The second annual Nordic Game visit to Japan began today. The group consisting of representatives from game companies, educational institutions and organisations from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden, gathered in Tokyo for the traditional kick-off meeting.

This year's program will feature a host of activities. Besides company visits and meetings with some of the most successful Japanese game developers including Sony, Capcom and Grasshopper Manufacture, the group will attend a business development event, be present at Tokyo Game Show on 24-25 September, as well as hosting a Nordic party on 29 September for guests from the Japanese games industry.

The group visit to Japan is a part of the KreaNord initiative for global development and branding of the creative industries in the Nordic region, and it is organised by the Nordic Game Program in cooperation with International Game Developer Assoc. Japan, Nomura Research Institute, Japan Online Game Assoc., Innovation Norway, Invest in Sweden Agency and the Swedish Trade Council.

In January 2009 the Nordic Game Program established a representative office in Tokyo, based at the Swedish Embassy, and works closely with the Invest in Sweden Agency and the Swedish Trade Council, as well as Innovation Norway and other Nordic agencies represented in Japan.

For more information contact Jacob Riis at info@nordicgame.com.