Mr. Shoichi Itoh, Manager of the Strategic Research Unit of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, visited Institute for International Politics and Economics. Dr. Dušan Proroković, Head of the Centre for Eurasian Studies, and Dr. Ivona Lađevac, Head of Regional Centre for “Belt and Road”, spoke with the distinguished guest. The main aim of the meeting was to prepare a visit by a high delegation from Japan, who will stay in the Republic of Serbia during December, and talk with representatives of state institutions and business entities about the possibility of improving the cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy.