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Russia and Japan meet in Moscow to discuss areas of common interest | News | The Moscow Times
From September 8-10, 2014 in Moscow, the World Trade Center will host the second Russo-Japanese Forum entitled Areas of common interest: business, investment, culture (the first such forum was held in February 2013 in Tokyo). The initiators and organizers are two influential print publications, Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia) and Mainichi Shimbun (Japan).
The main objective of the Forum is to promote direct dialogue between representatives of government, business, and civil society in Russia and Japan in order to boost economic cooperation, exchange of knowledge, and cultural achievements. Topics of the plenary sessions and panel discussions cover a wide range of potential interactions: from energy to medicine to technology, and scientific and cultural exchange. Particular attention will be paid to the development of the Far East in the context of Russian-Japanese relations.
The Forum's mission is to understand the internal and external factors affecting Russian-Japanese relations in the sphere of business, investment, technology, and culture; a demonstration of the growing potential of cooperation between Russia and Japan through providing opportunities for direct dialogue between Russian and Japanese civil servants, representatives of business, educational, scientific, and cultural organizations.
Taking part in the official opening ceremony on the Russian side are Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation C.E. Naryshkin and Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev.
Special guests of the Forum from the Japanese side will be former Prime Minister Yoshirе Mori, the governor of Tottori Prefecture Shinji Hirai and the President of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations Hiroshi Okuda. The Forum is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Japan, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Japan. Participating in the event will be representatives of major Japanese companies in the fields of energy, medicine, agriculture, urban development.
The event is also supported by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Moscow, and the Sakhalin Oblast Administration. On the Russian side, confirmed participants in the Forum will include representatives of the State Duma, the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Culture, the International Sambo Federation, the Higher School of Economics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and public and business structures.
i hope japan won't miss this opportunity to break free