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Go Shimuta<\/strong>, Director-General, JETRO Praha | \u00a9 JETRO Praha<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the global economy faces drastic changes, technology and innovation is increasingly becoming an important area of cooperation between the Czech Republic and Japan. JETRO Prague supports open innovation between Czech and Japanese companies toward accelerating green and digital transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJapanese companies play an important role in the Czech economy, especially contributing to strengthening the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. I expect to see growth of business opportunities in the fields of carbon neutrality and digitalization, such as energy saving equipment, factory automation, robotics and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Go Shimuta<\/strong>, Director-General, JETRO Praha<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roman Watanabe<\/strong>, Chairman, Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan | \u00a9 CCCIJ<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe foster economic exchanges between Japan and the Czech Republic by informing Czech companies about Japanese business opportunities and practices in order to help them to enter the Japanese market. Cooperating with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, we\u2019ve organized several well-attended business and networking events and we are able to provide professional business services to Czech companies operating in Japan. Information and communications technology, nano technology, and energy are the key areas of interest of our members today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Roman Watanabe<\/strong>, Chairman, Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (CCCIJ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBeing at the center of Europe, physically and symbolically is a great advantage for the Czech Republic. It only takes up to two and a half hours by plane to get anywhere in Europe from the Czech Republic. The delivery of goods and supplies to or from Czech Republic to other parts of Europe can be done relatively quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ondrej Votruba<\/strong>, Executive Director, Association for Foreign Investment | \u00a9 AFI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a highly educated and technically skilled labour force with much more competitive salary levels when compared to our neighbours Germany and Austria or western European countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCzech Republic is consistently ranked as one of the safest countries in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were the industrial base of the Austro-Hungarian empire and today continue to be the most industrial country in the European Union (EU).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have 107 Japanese manufacturing companies in the Czech Republic. By far we are the most successful in attracting Japanese investment in the manufacturing sector per capita in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur efforts today are directed at pursuing high-value added projects, such as research and development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Czech government offers incentives for manufacturing, the development of technology hubs and shared service centers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also have access to EU funds directed at modernization to help economies restart after the COVID crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe quality-of-life index for Czech Republic is the number one in the CEE (Central and Eastern European) region and is among the highest in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Ondrej Votruba<\/strong>, Executive Director, Association for Foreign Investment – AFI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomas Mocek<\/strong>, Head of HiLASE Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe recently completed an R&D project with Japanese company Gigaphoton Inc, carried out under the memorandum of cooperation between the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) of Japan. We continue to collaborate to push its industrial application forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe laser technology we develop can support semiconductor manufacturing as well as circular economy in many ways, like contributing to the development of better, more durable and smart materials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HiLASE Centre has hosted many Japanese university students and we warmly invite more to come and collaborate with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Tomas Mocek<\/strong>, Head of HiLASE Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere is a growing demand for the high-end products we manufacture in Czech Republic, especially from the semiconductor industry in Europe, and our business has doubled since 2020. The standard of living in the Czech Republic has increased so much that European professionals from countries like Spain and Italy are moving here because they find higher paying opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Dr. Peter Oberta<\/strong>, Managing Director Rigaku Innovative Technologies Europe s.r.o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 KPMG Czech Republic<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJapan has been a long-term investment partner for the Czech Republic. Japanese companies have been making significant investments and creating jobs in the Czech Republic, in particular after 2002 when Toyota was established in the Czech Republic. Highly skilled labour and strong support by the Czech government has been valuable and attractive for many Japanese companies desiring to create high added value products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Keisuke Saito<\/strong>, Head of Japanese Desk at KPMG Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japanese investment into the Czech Republic was booming from 2001, just before we joined the European Union, all the way to the global financial crisis. In this period, we attracted most of the approximately 270 Japanese companies invested in the Czech Republic today, which employ close to 50,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of these companies have reinvested over the years into expanding their facilities. Two recent examples are Panasonic, which is introducing a new production portfolio in Czech Republic to strengthen their European operations and Toyota, which took full ownership of the former Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile joint-venture operations in Kolin. Apart from investments to improve their production plant, Toyota is also planning to introduce the production of new models and hybrid engines in Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Europe switches towards green mobility and drives decarbonization, our Japanese foreign investors, especially those in the manufacturing industry, must think of ways to lower their carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with the innovation strategy for Czech Republic to become one of the top 10 most innovative countries in Europe by 2025 and top 7 by 2030, we are focused on attracting more high-value investments and collaborations. There are many promising Czech companies and innovations for Japanese venture capital firms to invest in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Richard Schneider<\/strong>, Director for Japanese Operations, CzechInvest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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