TOKYO, seventeenth December, 2025 (WAM) — Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, ADNOC Managing Director & Group CEO, and Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy to Japan, paid an official go to to Tokyo on 16-17 December 2025.
During the go to, he held a sequence of bilateral conferences with senior Japanese authorities officers, in addition to discussions with chief executives of a number of main Japanese private-sector corporations, within the presence of Shihab Ahmed Al Fahim, UAE Ambassador to Japan. The conferences aimed to boost cooperation in precedence sectors between the 2 international locations.
Dr Al Jaber met with Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the place either side underscored the depth of the privileged bilateral relations between the 2 nations and their shared dedication to additional strengthening them. They additionally praised the continual improvement of ties inside the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the 2 international locations.
The assembly reviewed the trajectory of cooperation throughout varied fields and mentioned methods to boost bilateral collaboration in a way that helps stability and serves the shared pursuits of the 2 pleasant nations.
Dr Al Jaber additionally met with Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Discussions targeted on the newest developments in cooperation within the power, business and superior know-how sectors, in addition to alternatives for collaboration in key financial sectors, together with standard and renewable power, commerce, business, superior know-how and funding.
The two sides reviewed the newest progress in ongoing negotiations between the UAE and Japan in the direction of concluding a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), aimed toward strengthening commerce and funding ties and offering an efficient platform for constructing partnerships between the enterprise communities and personal sectors of each international locations.
The assembly additionally coated updates on joint initiatives and explored methods to broaden the scope of bilateral cooperation and develop partnerships that serve shared pursuits and help sustainable financial development.
During the go to, Dr Al Jaber met representatives of the Japan Cooperation Centre for the Middle East, the place its function in supporting financial and industrial relations between the UAE and Japan was reviewed, alongside its efforts to boost public-private sector cooperation. The assembly additionally highlighted joint initiatives and programmes that contribute to increasing funding partnerships and exchanging experience in precedence sectors.
The go to programme included conferences with chief executives of main Japanese corporations, together with Cosmo Energy Group, lively in oil refining, fuels and renewable power; INPEX, specialising in exploration and manufacturing actions; JERA, working in electrical energy, liquefied pure gasoline, hydrogen and ammonia; Mitsui & Co., one of many largest diversified buying and selling and funding corporations; and Mizuho Financial Group.
Total commerce between the UAE and Japan reached roughly $49.6 billion in 2024, together with petroleum merchandise, whereas non-oil commerce amounted to round AED64.1 billion ($17.5 billion), marking a 1 % enhance in comparison with 2023.
The UAE is Japan’s main buying and selling companion within the Arab world and its seventh-largest globally, whereas Japan ranks because the UAE’s ninth-largest buying and selling companion worldwide.
During the primary 9 months of 2025, non-oil commerce between the 2 international locations amounted to AED55 billion ($15 billion), a development of 21.4 % in comparison with the identical interval in 2024