Azerbaijan simplifies visa regime with Japan

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

Citizens of Japan will be able to travel to Azerbaijan on a simplified procedure starting from February 1.

Japanese can obtain entry visa upon arrival, valid for 30 days’ stay, at the Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

Azerbaijan and Japan enjoy fruitful cooperation in various fields and their mutual relations are developing both in the political, economic and cultural fields.

The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1992. Japan was one of the first countries to support Azerbaijan's forward-looking oil strategy.

Today two major Japanese companies Itochu and Impex are involved in the Contract of the Century. Leaders of Japanese business, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Marubeni, and Sojits are involved in energy and infrastructure projects in the country.

Azerbaijan is considering further cooperation with Japan in the field of high technology, particularly in the field of manufacture of innovative production, with their further entering the regional markets.

So far, Japanese companies were involved mainly in projects in the energy sector, but in recent years their interests to cooperate in areas such as petrochemicals, oil refining, energy, medicine, high-tech and space industry have increased.