The FIPA Representative in Japan Shigehiko Nishihama participated in the creation of the content of an expert book written about Bosnia and Herzegovina under joint authorship with other Japanese experts.
The book contains information on
history, geography, culture, politics, economics, international relations,
daily life in BiH, relations and cooperation with Japan.
This is the first time that such
a book about Bosnia and Herzegovina has been written and published in Japan
within the Tokyo-based AKASHI-SHOTEN publishing house. More than 20 experts
have written under the joint authorship. Almost all are university professors,
government officials and diplomats.
This book was written under the
guidance of Dr. Nobuhir Shiba, a renowned professor for the former Yugoslavia,
including former BiH Ambassador Hideo Yamazaki and the Japanese diplomat, Mr.
Atsushi Saito.
There are professors and
specialists for the former Yugoslavia in Japan, but very few for Bosnia and
Herzegovina. However, there is a FIPA representative who has been following
developments in BiH for 30 years and is also the leading mediator between the
two countries in the field of economic and cultural co-operation.
Mr. Nishihama writes that Bosnia
and Herzegovina is very attractive for investment, that it has potentials in
various fields that may be of interest to Japanese investors, noting that it is
time to consider the relocation of Japanese companies from the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Poland and Hungary to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The book also talks about the
visit of a delegation of Japanese companies in 2016 to BiH, organized in
cooperation with FIPA, and the export of the BiH wines to Japan starting in
March 2014, and the first visits of Japanese tourists to BiH, whose number is
increasing every year to about 6,000 tourists a year. Also, the author points
out the arrival of a Japanese precision machinery company called
TSUBAKI-NAKASHIMA, which invested in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017, and now holds
the name TN BOSNIA DOO KONJIC, which is of great importance for the BiH
economy.
The fact that Japanese companies
in the European Union use products and parts of machines manufactured by BEKTO
PRECISA in Gorazde is also highlighted.
This book already had a very good
response. Many public libraries and book stores throughout Japan have it already.
The authors believe that it will
contribute to Japanese investments in BiH and increase the number of tourists.
Mr. Nishihama will continue to
make efforts to attract concrete investments from Japan.