Date: September 8-15, 2019

Place: Warsaw, Toruń, Wejherowo, Poland

Subject: 「Beyond 100 years – What is next?」

Participants: 8 Japanese participants and 8 Polish participants.

Event details:

On the occasion of the centenary of establishing Polish-Japanese diplomatic relations, many lectures and classes took place during last year’s conference, which aimed to learn about the history of our diplomatic relations from a political, business, cultural and historical perspective. We focused primarily on the following aspects:

• Politics: Lecture on Polish-Japanese history by the professor
• Business: Lectures on business trends and prospects for Polish-Japanese business conducted by experts and business people on a daily basis. Participants also visited a company.
• Culture: Cultural exchange with students of the University of Warsaw and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
• History: A visit to Wejherowo, a city where Siberian children lived – Polish children from Siberia rescued by the Japanese authorities – after returning to their homeland.

On the last day of the event, September 14, 2019, a conference closing gala was held, during which the participants gave their presentations. It was a public ceremony.