The Akasaka Dialogue brings the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific defence and space industries into direct conversation. Held on 12 November 2026 at the Embassy of Spain in Tokyo, it forms part of the Spanish defence and space business mission to Japan, in which 15 Spanish companies are expected to participate. The dialogue is designed around a practical question: where can Spanish technological expertise and Japan’s industrial capabilities create opportunities for meaningful cooperation?

Across sea, land, air and space, the participants operate in industries where capability depends on much more than individual products. Platform integration, autonomous systems, sensors, secure communications, artificial intelligence, space applications and resilient supply chains all require trusted relationships between developers, manufacturers, integrators and end users. The programme provides a setting in which companies can discuss needs, explore potential compatibility and identify where a follow-up conversation may be worthwhile.

The event moves from discussion to direct engagement. Following an invitation-only morning programme, the afternoon includes an industry roundtable, business-to-business conversations and networking. Rather than assuming that a promising technical fit is already a partnership, the format creates space for participating companies to ask specific questions, understand each other’s capabilities and determine whether further commercial or technical dialogue is justified.

For Spanish participants, this offers an opportunity to better understand Japan’s defence and space ecosystem and the expectations of prospective local counterparts. For Japanese companies, it creates access to a range of Spanish capabilities and possible routes to technology exchange, integration, distribution, manufacturing cooperation and future joint initiatives. Those possibilities remain subjects for discussion, not predetermined outcomes.

ISIC Japan supports this industry-to-industry engagement by helping connect people, capabilities and opportunities. The value of the Akasaka Dialogue lies not only in the exchanges taking place in Tokyo, but in the relationships and informed next steps that those exchanges may enable. At the meeting point of two regions, the objective is to turn an initial conversation into a clearer basis for future cooperation.