Erbil: On 5-1-2015 Dr. Dara Jalil Khayat  President of the Erbil  Chamber of Commerce and Industry ,  has received in his officeMr. Masaaki Huonda , first secretary of Japan Embassy   and Masayuki Tahashi second secretary at the Japanese embassy in Baghdad, and the objective of this visit is to expand trade relations between Japan and the Kurdistan Region after receiving the embassy many requests from a number of Japanese companies from various fields  to find new markets in the region,.

The mentioned Embassy has recommended  that the Kurdistan market is a good and promising market at this time, and the Japanese delegation  touched at the meeting to the financial grant donated by Japan in 2014, a $ 28 million in as humanitarian aid refugees and internally displaced Iraqis, and in turn,  Mr. President of the Chamber of the hailed this visit, stressing the desire of the Kurdistan Region to expand trade and economic ties with Japan and request the establishment of specialized exhibitions of Japanese products in the region due to its quality and its good reputation of Kurdistan consumer acquisition andacceptance to it, also stressed the need to grant visas from Erbil to Kurds  traders and businessmen  to have the opportunity tovisit and learn about the Japanese markets closely, and also requested the Kurdistan Companies to participate and visit trade fairs that are held in Japan.