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V4-Japan format increasingly active, Polish PM says at summit

Apart from Morawiecki, the meeting was attended by Slovak PM Peter Pellegrini, Czech PM Andrej Babis, Hungarian Deputy PM Mihaly Varga and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Leszek Szymański/PAP

The relations between the regional Visegrad Group (V4) and Japan have been strengthening along with plans for increased trade and mutual investments, Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki said at the third V4-Japan summit in Bratislava on Thursday.

Polish and Japanese PMs meet in Bratislava

Prime Ministers of Poland and Japan Mateusz Morawiecki and Shinzo Abe, who met on Wednesday in Bratislava, agreed after the meeting to strive for a free-trade agreement between EU and Japan to take effect, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday.

First European plant of Japanese motor cores maker to be built in Poland

A Japanese automotive parts manufacturer, Mitsui High-tec (MHT), will build in Poland its first European factory of motor cores for hybrid and electric cars, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Agreement signed on joint Polish-Japanese nuclear technology research

Prof. Tatsuya Okubo, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, and Prof. Krzysztof Kurek, director of the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) signed an academic exchange agreement between the two institutions, in Warsaw, on Monday.

Strangest war in history? Seventy-one years ago today Poland declared WAR on its old friend Japan - and it lasted for 16 years

Despite the state of war, cooperation between agents continued. Polish spies continued to move around WWII Europe using passports provided by the Japanese, and the exchange of information about the USSR and Germany continued. TFN’s Stuart Dowell looks back at the curious affair to find out more.

Japanese outsourcing company to open centre in Poland

The Japanese Transcosmos global outsourcing company will open a centre in Poznan, western Poland. In coming years the company plans to expand and turn the operating centre into one of its key global outsourcing hubs employing up to 500.

Japanese auto company enlarges factory in southwest Poland

The Japanese company Yagi has completed the expansion of its car-parts factory in Żarów (southwestern Poland), in a project worth around PLN 75 million (EUR 17.6 million), the firm announced on Friday.

Polish foreign minister welcomes Japanese counterpart

Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz on Friday morning received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono at the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw. The two officials are to discuss bilateral relations and security issues.

Back from Russia with a goodbye goal

History likes to repeat itself and the performance of the Polish football team is just one such example.

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