On October 8, 2019, Andrey
Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Toyohisa Kodzuki,
Japanese Ambassador to Russia, and Akio Kawato, a person of keen
intellect and a Japanese diplomat based in Moscow.
On October 8, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Toyohisa Kodzuki, Japanese Ambassador to Russia, and Akio Kawato, a person of keen intellect and a Japanese diplomat based in Moscow.
The meeting was also attended by Mikhail Bely, former Russian ambassador to Japan. The discussion focused on the results of 2018–2019, the cross-year of Russia in Japan and Japan in Russia, the state of relations between the two countries, possible areas for the development of Russian-Japanese cooperation against the backdrop of the ongoing changes in trade, economic, and military-political situation in the Asia-Pacific region.