Memoranda and agreements signed during Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka’s official visit to Japan at the end of June 2017:

• Visa Agreement on Work Holidays between the Czech Republic and Japan – this will enable people at the age of 18-30 to work, study and travel in the other country for 12 months.
• Memorandum of Cooperation between CzechInvest, an investment and entrepreneurship promotion agency, and JETRO, its partner agency – to promote bilateral activities focused on investments in both countries and on increasing their trade exchange.
• Framework Security Agreement on Cooperation on Third Markets between state-owned Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation, EGAP, and NEXI – to allow agency cooperation in third countries.
• Memorandum of Understanding between Shimadzu and International Clinical Research Centre of St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno – this will enable them to cooperate on developing a mass spectrometer, which can also be used in brain tumour research.

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