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Japan-Poland Relations

April 2010

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Japan and Poland established diplomatic relations on March 22, 1919 which were severed after the outbreak of WW II. On February 8, 1957, the diplomatic relations between Japan and Poland were restored.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Poland.

Economic Relations:

Japan's trade with Poland (2008)

Export: 205.3 billion yen (motor vehicles, motor vehicle components, visual apparatuses)

Import: 49.6 billion yen (motor vehicles components, engine components, black leads)

Direct Investment from Japan:

Number of Japanese companies in Poland as of June, 2009: 232

Japan's ODA to Poland (as of the end of FY 2007):

Grant aid: 4.04 billion yen

Technical cooperation: 8.94 billion yen

Loan aid etc.: 21.39 billion yen

List of Exchange of Notes

Number of Residents:

Japanese nationals residing in Poland: approx.1193 (as of November, 2008)

Polish nationals residing in Japan: approx.934 (as of December, 2007)

VIP Visits

From Japan to Poland (from 2000)

Year	Name
2000	President of the House of Councillors Juro Saito
2001	Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kaori Maruya
2002	Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kenshiro Matsunami
2003	Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Official Parliamentary Delegation of the House of Councillors
2004	Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kazunori Tanaka
2005	Japan-Poland Parliamentary Association of Friendship of the House of Representatives
2007	Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
2008	Minister of the Environment Tetsuo Saito Senior Vice Minister of Defense Akinori Eto Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives Takahiro Yokomichi

From Poland to Japan (from 2000)

Year	Name
2000	Minister of Foreign Affairs Bronislaw Geremek
2001	Speaker of the Senate Alicja Grzeskowiak Minister of Culture and National Heritage Andrzej Zielinski
2004	Minister of Science Michal Kleiber Minister of Finance Andrzej Raczko
2005	Prime Minister Marek Belka Minister Interior and Administration Ryszard Kalisz Minister of Finance Miroslaw Gronicki
2006	Minister of Foreign Affairs Stefan Meller
2007	Minister of Culture and National Heritage Kazimierz Ujazdowski Minister of Science and Higher Education Michal Sewerynski
2008	President Lech Kaczynski Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikovski Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki
2009	Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki Minister of State Treasury Aleksander Grad

• Courtesy Call on Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, by Political Directors of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Ambassadors of the V4 countries (December 2011)
• Message of Condolence from Japan on the Passing Away of Dr. Lech Kaczy?ski, President of the Republic of Poland, and his Spouse (April 2010)
• V4+Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting: Joint Press Statement (May 2009)
• 90th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Poland (December 2008)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Doctor Lech Kaczynski, President of the Republic of Poland and Mrs. Maria Kaczynska (November 2008)
  • Courtesy Call on Polish President Lech Kaczy?ski by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (December 2008)
• Visit to Japan of H.E. Mr. Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, and Ms. Anne Applebaum (September 2008)
  • Japan-Poland Joint Press Statement (October 1, 2008)
• Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to Germany, Poland and Spain (May 27-June 1, 2007)
  • V4 (Slovak, Czech, Hungary and Poland) plus Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting (Press Statement) (Hamburg, May 28, 2007)
• The 50th Anniversary of the Resumption of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Poland (Letter from Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan) (May 2007)
• Mr. Shotaro Yachi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Europe (May 2006)
• Visit to Japan by Prof. Stefan Meller, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland (March 2006)
• Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Visegrad Four and Japan (V4+1) (Visegrad Four Countries: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) (June 2005)
• Japan-Poland Joint Press Release (January 2005)
• Visit of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the Republic of Poland (Summit Meeting: Summary) (August 2003)
• Japan-Poland Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (August 2003)
• Joint Statement Towards Strategic Partnership between Japan and the Republic of Poland (August 2003)
• Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan's Visit to Poland and Hungary (July 2002)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Bronislaw Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (February 2000)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Poland

• Embassy of Japan in Poland Web Site (Polish and Japanese Only)
• Embassy of Poland in Japan Web Site