Mr. Kamino briefly presented activities of his organization, emphasizing that they are based on three areas: exports from Japan, investments in Japan, and providing information to Japanese companies planning to invest abroad. They have 16 offices across Europe, of which four are in Central and Eastern Europe: in Warsaw, Prague, Budapest and Bucharest.

He emphasized that Japanese companies have expressed interest in investing in the Western Balkans in the auto parts and green energy sectors.

They discussed the cooperation between the two countries so far with a focus on Japanese investments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlighting the Tsubaki Nakashima company in Konjic as a successful Japanese investment in our country.

Mr. Kubatlija introduced Mr. Kamino with the FIPA activities, the previous cooperation between the two institutions with a focus on organizing visits by Japanese businesspeople in the past few years, citing the fact that significant foreign direct investments from Japan in BiH have not been recorded, and Japanese companies that are present at the BiH market, are registered through their European companies. It is important to note that Japan is among the largest donors in BiH.

It was agreed to organize a webinar by JETRO with the aim to present investment opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Japanese businesspeople, as well as other forms of cooperation that will be defined during this year.