Technological change certainly is a common explanation for low inflation in all advanced economies. Low productivity gains are also one explanation for the sustained weakness in wages across 2/7  BIS central bankers' speeches  advanced economies, which in turn also have an impact on inflation. There are factors specific to Europe as well, in particular high unemployment.
Both the United States and Japan are close to full employment, while Europe is not. Europe is lagging behind the United States and Japan in the business cycle and still has some slack to absorb before reaching full employment. Many of the newly created jobs are based on part-time or fixed-term contracts, which dampen the prospect of rapid wage increases.