International Office of Catalonia in Tokyo

The Catalonia Trade & Investment office in Tokyo is directed by Yuko Kijimoto. She is an expert in law and international relations and has direct knowledge of both of business in Catalonia and Europe, as well as of society and ways of doing business in Japan.

The Catalonia Trade & Investment Office in Tokyo has a further seven consultants, all of whom are experts in both the internationalization of Catalan companies, that want to do business in Japan, and in attracting investment to Catalonia. Precisely for this reason, the Catalonia Trade & Investment Office in Tokyo, which opened in 1988, was the Catalan Government’s first office abroad.

Since 2015, the Catalonia Trade & Investment Office in Tokyo has promoted over 300 projects. The most significant involve companies in the food and design industries. Many of these have participated in trade missions or have used its commercial services, such as the search for marketing channels, market research and prospection and the following up of contacts.