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The agreement's entry into force will immediately remove tariffs on 90 per cent of exports from the EU to Japan. Tariffs will be abolished on many important export products in the plastics, chemicals and forest industries, for example. Exporters of Finnish foods will find it easier to break into the Japanese market.

With the centennial anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Finland coming up in 2019, the Embassy of Finland in Tokyo has nominated six Japanese personalities with special ties to Finland as the Friendship Envoys for the celebratory year. They are: lighting designer Motoko Ishii, ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, actress Satomi Kobayashi, pianist Izumi Tateno, idol singer Ayane Fujisaki and designer Akira Minagawa.

At the presidential session on Friday 10 August, the President of the Republic decided to appoint Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Pekka Orpana to serve as Finland's Ambassador to Tokyo from 1 September 2018.