Between 18 and 24 September 2025, a business delegation of 19 Slovenian wood, furniture and IT companies visited Japan with the aim of learning about business opportunities in this country.

The delegation consisted of the following companies: CBD Contemporary Building Design, LESOTEKA Group, Atrium Novi Inteeieri, Trilobit, LordsOfTheBoards, Koroška KGZ, Gašper Trženje, Florjancic Furniture Solutions, Mlinar Pohištvo, Lesna Vrata, Tajhmajster, Pohištvo Lavre, Tadej Konkolič, Cencen, Matej Zlodej, AMPD, Žan Fridau, Fontes and Wood Industry Cluster Slovenia, supported by Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.

In the first part, delegation visited Expo 2025 Osaka World Exhibition, the Slovenia Pavilion at Expo, opened the sign in the Forest of Civilizations (expo2025forest.com) managed by the Czech Pavilion, and had a meeting with the Austrian business delegation.

In the second part, delegation traveled via Kyoto to Tokyo, where they met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Tokyo,had presentation from side of EU-Japan Center for Industrial cooperation and attended a business forum during the visit of Mr. Han, Minister of Economy, Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia to Japan. The forum also organized a b2b event with Japanese businessmen.

This mission generated concrete contacts and opened promising doors for Slovenian businesses in this demanding yet highly rewarding market. We’re proud to have achieved our goals and contributed to deepening the economic relationship between Slovenia and Japan.

The delegation was supported by the public agency SPIRIT Slovenia Business Development Agency and the Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo, turizem in šport / Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport.

Link to delegation brochure HERE.

Links to LinkedIn posts HERE and HERE.