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Press releasePublished on 23 April 2025

Innovation and trade at heart of Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis's official visit to Japan

Bern, 23.04.2025 — Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis conducted an official visit to Japan on 22 and 23 April 2025, leading the Swiss delegation at the World Expo in Osaka on Switzerland's National Day. In Tokyo, he held bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and representatives of Japan's commerce, science and education ministries as well as a meeting with IT giant NEC, which will be setting up a new centre in Zurich.