After successful visit of Slovene economic and political delegation to Japan, Mr. Kristjan Verbič, the President of PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association(VZMD), ended his working visit there, with the visit of Japanese investors' association, SeLeNet, where he was welcomed by the Managing Director Mr. Frank Kaneko and the Director Mrs. Yoshiko Togashi. The conversations were focused mostly on the further intensification of mutual cooperation within the international investors' programs of VZMD: Invest to Slovenia (investo.si) and International Investors' Network(invest-to.net).

In organization of SPIRIT Slovenia, partner Japanese agency JETRO and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Japan, supported by the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia,Manufactured Imports and Investment Promotion Organization MIPRO and Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, "Slovenian-Japanese Business & Investment Forum" was held in Tokyo last Friday. At the forum, all gathered were among others addressed by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Borut Pahor, the President of JETRO, Mr. Hidehiro Yokoo, and the Acting Director of SPIRIT, Mr. Boštjan Skalar. Mr. Yokoo and Mr. Skalar also signed an agreement on cooperation between SPIRIT Slovenia and JETRO to deepen economic cooperation and strengthen partner relations. At the same time, two commercial contracts have been signed: DUOL company has signed a contract about establishment of competitive center for new materials and technology with the Japanese producer of membranes, Hiraoka company, and VSR Lab company has signed a letter of intent for the supply of water vessels to the Japanese buyer.

The forum concluded with B2B business meetings, which were attended by numerous businessmen and representatives of Japanese companies. Also on these occasions, the proper presentation of companies, institutions and investment projects, included in the international investors' programs investo.si and invest-to.net, was provided. Japanese participants have shown considerable interest in these programs,and all of the extensive informational and promotional materials, presented by the VZMD in Tokyo, ran out.

After a successful cooperation in economic delegation, which in January visited Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and this time visit of the economic and political delegation in Japan, VZMD invites all interested companies, institutions, communities and individuals to take advantage of opportunities for cooperation and inclusion of their informational materials, promotional materials and investment projects in web portals, materials and occasional magazines"investo Expo", as well as in events on numerous other anticipated occasions, which are being prepared within the context of both international investors' programs in 2013.