Bilateral agreements between several Dutch and Japanese universities and research institutes help promote these exchanges. Cooperative scientific relationships between Tokyo University and Leiden University, Rikkyo University and Nijmegen University, and Tsukuba University and Utrecht University serve as good examples. The Agreement allows for an extremely broad range of cooperation, overseen by regular meetings of senior officials and administrators. There are also many exchanges of researchers. The Department of Trade and Industry supports the Engineers to Japan Scheme that allows young British engineers to spend a year in a Japanese company.
Industrial cooperation is an important component of the relationship.
British institutions have also successfully bid to take part in NEDO projects. A dozen or so British companies undertake research in Japan, notably in chemicals and pharmaceuticals.