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On March 30, 2001 the Center for the Study of
Democracy (CSD) organized jointly with the Embassy of Japan in
Bulgaria a breakfast meeting "Japan's Strategy towards the European
Union and its Enlargement". Guest speaker at the event was
Ambassador Takayuki Kimura, Head of the Mission of Japan to the
European Union. The event was attended by representatives of the
Government, the business, political parties, international
financial institutions, scholars, journalists and NGO
representatives.
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Ambassador Kimura outlined the
cooperation between Japan and the European Union in a number of
areas and highlighted the priority areas of common interest.
Ambassador Kimura presented the three major pillars of cooperation
between Japan and the EU: 1) support for peace and stability on the
continent; 2) benefiting from development of information technology
and globalization and 3) respecting diversity between cultures and
nations. Good cooperation has also been developed within the World
Trade Organization, and other multilateral fora. |
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Notably, developments
in Southeast Europe and enlargement figure prominently among issues
of joint interest. The significance, which Japan attributes to EU
enlargement, is warranted primarily by the fact that this process
would strengthen the stability in Europe as a whole. Although some
Japanese companies face difficulties in export of goods due to the
unique policy decision making in EU, Japan will further enhance its
contacts with the candidates for accession to the EU as much as
they are getting closer to the membership. In addition to the
general stabilization impact of enlargement, it would also increase
the members of an international community with shared values,
which, in turn, would increase the mutually beneficial
exchanges.
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