><strong>Lars Hammarstr\u00f6m<\/strong>, Science and Innovation Counsellor, Swedish Embassy in Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Polar Connect delegation is in Japan this week (12\u201316 October) to strengthen relationships with Japanese gov [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polarconnect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5606,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions\/5606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarconnect.net\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}