The MoU was signed by Hon. Hirofumi Nakasone, Vice Chairman / President, NPI, and Ms. Rabea Brauer, Country Representative of Japan, KAS, in the presence of H.E. Clemens von Goetze. Also present from KAS headquarters in Berlin was Dr. Peter Fischer-Bollin, Head of Division Analysis and Consulting. 

At the signing ceremony, NPI and KAS recognized the importance of the economic and security fields in the current international political situation and confirmed their willingness to cooperate closely in these areas in the future.