JAPAN and Brazil have long enjoyed mutually cordial and friendly relations in the fields of trade, enterprise and immigration. With the increasing exchange of visits by scholars, artists, journalists and others of the two countries, there has been a notable growth in interest in the culture of each other's country. With the object of accelerating this tendency and deepening further the mutual understanding between the two countries, the Japanese-Brazilian Cultural Treaty was concluded at Rio de Janeiro on September 23.
The conclusion of this treaty is an epochal event in the history of amicable relations between Japan and Brazil. It is indeed a source of profound gratification that the treaty will serve to strengthen further the spiritual bond that ties Japan with Brazil, the great Republic in South America, as well as to promote their amicable relations.
The treaty is to be enforced after the exchange of ratifications. Its contents are almost similar to those of the Japanese-Italian Cultural Agreement which was concluded in March of last year.