Japan-Poland relations

Japan–Poland relations refers to the bilateral foreign relations between Japan and Poland.

History

Early twentieth century

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According to Onodera, the cooperation between the Japanese and Poles dates back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.

In 1904, well-known Japanese writer Nitobe Inazō dedicated his book Bushido: The Soul of Japan to the Polish nation, indicating that it was a "samurai" nation. Despite the geographical and cultural distance between the cultures, this book was written at a time when the Japanese admired Poles for their heroism and honor. The book has been translated into other languages ​​and published in other countries. Very soon, as early as 1904, a Polish version was published in Lwów, and Nitobe wrote a special preface addressed to Polish readers. He emphasized the similarities between Poles and Japanese - he wrote that both nations love honor and attachment to ideals above all else, and a reader from the Vistula River would easily understand what bushido is. The Polish edition was "corrected" in several places by censorship of its occupant, but the book still enjoyed great popularity among the Poles.

The most important moment in the context of Poland's contacts with Japan were the talks between Józef Piłsudski and Tytus Filipowicz and representatives of Japan, which took place during their visit to that country in July 1904. The visit was financed by Japan. Piłsudski and Filipowicz presented the Japanese side with the draft agreement.

It assumed that Japan would pay Poland £ 10,000 upon conclusion of the contract and another £ 10,000 in 1905. Apart from that, at the time of submitting the proposal, Piłsudski and Filipowicz expected support in the form of 3,000 weapons. At the same time, they reserved for Poland the possibility of obtaining up to 60,000 units. In return, they offered intelligence and sabotage activity on the part of Poles, as well as obstructing the mobilization of the Russian army by all possible means. The information that may be possible shows that the economic and military cooperation between Japan and Poland was successfully implemented. Through the military attachés in Paris and London, Japan gave Poland 33,000 sterling and other funds (this is an approximation, 20 Japanese embassies). The money received was used to purchase weapons: 23,000 firearms and 4,300,000 ammunition. During the subsequent Polish cooperation with Japan, it was also enriched with 8,500 rifles and 18,100 rounds of ammunition for them, as well as with explosives. Japan also makes it easier for Poles to pick up their weapons in Hamburg.

It is difficult to assess the full scale of intelligence activities conducted by Poland due to its secret nature. It is known that there were 16 Polish spies operating in Russia, cooperating with Japan. They operated in places where Russian military troops were stationed. These were Tomsk, Irkutsk, Perm and Samara; there were also headquarters in Riga and Liepaja, the purpose of which was to observe the Baltic Fleet. The Poles were to collect information about the directions of movement of Russian troops, especially those sent to the east.

During World War I, the Japanese government declared war on Germany and at the same time the Japanese elite financially supported the creation of a sovereign Polish government in exchange for professionally teaching Japanese spies to break Russian codes. General Akashi Motojiro traveled extensively around Europe. He and other Japanese financially supported Poles striving to break away from Russia. An important rapprochement between Japanese and Polish officers was the honorary treatment of Poles who had repeatedly hosted Japanese officers visiting or stationed at their diplomatic missions

Marriage

During the Cold War, Poland makes relations with Japan and to make things better a marriage is set between the two nations. A prince in Poland and a princess in Japan but it is cancelled by African Powers like Egypt. Egypt forced Japan to stop the relationship with Poland because of allience of Japan and Egypt during the Cold War.

The wedding has been disrupted and ended due to Egypt’s alliance with Japan and Egypt fighting in the Cold War. Egypt feared the alliance between Japan and Poland would be controversial and fears of anti black supremacy.

Due to the cancellation of the marriage, Africa forced Japan to leave Europe and Japan elopes with Egypt instead. Japan stood against the conflict and war between Egypt and Africa between Poland and sides with Poland.

Modern relations

Japan established a relationship with the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) that represented the Soviet-controlled Polish puppet state in 1957, while at the same time continuing to be allied with the London-based Polish national government in exile, and later supported the merging of these two in 1989 to form the modern Polish state. Both share mutual interests and alliances that forged them closer to each other. The two states celebrated 90 years of relationship in 2009 and the 100th anniversary in 2019 Trade, business, and tourism between both countries continues to thrive. LOT Polish Airlines provides daily non-stop flights between Tokyo and Warsaw. Both countries are full members of the OECD, but modern relations are limited to mostly trade and cultural activities, both countries see each other as vital partners in global commerce. In 2017, Japan became the second largest foreign investor in Poland in terms of total investment value, only behind the United States.

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