Lower Austria and Japan: Strong business partners at Expo 2025!

Lower Austria and Japan: Strong business partners at Expo 2025!

Osaka, Japan - In a pioneering meeting, Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner received the Japanese ambassador Kiminori Iwama. In doing so, she emphasized the close and trusting relationships between Lower Austria and Japan. "I look forward to further expanding the successful relationships and the good partnership between Lower Austria and Japan together with Excellence Iwama," said Mikl-Leitner. The upcoming Expo 2025 in Osaka, in which Lower Austria will actively participate, represents an essential highlight to further consolidate the bilateral connections, such as ots reports .

A remarkable aspect of the conversation was the importance of export for the region: "Every fifth workplace in Lower Austria depends on export. In 2023, the export to Japan was around 230 million euros, which underlines the important role of Japan as the second most important Asian market for Lower Austria. Mikl-Leitner announced that a delegation will travel to Expo to establish a cooperation agreement with the Yamanashi Prefecture and to strengthen the Austrian business interests in the Japanese market. Austria will occur under the motto "Composing the Future", while a 16-meter high wooden note band will be an eye-catcher of the pavilion, such as the State government reported.

strengthening by Expo 2025

The Expo 2025 will open in a few weeks and not only promises a platform for global presentations, but is also intended to promote export relationships between Lower Austria and Japan. Mikl-Leitner described that in 2021 exports to Japan achieved a value of 255 million euros and thus rose by 31 percent compared to the previous year. Japan currently occupies 17th place among the most important export partners in Lower Austria. The governor emphasized that every additional billion that is increased in export creates around 15,000 jobs. This illustrates the immense importance of export activities for regional companies and the entire economy.