UNIDO Director General LI Yong concluded his 6th official mission to Japan from 8-10 April 2019 where he successfully held several bilateral meetings with the Government of Japan and the Japanese private sector, and also addressed several high level events.

TOKYO, 8 April 2019 – Director General LI Yong delivered opening remarks at a joint University of Tokyo–UNIDO workshop on “Exploring future industries with innovation”. He also listened to presentations by young researchers and exchanged views with faculty members.

TOKYO, 9 April 2019 – Director General LI Yong spoke at the Japan-UNIDO Multi-stakeholder Cooperation Dialogue titled “Industrialization and Innovation in Africa”, which featured strategies for Africa from the development perspective of UNIDO, the business side, and the diplomat’s perspective of African representatives in Japan.

TOKYO, 9 April 2019 – In a meeting with Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Akimasa Ishikawa, Director General LI Yong shared his views on opportunities for technology transfer and private sector investment in Africa.

TOKYO, 10 April 2019 – A UNIDO delegation led by the Director General was welcomed by the Executive Vice-President of NEC, Toshiya Matsuki, at the NEC Future Creation Hub in Tokyo where he received an inspiring presentation of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and biometric authentication technologies that could be applied in technical cooperation projects.

TOKYO, 10 April 2019 – The Director General delivered a keynote speech at the UNIDO-Sophia University seminar titled “Industrialization, Development and the SDGs – Your future career in the UN” and engaged with Japanese students to inform them about the SDGs and about career possibilities in the UN system.