A Japanese delegation headed by Mr. Noriyuki
Yonemura, Senior Vice President of Fuji Xerox, visited Bulgaria at
the end of February 2000. The visit was initiated by Intellectual
Collaboration Group, founded on a voluntary base in 1996 with the
participation of business representatives, officials of Ministry of
Industry and International Trade, and representatives of the
academic society. The organization aims at enhancing the transition
of ex-communist countries and activating their foreign economic
relations with Japan through information and know-how exchange,
training of specialists and state administration officials.
The Japanese
delegation during the discussion (from left to right): Mr. Mitsuo
Toyoizumi, President & CEO, Izumi Corporation, Mr. Noriyuki
Yonemura, Senior Vice President, Fiji Xerox and Mr. Hiroshi Kazui,
Deputy Director General, JETRO, Vienna
At a Workshop, held on February 28, 2000 with the
participation of state institutions, NGOs and business
associations, the Japanese guests introduced the targets and the
outcome of Japan’s industrial policy, the key factors for
developing small and medium enterprises and the importance of high
technologies branches for the economic development. The
opportunities for increasing the Japanese investments in Central
and Eastern Europe were reviewed
The opportunities for applying the Japanese
experience and the conditions for activating the economic exchange
between Bulgaria and Japan were also among the issues discussed at
the Workshop. |
