H.E. Mr. Makoto Ito, Ambassador of Japan, hosted a meeting with BIA representatives: Mr. Bojidar Danev - Executive President, Mr. Georgi Shivarov - Vice President, and Mr. Veselin Iliev - Director General "International Economic Relations". Mr. Mitsushige Mori and Mr. Mitsunobu Fukumori from economic section of the embassy also presented the meeting.
Mr. Makoto Ito expressed sincere interest towards the BIA history, since BIA was established with similar statute and support of Keidanren - Japanese Industrial Confederation, now Nippon Keidanren. In the years, BIA had active involvement in Bulgarian-Japanese Business Council, Productivity and Quality Center, etc. According to Mr. Ito, several Japanese companies operate in Bulgaria through their Bucharest offices. He informed that there was Japanese business interest to projects in agriculture, renewable energy sources, tourism - SPA, cultural and historical, medical. Much more Japanese tourists would visit Bulgaria if there was a tourist office in Tokyo.
Mr. Ito was interested in the economic situation in Bulgaria and future Industrial zones.
Mr. Danev offered BIA support to Japanese businessmen. He also informed about the "Workforce Competence Assessment" project, which may help foreign investors to assess and train labor for their production sites.
Mr. Danev invited H.E. Mr. Ito and his economic team to visit BIA.
