For many years now, Israel's emergence and growth on the
world's economic stage has captured the attention of national
and private investors all over the globe. It is only in recent
years, though, that this has come to include Japan. In the past few
years, more and more Japanese corporations have opened R&D and
sales centers in Israel, while business delegations are continually
streaming into Israel. One of those companies which recently
entered Israel is Fujitsu, the largest IT company in Japan and the
fifth largest in the world.
Technological Relationships
Business relations between the countries received a substantial
boost, after Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to Japan in
2014. The visit led to an historic R&D agreement that included
a Memorandum of Cooperation and a Memorandum of Understanding, both
designed to foster relationships between the two countries and
create cooperative endeavors in technology. In July 2015, this lead
to three distinct joint