In the days of 10th-14th November Minister of Commerce Jan Mládek along with Deputy and Member of Organizational Committee of the Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura and other representatives and businessmen made a working visit to Japan. During his visit to Japan Minister Mládek signed two important memoranda after meeting with Japanese Minister of Commerce Yoichi Miyazawa. First memorandum was related to mutual understanding in cooperation in the nuclear energetics and second one was related to the cooperation between CzechInvest and its Japanese counterpart JETRO (Japan External Trade Orgaization). During his stay Minister Mládek also met with Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui and with representatives of many entreprises important for the Czech Republic’s foreign trade such as Toyota Motor Company, Mitsui or Toshiba and he has also visited Tokyo Josai University.