High technology, research, businesses, monuments, agri-food excellence. The relationships between the two are strengthened even further Emilia Romagna region and the Ibaraki Prefecture, in Japan. At the beginning “friendship report”, signed in 1986, were followed over the years by exchanges of visits by delegations, up until the mission last autumn of the president Stefano Bonaccini in the Land of the Rising Sun. And now, in these very days, the governor of Ibaraki,Kazuhiko Oigawaleads a delegation visiting Emilia-Romagna, with the aim of intensifying relations and holding a series of institutional meetings and technical visits to prominent entities, such as the Bologna Technopole and the Interdepartmental Aerospace Industrial Research Center (Ciri) of Forlì. Then theUniversity of Bolognail Ducati Museumi agri-food consortiathe dairies, the Museum of the consortium of traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena.
Today, Friday 9 February 2024, the meeting, in the Regional Council Room, between the president Bonaccini and the governor Oigawa; Also present was the regional councilor for economic development, Vincenzo Colla. The Japanese delegation, made up of around 40 people, includes representatives of the Prefecture but also entrepreneurs, research centres, trade associations and the University of Tsukuba.
“I want to welcome the governor Kazuhiko Oigawa and to all the Ibaraki delegation: it is a great satisfaction for us to have them here, in Emilia-Romagna, after our mission last autumn – commented the president Bonaccini– Their presence strengthens a truly important relationship of exchange and collaboration between two realities that are physically distant, but close from different points of view. Japan, we know well, has unquestionably always been one of the most advanced areas in the world in the field of high technology and research; Emilia-Romagna, in recent years, has become and will become the main European Data Valley. Our hope, therefore, is to be able to collaborate on realities that are close to the heart of both territories, towards new growth prospects”.
After the meeting between Bonaccini and governor Oigawa there will be a lunch, organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, in which three starred chefs will cook traditional Emilia-Romagna dishes with products from the Ibaraki Prefecture.