IP/C/W/647/Add.3  
 
18 October 2018  
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES:  
INFORMATION FROM MEM BERS  
JAPAN  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 12 October  2018, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Japan.  
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1  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL COOPERATION IN T HE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 
RIGHTS  
1.1  Voluntary Contributions for WIPO Funds -in-Trust/Japan  
1.  Since 1987, the Government of Japan has been providing voluntary contributions in the field of 
industrial property to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WI PO). The 
"WIPO  Funds -in-Trust/Japan " (FIT/JP) in the field of industrial property was established with these 
voluntary funds . The FIT/JP  is used to finance various projects for WIPO member States in the 
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ic (ESCAP), such as holding IP office 
conferences or symposia, welcoming  trainees and IPR research students, sending 
Japan  Patent  Office  (JPO) officials and support ing for the automation and modernization of IP offices. 
The voluntary fund for the Japanese fiscal year (FY) 2018 amounts to CHF 3.83 million.  
2.  In addition to the above, since FY 2008, the Government of Japan has been providing  a new 
Japan Funds -in-Trust programme for Africa to the amount of CHF 1.6 million  annually . This fund will 
support activit ies aimed inter alia  at strengthening the legal and administrative frameworks for 
Intellectual Property (IP) protection, automating and moderniz ing IP infrastructure to ensure high 
quality service to users, and sharing the experience of Japanese Small and medium -sized enterprises 
(SMEs) and experts in business oriented IP management and human resource development in Africa . 
1.2  Program mes by the Japan Patent Office ( JPO)  
1.2.1   Training Programme  
3.  In order to support developing countries to implement the TRIP S Agreement, Japan has been 
welcoming  trainees  from these countries . Between April 1996 and March 2018, Japan welcomed  
5,921  trainees in both public and private sectors from 82 countries  and region s, primarily in the 
Asia-Pacific region. In the future, wit h the goal of the efficient implementation of laws in mind, Japan 
is scheduled to proceed with human resource development activities emphasizing the area of 
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  1.2.1.1   Training programmes for government officials  
4.  The JPO has been holding group training courses about industrial property rights for government 
officials.  In FY 2017, 16 group training courses were held , and 213 participants in total were 
welcomed for training (see Table 1  attached in the Annex ).  
1.2.1.2   Trainin g programmes for private sector s 
5.  The JPO has also been holding group training courses on industrial property rights for trainees 
from the private sector .  In FY 2017,  five group training courses were held , and 123 participants in 
total were welcomed for tr aining (see Table 2 attached in the Annex).  
1.2.2   Long -term and Short -term Fellowship  
6.  Under the long -term fellowship project funded by WIPO FIT/JP, one trainee from Thailand was 
invited to Japan in FY 2017 to study IP issues for a period of three months.  In FY 2017, the JPO 
welcomed  four trainees  on the long-term fellowship from India, the Philippines, Cambodia and ARIPO 
for about four months under an independent project.  
7.  Under the short -term fellowship project funded by WIPO FIT/JP, four trainees from Nepal, Ghana, 
and India were invited to Japan in FY2017 to study IP issues for a period of about two weeks.  
1.2.3   Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights for Alumni Association Members  
8.  The JPO has suggest ed to the trainees that an alumni association be established to h elp 
disseminate information on IP systems in their home countries and to keep the members of the 
association informed of current IP developments. The JPO has conduct ed follow -up seminar s in 
various Asian countries for those who had completed training progr amme s in Japan,  in order to 
sustain the fruits of the training programmes and contribute to human resources development.  
9.  When the JPO receives a request from an alumni association to assist them in conducting an IP 
seminar, the following types of assistan ce is provided: financial assistance to meet the cost of holding 
the seminar, and the sending of Japanese speakers to the event.  
10.  In FY 2017, follow -up seminars were held in Viet Nam , Indonesia, Lao PDR and Myanmar.  
1.2.4   Expert Missions  
11.  Experts and seminar speakers specializing in various areas of IPR are sent by the JPO through 
WIPO FIT/JP and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The experts mainly provide 
on-site instruction regarding examination practices, computerization and so forth.  
12.  The JPO h as sent long -term experts under the JICA scheme in order to engage in JICA technical 
cooperation projects being implemented in the IP office of the respective recipient countries.  
13.  In FY 2017, 13 expert s were sent under the WIPO scheme , and six experts were  sent under the 
JICA scheme.  
1.2.5   WIPO FIT/JP Symposia  
14.  In FY 2017, 21  symposia were held with the support of funding from the WIPO FIT/JP  (See Table 
3 attached in the Annex).  
1.2.6   Provision of the "Patent Abstracts of Japan (PAJ) " on CD -ROM  
15.  There ha ve been problem s of third parties obtaining patents in other countries for the inventions 
for which applications have already been filed in Japan. To help prevent this problem and improve 
the quality of examinations in developing countries, the JPO has been publishing the CD-ROM version 
Patent Abstracts of Japan (PAJ). PAJ contains English translations of bibliographic data and patent 
abstracts as well as representative drawings published in the Kokai Tokkyo Koho , which means IP/C/W/647/Add.3  
 
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  publications of unexamined patent applications. Since April 1995, the JPO has been provid ing PAJ 
on CD -ROM free of charge to foreign organizations /institutions  including major IP Offices and 
international organizations , and as of July 2018, 72 organizations/institutions receive them on a 
regular basis . 
1.2.7   Project to Publish (in English and Japanese) the Industrial Property Laws and 
Regulations in Effect in Various Countries  
16.  The JPO translated laws and regulations, which were related to the industrial property rights of 
foreign countries into English  and Jap anese  and provided these translations through  the JPO’s 
website. At present, translations of the laws and regulations of about 100 countries and 
intergovernmental organizations can be browsed on its website . 
Japanese:  http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/s_sonota/fips/mokuji.htm  
English:  http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou_e/s_sonota_e/fips_e/mokuji_e.htm  
1.3  Japan International C ooperation Agency (JICA)  Projects  
1.3.1   Technical Cooperation Projects  
17.  In the field of Intellectual Property, JICA has implemented various technical cooperation 
projects, which consist of sending JICA experts, training of local officials for 'capacity developme nt', 
and supply of equipment. For instance, a project was conducted to strengthen the enforcement of 
intellectual property rights in Viet Nam (see Table 4 attached in the Annex).  
1.3.2   Group Training Course s 
18.  JICA has also implemented group training courses of in tellectual property. In cooperation with 
the WIPO and Kyoto Comparative Law Center (KCLC; Non -Profit Research Organization), JICA 
implemented two -month training on the legal system of IPR and the Enforcement of IPR for officials 
from enforcement -related go vernment agencies from around the world (FY2000 -2012). 
Furthermore, since 2015, in cooperation with KCLC, JICA has conducted one -month training on 
Improved Intellectual Property System for Promoting Direct Investment from Overseas.  
2  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL COOPERATION IN THE F IELD OF COPYRIGHT  
2.1  JCO Programmes  
19.  The Japan Copyright Office (JCO) , Agency for Cultural Affairs,  has been planning and carrying 
out the following programmes with a view to contributing to the development of copyright systems 
in developin g countries as well as to strengthening regional cooperation among Asia -Pacific 
countries.  
2.1.1   APACE Programme (since 1993)  
20.  The "APACE (Asia -Pacific Copyright Systems Enhancement) Programme " was started in 1993  
with establishing the "WIPO Funds in Trust/Japan "(FIT/JP) in the field of copyright , targeting 
Asia-Pacific countries.  In FY2016, following programmes were implemented : 
2.1.1.1   Annual Regional Workshop  (since 1993)  
21.  Annual regional workshop has been organized with the fund of WIPO/FIT Japan since 1993. In 
FY2017, Asia -Pacific Regional Meeting for Heads of Copyright Offices was held in Tokyo where 
participants from 27 countries discussed the copyright -related challenge s in the Asia -Pacific region 
and a plan of action that they should adopt to address those challenges  (see Table 5(A) attached in 
the Annex).  
2.1.1.2   Training Programme in Tokyo, Japan (since 199 4) 
22.  Since 1994, the JCO has been providing training in Japan, in cooper ation with WIPO, to 
participants from Asia -Pacific countries. In 2017, a training course on enforcement of copyright and 
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  2.1.1.3   Training on Collective Management (since 2000 ) 
23.  This programm e started in 2000.  It is an on-the-job training for staff of collective management 
organizations or government officials in developing countries.  In 2017, a study visit to collective 
management organization in Japan was arranged for eight participants from  India, Philippine s and 
Sri Lanka  (see Table 5(C) attached in the Annex).  
2.1.1.4   National Seminar on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (since 2000 ) 
24.  This programme started in 2000, in order to promote awareness of the protection of copyright 
and neighbouring right s, and the role it can play in cultural and economic development of developing 
countries.  In 2017, this seminar was held in Mongolia, with more than 50 participants in total both 
from government agencies and private sectors as well as other stakeholders (s ee Table 5(D) 
attached in the Annex).  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL COOPERATION IN T HE FIELD OF PLANT VA RIETY 
PROTECTION  
3.1  Cooperation through the UPOV  
25.  In the form of a Funds -in-Trust to the UPOV, the Government of Japan has supported 
programme s on plant variety protection (PVP) systems.  
26.  To facilitate establishment and implementation of PVP systems for countries in the Asian region, 
various activities were implemented. National and international s eminars have been held since FY 
1991 for the purpo se of raising awareness  of PVP systems.  In order to provide practical knowledge 
and technique s related  to PVP , Training course on DUS Test was held in Viet Nam in 2017.  
3.2  JICA G roup  Training  Course  
27.  This JICA training course started in 2000 in cooperation w ith the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries and  NCSS (Center for Seed s and Seedling s, National Agriculture and Food Research 
Organization ) to contribute to the enhance ment of PVP systems  and quality control of seeds and 
seedlings . In 2017, a Gr oup Training Course was held in Japan and Viet Nam having eight 
participants from eight countries ( Argentina , Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, 
Viet Nam and Zambia ) (see Table 6(A) attached in the Annex).  
3.3  Cooperation through the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum  
28.  To facilitate establishment and international harmonization of PVP systems in East Asian 
countries, the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum (EAPVPF) was formed under the Japan 's 
initiative in 2007 with participation of A SEAN countries, China, Republic of Korea and Japan.  
29.  The 10th EAPVP Forum Annual Meeting was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 
11 September  2017. The Forum Annual Meeting reviewed achievements and future possibilities of 
the Forum, and adopted to discuss and prepare EAPVP 's the Next ten  years strategic plan to be 
presented to the 11th Annual Meeting.  
30.  Various cooperation activities proposed by EAPVPF members have been implemented. In 201 7, 
seminars on Plant Variety Protection were held in China, Myanmar and Vie t Nam  and Training courses 
on DUS growing test were held in Cambodia and Myanmar (see Table 6(B) -(D) attached in the 
Annex ). The details of this activity can be referred to the following website: 
http://www.eapvp.org/index.html  
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  4  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL COOPERATION IN T HE FIELD OF BORDER M EASURES  
31.  The Ministry of Finance of the Government of Japan ha s provided scholarship programmes, 
training course s, expert missions on the TRIPS Agreement in the fi eld of border measures for the 
enforcement of intellectual property rights.  The main purpose of th ese programme s is to assist in 
the smooth implementation of the TRIPS Agreement by customs officials in developing countries , 
mainly  in the Asia -Pacific regi on. In FY2017, the scholarship programme was held in Japan, with ten 
participants (see Table 7(A) attached in the Annex). Furthermore, experts were sent to six countries 
in FY2017 to advise its customs officers on knowledge and technique in the field of IP R border 
enforcement (see Table 7(B) attached in the Annex) . 
 
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Table 1: JPO 's training programmes for government officials  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 Jun 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Substantive Examinations 
of Trademarks for Viet Nam  
 10 participants from Viet Nam  JPO 
2 Jun 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR  Training Course on Patent Examinations 
(Basic Programme ) 14 participants from Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao 
PDR, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, GCC, 
ARIPO, OAPI, Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria  JPO 
3 Jul 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Trademark Examinations 
under the Madrid System for Indonesia  10 participants from Indonesia  JPO 
4 Aug 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Establishing an IP Office 
in Myanmar  10 participants from Myanmar  JPO 
5 Sep 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Operational Patent Examination Training 
Programme  10 participants from India, Brazil, Turkey, Egypt  JPO 
6 Sep 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Establishing Patent 
Examination Guidelines for ASEAN  18 participants from Indonesia, Cambodia, 
Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Viet Nam , 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Lao PDR  JPO 
7 Oct 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Patent Examination 
Practices for Thailand  10 participants from Thailand  JPO 
8 Oct 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on  Trademark Examinations 
under the Madrid System for Cambodia  10 participants from Cambodia  JPO 
9 Nov 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Patent Examination 
Management  17 participants from India, Indonesia, Thailand, 
Philippines, Viet Nam , Malaysia, Myanmar, Lao 
PDR JPO 
10 Nov 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Substantive Examinations 
of Designs  20 participants from China, India, Indonesia 
Thailand, Viet Nam , Malaysia, Lao PDR, Brazil  JPO 
11 Nov 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Substantive Examinations 
of Trademarks  14 participants from India, Philippines, Argentina , 
Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Georgia  JPO 
12 Nov 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Patent Examinations in 
Specific Technical Fields for Latin American Countries  14 participants from Argentina , Chile, Brazil, 
Peru, Mexico,  JPO 
13 Jan 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Trademark Examinations 
under the Madrid System for Malaysia  10 participants from Malaysia  JPO 
                                                
1 In English only.   
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14 Jan 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Anti -Counterfeiting 
Measures for Practitioners  21 participants from China, India, Indonesia, 
Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vi et Nam,  
Malaysia, Lao PDR, Chile, Brazil  JPO 
15 Feb 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Trademark Examination 
Practices (Basic Programme ) 15 participants from Thailand, Myanmar 
Argentina , Chile, Brazil, Peru Sri Lanka, 
Bangladesh  JPO 
16 Feb 2018  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Business Management for 
the Philippines  10 participants from Philippines  JPO 
 
Table 2: JPO 's training programmes for the private sector  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 Jun 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for IP Trainers  25 participants from India, Indonesia, Cambodia, 
Thailand, Philippines, Viet Nam , Malaysia, 
Myanmar , Lao PDR, Brazil, Mexico   JPO 
2 Jul 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for IP Protection Lawyers  22 participants from China, India, Indonesia, 
Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam , Malaysia, 
Myanmar , Lao PDR, Brazil, Mexico   JPO 
3 Aug 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners Specializing 
in Patents  22 participants from India, Thailand, Philippines, 
Viet Nam , Malaysia, Brazil, Peru  JPO 
4 Dec 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners Specializing 
in Trademarks  27 participants from India, Indonesia, Cambodia, 
Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, India , Lao PDR, 
Brazil  JPO 
5 Dec 2017  Japan  JPO/IPR Training Course on Managing IP  27 participants from India, Indonesia, Cambodia, 
Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Viet 
Nam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Brazil, 
Mexico, Kenya  JPO 
  
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 Date  Location  Title Participants  Organizer  
1 Apr 2017  Tokyo  Training Courses on Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights  12 participants from Egypt, Indonesia, Saudi 
Arabia, Thailand, Viet Nam  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
2 Apr 2017  Thailand  WIPO CASE National Workshop to Improve Quality 
of Patent   60 participants from Thailand  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
3 Jun 2017 Tokyo  Sub-regional Workshop on Patent Examination 
Quality Management System  16 participants from Brunei, India, Indonesia,  
Malaysia,  Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet 
Nam,  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
4 Jun 2017  Viet Nam WIPO CASE National Workshop to Improve Quality 
of Patent  Some participants from Viet Nam  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
5 Jul 2017  Botswana  WIPO Regional Training Workshop on the 
Industrial Property Administration System (IPAS) 
– for Trademark Examiners   33 participants from Angola, Botswana, Gambia, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, 
Eswatini , Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe, ARIPO and OAPI.  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
6 Jul 2017  Tanzania  ARIPO Roving Seminar on Promotion of IP System 
for Fostering Innovation and Creativity  100 participants from Tanzania  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
7 Sep 2017  Zimbabwe  Sub-regional PCT National Phase Examination 
Workshop for Examiners from ARIPO Member 
States and Observer States  20 participants from Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, 
Nigeria, Mozambique, Ethiopia  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
8 Sep 2017  Zimbabwe  The WIPO Patent Drafting Course for Patent 
Agents from the ARIPO Member States and 
Observer States  32 participants from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and 
Zimbabwe  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
9 Sep. 2017  Myanmar  Regional workshop on Establishing a Search 
Mentoring Framework for ASEAN Member States  14 participants  from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, 
Viet Nam  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
10 Oct 2017  Zimbabwe  Guidelines on IP Policy and Strategy for Effective 
use of the IP System by universities and R&D 
Institutions in Africa  Some participants from 12 countries  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
11 Oct 2016 Tokyo  Sub-regional Meetings of IPO officials responsible 
for operating Madrid system  26 participants from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, 
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, 
Philippines,  Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ）  
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12 Oct 2017 Tokyo  Regional Workshop for judges in master class on  
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights   12 participants from Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua 
New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
13 Nov 2017  Morocco  WIPO - JPO Forum on Innovation and Intellectual 
Property  as Engines for Competitive Agribusiness  Over 200 participants from over 50 countries in 
Africa  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
14 Nov 2017  Malaysia  WIPO CASE National Training for New Patent 
Examiners on Global Patent Examination and 
Searching  Some participants from Malaysia  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
15 Nov 2017  South Africa  WIPO -South Africa Summer School on IP and 
Transfer of Technology  9 students from Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, 
Niger, Zimbabwe.  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
16 Nov 2017  Tokyo  Regional Training Course for Staff Members of IT 
Division at the IP Offices of Emerging Countries  12 participa nts from Argentina , Brazil, Cambodia, 
Chile, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam   WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
17 Dec 2017  Osaka  Regional Conference for Creating an Enabling 
Intellectual Property Environment to Increase the 
Capacity for Innovation and Creativity  39 participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
18 Jan 2018  Nagoya  Workshop using IP Advantage Database cases  10 participants from Afghanistan, Brazil, 
Cambodia, China, Philippines, Thailand, USA, Viet 
Nam  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
19 Feb 2018 Indonesia  WIPO CASE National Workshop to Improve Quality 
of Patent  Some participants from Indonesia  WIPO  
（FIT Japan） 
20 Feb 2018  Chiba  WIPO High Level Forum on Utilizing the IP System 
for Economic, Social and Cultural Development in 
Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the 
FIT/Japan  About 100 participants from 54 countries  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
21 Mar 2018 Singapore  WIPO Subregional Workshop on the Improvement 
of Quality of Patent and Office Actions through 
Utilization of WIPO CASE System  Some participants from ten  ASEAN countries  WIPO  
（FIT Japan ） 
 
   
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 Period  Location  Project  Detail  Organizer  
1 2012-2017 Viet Nam  Project for Strengthening the 
Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights  This project was designed to strengthen the enforcement of IPR by enhancing 
the functions of IPR related authorities, such as NOIP, customs, police, etc. 
In cooperation with JPO, JICA sent two long -term experts.  JICA 
2 2015-2020 Indonesia  Project on Intellectual Property 
Rights Protection and Legal 
Consistency for Improving 
Business Environment  This project is designed to strengthen the system for improving legal 
consistency and IPR protection by enhancing the quality of IP examination in 
the DGIP and predictability of IP cases processing in the Supreme Court, 
improving IPR Enforcement system at related agencies and establi shing the 
procedure for improving consistency during drafting and vetting business 
laws and regulations including IP laws and regulations in the DGL.  JICA 
 
Table 5: APACE Programme in the field of copyright  
(A) Annual Regional S ymposia  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 Oct 2014  Japan   Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on 
Copyright and Related Rights for 
Heads of Copyright Offices  24 participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, 
Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan,  
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Sri 
Lanka, Thailand, Tonga , Vanuatu  and Viet Nam  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
2 Feb 2016  Australia  Sub-Regional Workshop on 
Copyright and Related Ri ghts in the 
South Pacific for Decision Makers  15 participants from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New 
Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and 
Vanuatu   WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
3 Sep 2016  Malaysia  Sub-Regional Workshop on 
Copyright Awareness and Capacity 
Building for ASEAN Countries  10 participants from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
4 Oct 2017  Japan  Asia-Pacific Regional meeting for 
Heads of Copyright Offices  28 participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, 
India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR , Maldives, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, 
Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, 
Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Viet Nam  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
 
   
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 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 Feb 2015  Japan   Special Course on the Enforcement 
of Copyright and Related Rights  11 participants from China , India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand   WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
2 Oct 2015  Japan  Special Workshop on the Protection 
of Copyright and Related Rights  10 copyright officials (including enforcement agencies) from Indonesia, 
Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
3 Oct 2016  Japan  Special Workshop on the Protection 
of Copyright and Related Rights  8 copyright officials (including enforcement agencies) from China, Pakistan, 
Philippines  and Viet Nam  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
4 Feb-Mar 
2018 Japan  Special Workshop on the Protection 
of Copyright and Related Rights  10 Participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
(C) Training on Collective Management  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 Feb 2015  Japan   Study Visit to Collective Management 
Organizations  8 participants from Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar   WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
2 Oct 2015  Japan  Study Visit to Copyright Management 
Organizations   6 participants from Bangladesh, Mongolia and Sri Lanka   WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
3 Oct 2016  Japan  Study Visit to Copyright Management 
Organizations   8 participants from Cambodia, Cook Islands, Lao PDR, Maldives and 
Myanmar  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
4 Mar 2018  
 Japan  Study Visit to Copyright Management 
Organizations  6 participants from India, Philippines and Sri Lanka  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)   
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 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 May 2014  Cambodia  National  Workshop on Copyright, Creativity and 
Development  Over 100 participants from Cambodia, representing various 
government and private sectors as well as the stakeholders from 
the copyright industries  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
2 Mar 2015  Bangladesh  National Workshop on Copyright and Related 
Rights  Over 50 participants from Bangladesh, representing various 
government and private sectors as well as the stakeholders from 
the copyright industries  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
3 Jul 2015  Myanmar   National Workshop on the Role of Copyright and  
Related Rights in Economic and Cultural 
Development,  Over 100 participants from Myanmar, representing relevant 
government ministries and private sectors as well as the 
stakeholders  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
4 Aug 2015 Viet Nam  National Workshop on Copyright and Related 
Rights and Emerging Issues   Over 100 participants from Viet Nam, representing relevant 
government ministries and private sectors as well as the 
stakeholders  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
5 Jan 2016  Sri Lanka   National Workshop on Awareness Building on 
Copyright and Related Rights   Over 60 participants from Sri Lanka, representing relevant 
government ministries, creators ' association, collective 
management organizations as well as other key stakeholders  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
6 May 2016  Lao PDR  National Workshop on Awareness Building on 
Copyright and Related Rights  About 50 participants representing relevant government ministries 
and private sectors including university professors, broadcasting 
companies and collective management organizations.  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
7 Feb 2017  Maldives  National Workshop on the Role of Copyright and 
Related Rights  Over 35 participants representing relevant government ministries 
and private sectors as well as other stakeholders  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
8 Jun 2017  Mongolia  National Workshop on the Role of Copyright and 
Related Rights in Economic and Cultural 
Development  Over 50 Participants from government ministries and enforcement 
agencies, broadcasting organizations, collective management  
organizations, film producers and a performers ' association as well 
as other stakeholders such as IP consultants and lawyers  WIPO  
(FIT Japan)  
 
Table 6: Cooperation in the field of plant variety protection  
(A) JICA group training course s 
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2011 Japan  
 JICA Group Training Course    6 participants from Indonesia 、Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam  JICA 
2 2012 Japan  Internationally Harmonized Plant Variety 
Protection System (PVP System)  9 participants from Indonesia 、Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, 
Thailand, Viet Nam and Myanmar  JICA 
3 2013 Japan  Quality Control System of Seeds and Seedling 
to Facilitate Distribution of High Quality Seeds  9 participants from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam  JICA  
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- 13 -  Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
4 2014 Japan  Quality Control System of Seeds and Seedling 
to Facilitate Distribution of High Quality Seeds  11 participants from Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, 
Kenya, Lao PDR , Malaysia, Moldova, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and 
Viet Nam JICA 
5 2015 Japan  Quality Control System of Seeds and 
Seedlings to Facilitate Distribution of High 
Quality Seeds  10 participants from Malaysia, Cambodia, Lao PDR , Viet Nam , Sri 
Lanka, Myanmar, Ethiopia,  Burkina Faso and Indonesia  JICA 
6 2016 Japan,  
Viet Nam  Plant Variety Protection and Quality Control 
System of Seeds to Facilitate Distribution of 
High Quality Seeds  11 participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kyrgyz, Lao 
PDR, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam, Zambia  JICA 
7 2017 Japan,  
Viet Nam  Plant Variety Protection and Quality Control 
System of Seeds to Facilitate Distribution of 
High Quality Seeds  8 participants from Argentina , Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, 
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam and Zambia.  JICA 
 (B) Workshop s and Training course s on DUS Test  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2012 Malaysia  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  41 participants from Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
2 2012 Thailand  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  26 participants from Malaysia, Viet Nam, and Thailand  
 the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
3 2012 Indonesia  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  19 participants from Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
4 2012 Singapore  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  14 participants from Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
5 2012 Malaysia  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  19 participants from Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia  
 the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
6 2013 Viet Nam  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  21 participants from Japan, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, 
Philippines, Brunei, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea and Viet Nam  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
7 2013 Viet Nam  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  21 participants from Japan, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, 
Philippines, Brunei, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea and Viet Nam  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection F  
8 
 2014 Malaysia  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  
 25 participants from Cambodia, Thailand, Lao PDR, Indonesia and 
Malaysia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum   
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- 14 -  Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
9 2014 Republic of 
Korea  Cooperation in Harmonization  of Test 
Guidelines  and DUS Test  23 participants from Japan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, 
Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea 
and Viet Nam  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
10 2015 Malaysia  Cooperation in Ha rmonization of Test 
Guidelines and DUS Test  26 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
New Zealand and Thailand.  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
11 2015 Malaysia  Workshop on DUS Test  25 participants from Cambodia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
12 2015 Viet Nam  Workshop on DUS Test  24 participants from Cambodia, Japan, Lao PDR and Viet Nam.  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
13 2016 Myanmar  Training Course on DUS test  30 participants from Myanmar  Naktuinbouw (Netherlands) 
and the East Asia Plant 
Variety Protection Forum  
14 2016 Thailand  Training Course on DUS test  29 participants from Thailand  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
15 2016 Viet Nam  Training Course on DUS test  17 participants from Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Malaysia and Myanmar  UPOV and the East Asia 
Plant Variety Protection 
Forum  
16 2017 Cambodia  Training Course on DUS test 9 participants from Cambodia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
17 2017 Myanmar  Training Course on DUS test  30 participants from Myanmar  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
(C) Seminar s on Plant Variety Protection  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2011 Thailand  Awareness seminar on plant variety 
protection  42 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Viet Nam and Thailand  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
2 2012 Cambodia  Awareness seminar on plant variety 
protection  40 participants from Cambodia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
3 2012 Myanmar  Awareness seminar on plant variety 
protection  123 participants from Myanmar  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
4 2013 Malaysia  Awareness seminar on plant variety 
protection  34 participants from Malaysia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum   
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- 15 -  Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
5 2013 Indonesia  Participation of Japanese Experts in In -
Country Training  21 participants from Indonesia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
6 2013 Lao PDR  Participation of Japanese Experts in In -
Country Training  56 participants from Lao PDR  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
7 2013 Cambodia  Participation of Japanese Experts in In -
Country Training  57 participants from Cambodia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
8 2013 Myanmar  Participation of Japanese Experts in In -
Country Training  19 participants from Myanmar  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
9 2013 Viet Nam  Participation of Japanese Experts in In -
Country Training  21 participants from Japan, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, 
Philippines, Brunei, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea and Viet Nam  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
10 2015 Brunei 
Darussala
m Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  43 participants from Brunei Darussalam  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
11 2015 Lao PDR  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  22 participants from Lao PDR  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
12 2015 Cambodia  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  44 participants from Cambodia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
13 2016 Myanmar  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  140 participants from Myanmar  The East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
14 2016 Thailand  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  167 participants from Thailand  The Eats Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
15 2017 China  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  150 participants from China  The Eats Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
16 2017 Myanmar  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection  115 participants from Myanmar  The Eats Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
17 2017 Viet Nam  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection (Southern Region)  70 participants from Viet Nam  The Eats Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
18 2017 Viet Nam  Awareness raising seminar on plant 
variety protection (Northern and Middle  
Region)  150 participants from Viet Nam  The Eats Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
  
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- 16 - (D) Training Course s in Japan  
 Date  Location  Activity  Participants  Organizer  
1 2011 Japan  The Training Course on PVP Administration 
Management  3 participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines  
 the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
2 2011 Japan  Training Course for High level official  9 participants from Cambodia, Brunei, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and 
Thailand  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
3 2011 Japan  Short Term Technical Training Course   16 participants from Brunei, Cambodia , Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Thailand, and Viet  Nam the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
4 2012 Japan  Training Course for High level official  5 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, and Lao PDR  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
5 2012 Japan  Training Course for High level official   9 participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia and Myanmar  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
6 2012 Japan  Short Term Technical Training Course   5 participants from Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet 
Nam the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
7 2012 Japan  Training Course for High level official   9 participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia and Myanmar  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
8 2013 Japan  Short term technical training course  2 participants from Singapore and Malaysia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
9 2015 Japan  Training Course on DUS growing test  2 participants from Indonesia  the East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection Forum  
 
Table 7: Cooperation in the field of border measures  
(A) Scholarship Programme  
 Date  Location  Title Participants  Organizer  
1 
 2015 Japan  Master course programme  for officers of 
developing countries to study IPR border 
enforcement  10 participants from Bangladesh, Belize , Brazil, Fiji, Lao PDR, 
Mauritius, Myanmar, Thailand, Yemen and Zambia  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
2 2016 Japan  Master course programme  for officers of 
developing countries to study IPR border 
enforcement  10 participants from Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, 
Lesotho, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and Viet Nam  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
3 
 2017 Japan  Master course programme  for officers of 
developing countries to study IPR border 
enforcement  10 participants from Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
PDR, Maldives, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda and Tanzania.  WCO 
(CCF Japan)   
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- 17 - (B) Expert Mission s 
 Period  Location  Title Participants  Organizer  
1 2015 Azerbaijan  National seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
Azerbaijan  Customs officers in Azerbaijan  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
2 2015 Malaysia  Regional seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
Malaysia  Customs officers in Asia -Pacific region  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
3 2015 Indonesia  IPR Workshop for Indonesia Customs  Customs officers in Indonesia  Japan Customs  
4 2015 Bangladesh  National seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
Bangladesh  Officers of NBA (National Board of Revenue) in 
Bangladesh  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
5 2015 Malaysia  Regional seminar for Customs officer to explain the 
upcoming IPR border enforcement operation  Customs officers in Asia -Pacific region  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
6 2015 Singapore  Japan – Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st 
Century (JSPP) "Promotion of Effective Intellectual Property 
Protection " Customs officers in ASEAN countries  JSPP 
7 2015 India National seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
India Customs officers in India  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
8 2015 Thailand  Regional seminar for Customs officers to introduce boarder 
operation results on IPR border enforcement  Customs officers in Asia -Pacific region  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
9 2016 India Regional seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
India Customs officers in Asia -Pacific region  
 WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
10 2016 Myanmar  National seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
Myanmar  Customs officers in Myanmar  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
11 2016 Singapore  Japan – Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st 
Century (JSPP) "Promotion of Effective Intellectual Property 
Protection  Customs officers in ASEAN countries  JSPP 
12 2016 Thailand  Regional seminar for Customs officer to explain the 
upcoming IPR border enforcement operation  Customs officers in Asia -Pacific region  WCO 
(CCF Japan)   
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- 18 -  Period  Location  Title Participants  Organizer  
13 2016 Namibia  Regional seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border  enforcement in 
Namibia  Customs officers, other government officers in 
the East Africa region  
 WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
14 2016 Sudan  National seminar for Customs officer to enhance knowledge 
and technique in the field of IPR border enforcement  in 
Sudan  Customs officers in Sudan  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
15 2017 Uruguay  Regional Operational Workshop on Combating 
Counterfeiting and Piracy for the Americas  Customs officers in America region  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
16 2017 Indonesia  WCO National Seminar for the Indonesia Customs 
Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy  Customs officers in Indonesia  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
17 2017 Indonesia  Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Japan -
Indonesia Customs Cooperation Programme  Customs officers in Indonesia  JETRO  
18 2017 Belize  Sub-Regional Workshop on Combating Counterfeiting and 
Piracy for Central America  Customs officers in Central America region  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
19 2017 UAE, Seminar on Anti -Counterfeit in U.A.E.  Customs officers in U.A.E  JETRO  
20 2017 Saudi Arabia  Counterfeit Detection Seminar in Riyadh Customs  Customs officers in Saudi Arabia  JETRO  
21 2017 Cambodia  WCO National Seminar for the General Department of 
Customs and Excise(GDCE) of Cambodia on combating 
counterfeiting and piracy  Customs officers in Cambodia  WCO 
(CCF Japan)  
 
 
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