[...] During his four-day visit through Thursday, he achieved notable outcomes such as the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and the signing of an air services agreement between the two governments. These accords have established “the cornerstone” for future bilateral economic cooperation, the crown prince said.
The memorandum between JAXA and the LSA enables further collaboration in such arenas as supercomputing and mutual use of facilities. The air services agreement sets up a legal framework for the stable operation of scheduled air services between the two nations.
[...]
The nation’s space industry “is becoming a success story … attracting many businesses, many startups,” the crown prince said. Citing the grand duchy’s excellent connectivity, data center ecosystem and cybersecurity, he said that Luxembourg is “of course a very good and interesting place for Japanese companies who would like to explore the European market.”
Luxembourg is a constitutional monarchy. In the interview, the crown prince emphasized the grand ducal family’s close relationship with the Imperial family. During the delegation’s visit to Japan, the Emperor and Empress, and Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, met with Crown Prince Guillaume. It is “a tremendous honor” to foster strong ties with the Imperial family to hand down to future generations, he said.
[...]
At the end of the interview, he stressed the significance of bilateral cooperation for the world, saying that Japan and Luxembourg share democratic values such as multilateralism and the rule of law. Referring to the geopolitical context of the world as “very complicated and complex,” the crown prince said that “all these crises actually got us closer and closer together.” [...]
