15 April 2026 · PAP / editorial
Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed a declaration on a comprehensive strategic partnership — the highest possible level of bilateral relations. The visit to Tokyo concluded Tusk’s tour of East Asia.
Since 2015, Poland and Japan had been linked by a strategic partnership. Following Tuesday’s meeting between the two leaders, that cooperation has reached an entirely new level. The signed declaration on a comprehensive strategic partnership covers collaboration between defence industries, space agencies, infrastructure, and advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence.
Alongside the political declaration, the two sides also signed a social security agreement. The document will make it easier for citizens of both countries to acquire entitlements to benefits — such as pensions — in the other party’s state. This represents a tangible benefit for the thousands of Poles working in Japan and Japanese nationals employed in Poland.
„Relations with stable, responsible and predictable partners are absolutely priceless. Japan and Poland can and should play a stabilising role in their respective regions and in the world.”
— Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
From outer space to beef — a wide-ranging agenda
Tusk listed the topics discussed with Prime Minister Takaichi and Japanese business representatives: space, nuclear energy, high-speed rail, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and Polish beef exports. The Prime Minister pledged his personal involvement in facilitating the activities of Polish companies in Japan and Japanese investors in Poland.
Prime Minister Takaichi confirmed the signing of a memorandum on agricultural cooperation and an agreement between the two countries’ space agencies. Government spokesman Adam Szłapka stressed that the new level of relations will translate into even more Japanese investment in Poland and a greater number of jobs.
Tokyo as the finale of an Asian tour
The meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister brought Donald Tusk’s Asian tour to a close. Earlier, the Polish Prime Minister visited South Korea, where talks focused on boosting trade, removing barriers to Polish agri-food exports, and cooperation in the defence industry.
Szłapka noted that closer cooperation with democratic partners in the Indo-Pacific is, in the current geopolitical climate, essential for the stabilisation of international relations — and that Poland is actively seeking such allies beyond the Euro-Atlantic sphere.
