Polityka Japonii wobec krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w latach dziewięćdziesiątych - zarys uwarunkowań

• Authors: Kobus Jacek

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Japan's Relations with Central and Eastern Europe in the 90's

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Relations between Japan and the Central and Eastern European countries could be described as fascination from one side and low level of interest from the other. Poland re-established its diplomatic relations with Japan only in 1957. In the 70s Poland became for Japan the most important trade partner among the European socialist countries except, the Soviet Union. This trade, however, never exceeded 1,2% of Japanese export and 0,42% of Japanese import for all these countries altogether (25,7% of this amount constituted Polish trade with Japan). After the martial law had been introduced in Poland, Japan joined the American of sanctions against Poland but Japan's restrictions were in practice "soft" and in 1985 were abandoned after Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe's visit to Warsaw. At the beginning of 1990 Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu visited Warsaw and Budapest with promises of new loans-1,95 billion USD and aid for these two countries under transition. But soon Japanese cooperation with the Central European countries was frozen. In 1992 the Western countries decided to reduce Polish and Hungarian foreign debts. Japan eventually joined these agreements, but disapproved them. However, in 1995 Japan abolished restrictions against Poland and Hungary, but for Japan the Central and East European markets are still insignificant. The Japanese export to all the countries of the region has never exceeded 0,28o/o of the total amount of the Japanese export of Japan in the 90s. Japanese surplus is on the rise and amounted to 1463 million USD in 1996. Japanese direct investments do not look more impressive either. Hungary is the most important partner of Japan in the region, but most new projects are implemented in Poland and the Czech Republic. In general, Central and Eastern Europe is an insignificant area for Japan both in politics and economy. But the mutual relations are getting more intensive in the field of cultural exchange.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Azja-Pacyfik
• Year: 1999
• Issue: II
• Pages: 17-32

Dates

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1999

Contributors

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Kobus Jacek