Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Director General for Hydrogen Economy Policy Choi Woo-hyuk at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea attended the second Korea-Japan Hydrogen Cooperation Dialogue meeting today in Tokyo with Sadanori Ito, Director General for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department at Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry (METI), with the participation of both countries’ 11 hydrogen-related institutions.

On the margins of the Korea-Japan industry ministerial talks and the first Hydrogen Cooperation Dialogue meeting held in June 2024, the two countries have since then launched working groups for the development of a clean hydrogen supply chain, carbon intensity and certification, standards and criteria, and safety. During today’s second meeting, the two sides reviewed the details of these four working groups’ progress on cooperation agendas and discussed measures for wider collaboration going forward.

Noting the private sector’s critical role in clean hydrogen supply chain cooperation, the two sides decided to establish a private Korea-Japan cooperative platform for hydrogen supply chain utilization alongside their intergovernmental cooperation channel. They also agreed to convene bilateral hydrogen seminars to make tangible progress in joint efforts regarding clean hydrogen supply chains, hydrogen co-firing, and hydrogen mobility expansion.

In the area of carbon intensity and certification, the two countries will be working together to advance the methodologies of measuring greenhouse gas emissions generated over the process of producing clean hydrogen, for which they will also be making joint visits to major overseas sites.

For standards and criteria, joint efforts will go toward the international standardization of primary hydrogen technologies. In the area of safety, Korea and Japan will boost exchanges in hydrogen safety information and best practice sharing.