TOKYO –
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi introduced on October 28 that Japan and Germany had agreed to ascertain a brand new high-level dialogue framework on synthetic intelligence following talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Tokyo, marking a step towards nearer cooperation between the 2 international locations in rising applied sciences.
Speaking after their assembly on the Prime Minister’s Office, Takaichi mentioned the 2 leaders had agreed to launch a Japan-Germany AI High-Level Dialogue and work collectively towards internet hosting an AI summit in Japan.
“Regarding cooperation in the field of AI, we agreed to establish the Japan-Germany AI High-Level Dialogue and coordinate efforts toward holding an AI summit in Japan,” Takaichi mentioned.
The settlement displays efforts by Japan and Germany to strengthen bilateral cooperation in superior know-how, with synthetic intelligence rising as an more and more essential space of financial and industrial coverage.
The summit additionally befell in opposition to a backdrop of commerce issues involving the European Union’s proposed preferential therapy for electrical autos.
Ahead of the leaders’ assembly, Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa attended the Japan-Germany High-Level Economic Summit, the place Merz was additionally current.
Akazawa expressed concern that proposed EV incentives presently beneath dialogue amongst EU member states might scale back gross sales of Japanese vehicles within the European market.
He urged European authorities to make sure that electrical autos manufactured in Japan obtain therapy equal to these produced inside the EU, warning in opposition to measures that might drawback Japanese automakers.
The discussions highlighted the significance of each technological cooperation and honest market entry in Japan-Germany financial relations, as the 2 international locations search nearer collaboration in AI whereas addressing potential commerce friction over the transition to electrical autos.
Source: TBS