Infor­ma­tion Ses­sion Webi­nar “Dis­cov­er Defence Tech Oppor­tu­ni­ties in Japan”

Atten­tion to resilience and secu­ri­ty con­tin­ues to rise around the world. In ear­ly Feb­ru­ary, Fin­land and Japan offi­cial­ly agreed to deep­en their coop­er­a­tion in dual‑use technologies—marking a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone in bilat­er­al col­lab­o­ra­tion.

In this webi­nar, qual­i­fied speak­ers will share valu­able infor­ma­tion into the rapid­ly evolv­ing defence land­scape and the emerg­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties in Japan. Our aim is to iden­ti­fy Oulu‑based com­pa­nies inter­est­ed in explor­ing busi­ness and col­lab­o­ra­tion pos­si­bil­i­ties with­in the Japan­ese defence industry—and to sup­port your company’s growth in this expand­ing mar­ket.

We hope this ses­sion will open doors, inspire new per­spec­tives, spark strate­gic think­ing, and help you iden­ti­fy your next steps toward engag­ing with the Japan­ese defence mar­ket.

Sched­ule: Thurs­day, 19 March 2026 at 9:00–10:00 (Finnish time) ** We will let you into the webi­nar after 8:55.
Plat­form: Teams
Tar­get audi­ence: Tech com­pa­ny in Oulu region is prefer­able.
Reg­is­tra­tion: Please reg­is­ter in advance via the fol­low­ing link. https://www.lyyti.in/Information_Session_Webinar_Discover_Defence_Tech_Opportunities_in_Japan_4679

(Note) This webi­nar will be record­ed, and the record­ing will be shared with all reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants.

Pre­lim­i­nary agen­da

(pre­sen­ta­tion titles are ten­ta­tive & sub­ject to change):

9:00 Start the webi­nar

9:05 Open­ing words & Intro­duc­tion of defence tech activ­i­ties in Oulu by Jus­si Lep­onie­mi, Key Account Direc­tor, ICT, Business­Oulu

9:15 Overview of defence indus­try sit­u­a­tion and busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties in Japan by Ken­suke Naka­ji­ma, Senior Advi­sor, Busi­ness Fin­land Japan

9:25 Dig­i­tal Defence Ecosys­tem intro­duc­tion, activ­i­ties & plans towards Japan by Tomi Kankainen, CIO, DDE/XD Solu­tions

9:35 Learn from DDE mem­ber: Nokia’s strat­e­gy for defence indus­try in Japan by Mika Kouhia, Head of Gov­ern­ment Rela­tions, East Asia, Nokia Solu­tions and Net­works Japan

9:45 Q&A

9:55 Clos­ing

10:00 End the webi­nar

For inquiries, please con­tact: Takako UCHI­DA, Senior Advi­sor, Inter­na­tion­al Affairs (Japan), Business­Oulu (takako.uchida@businessoulu.com)