About the mission
Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook is leading an Invest and Trade Western Australia (WA) mission to Japan in September 2025.
Western Australia: Japan Connect 2025 reinforces the importance of WA's longstanding relationship with Japan while promoting the State's capabilities in supporting the global energy transition, and attracting investment to WA.
The Premier will be accompanied by WA's Mines and Petroleum Minister David Michael and a delegation of WA industry representatives in Japan across engagements at Global Energy Week at World Expo 2025 Osaka, as well as business and government engagements across Hyogo, Nagoya and Tokyo.
Western Australia: Japan Connect 2025 Company Directory
Meet the Western Australian businesses and organisations participating in the Western Australia: Japan Connect 2025 delegation.
Resources
Building on the Diversify WA economic framework, Future State focuses on the most significant opportunities to drive international investment to support WA’s economy.
WA is a global energy powerhouse with abundant natural resources and potential for large-scale renewable energy projects
Learn about the WA Government's multifaceted approach to the State's clean energy
The Western Trade Coast supplies WA's leading industries and exports its products to markets around the world.
WA is well placed to become a world leader in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), leveraging our existing infrastructure, highly skilled workforce, and suitable geological formations.
A major player in the global battery and critical minerals supply chain, WA is a leading supplier to some of the most significant critical mineral deposits in the world and also boasts advanced critical mineral processing capabilities.
Western Australia is strongly positioned to be a supplier of choice in a cleaner, more diverse, inclusive and responsible global economy.
From space technology to cyber security, WA is on track to become a global hub of invention, investment, innovation and impact
Western Australia is a world-class producer of premium quality and sustainably produced agrifood products
We're a proud partner of the Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka
The Western Australian Government, through Invest and Trade Western Australia, is a Gold Partner of the Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka.
The Australia Pavilion’s theme ‘Chasing the Sun’ provides the perfect opportunity to promote Western Australia – the sunniest state in Australia – as a key investment and trade partner in an optimal business time zone.
Western Australia at World Expo reaffirms our strong ties with Japan, our second largest trading partner, and our longstanding sister-state, Hyogo Prefecture, which will be actively involved in hosting Expo 2025 in Osaka, as part of the broader Kansai Region.
About Japan
Japan is Western Australia’s 2nd largest trading partner, with total goods traded of $29.8 billion in 2024. The value of Western Australia’s goods exports to Japan in 2024 was $26.4 billion, with the State accounting for 37 per cent of Australia’s goods exports to Japan in 2024.
First established in 1968, the Western Australia Tokyo Office is the oldest Australian State Government Office in Japan. In that same year, the sister-state relationship between Western Australia and Hyogo was also established to promote stronger economic and cultural ties, with a focus on increasing reciprocal exchange in education, tourism, trade and investment.
Japan is a key market under Western Australia’s Asian Engagement Strategy 2019 – 2030, with a focus on maximising trade and investment opportunities, establish people-to-people links and building business networks and communities.
About Invest and Trade Western Australia
Established in 2019, Invest and Trade Western Australia (WA) acts as Western Australia’s ‘front door’ for investors and exporters, facilitating investment into the State and assisting local industry to access new export markets.
Invest and Trade WA operates an extensive network of investment and trade offices across the six regions of North East Asia, ASEAN, China, India-Gulf, United Kingdom/Europe and the Americas.
Invest and Trade WA’s Tokyo and Kobe offices operate as part of the North East Asia regional hub, providing advice on trade and investment opportunities, market-entry strategies, in-market promotions and facilitating introductions to potential customers and partners.
Get in touch
If you are looking for opportunities in business, investment or trade, contact our experienced team at Invest and Trade WA.
Our in-house experts can support you directly and provide referrals or introductions across our network of overseas offices, industry bodies and government agencies.
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