Japan has undertaken a unique approach in its international economic agreements with other countries, concentrating on concluding treaties, which cover a wide range of matters (trade, services investment and competition) rather than simply trade in goods, as many other countries have done. Following its departure from the EU, the UK will need to develop its own approach to international economic treaties to fit its economic needs. Similarities in the size and makeup of the UK and Japanese economies suggests that the two countries could learn from each other in terms of their international economic relations with other countries, and with each other. The UK may wish to adopt the Japanese style of comprehensive economic treaties or to pursue economic treaties with more than one country at once. Additionally, both the UK and Japan are members of the World Trade Organization, a global body that oversees barriers to trade in goods and services among almost every country in the world. Since this organization has been struggling recently because of disagreements on several spheres of economic activity, the UK and Japan are well placed to instigate reforms to the organization to help it fulfil its mandate for improving the global economy. Convergence of standards in regulatory cooperation is at the heart of contemporary global governance. Researchers, from early to mid to late career, explore the legal significance of EU-Japan Economic partnership Agreement as the largest trading area in the world and the future of its integration with the UK in the post-Brexit area. The research involves UK and Japanese trade, IP and data experts in political science, politics and international relations analysing the rules and standards governing over half a billion citizens and the consequences of trilateral arrangements on the agreement of standards on data in the post-Brexit era. The protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights underpins many aspects of trade between the EU, UK and Japan. With respect to the protection of copyrights, trade marks, patents and trade secrets, companies based in the EU, UK and Japan are world leaders, selling their goods and services in many key areas of global industry, including film and music, robotics, digital electronics and information technology, engineering, and fashion. Intellectual property strategies are key to these businesses and reliance on these forms of IP provides revenue for investment in new technologies. With Brexit on the horizon it is necessary to evaluate whether the enforcement systems for protection patents and trade secrets in the EU, UK and Japan are set at an optimal level. With a 3-hour round table discussion at Keio and a follow up 2-hour presentation and discussion at City we aim to consider from a comparative perspective the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in the EU, UK and Japan, and analyse the impact of variances of protection may have on overall trade. A particular focus will be on the impact of Brexit, including its bilateral and trilateral trade impact on e.g. EU-UK, EU-Japan, UK-Japan and EU-UK-Japan trade.