Japan–Poland relations
Japan–Poland relations refers to the bilateral foreign relations between Japan and Poland. Both nations enjoy historically friendly relations, embracing close cooperation and mutual assistance in times of need. Both are members of the OECD, World Trade Organization and United Nations. History 19th and early 20th century Japanese novelist Tokai Sanshi wrote about the Partitions of Poland and the Polish independence movement. The Japanese poem Porando kaiko by Ochiai Naobumi about Fukushima Yasumasa travelling in 1890s mentions the Polish struggle for freedom. Fukushima established contacts with members of the Polish resistance movement and exiles to Siberia in order to obtain detailed information about the common enemy of the Poles and the Japanese - Russia. Polish travelers Karol Lanckoroński and Paweł Sapieha, as well as ethnographers Bronisław Piłsudski and Wacław Sieroszewski, among others, wrote about Japan. Translations of Japanese literature, works on Japanese history and culture were published in partitioned Poland. Japanese culture and art were popularized among Poles by Feliks Jasieński, an enthusiast and collector of Japanese art. According to Onodera, the cooperation between the Japanese and Poles dates back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. In 1904, well-known Japanese writer Nitobe Inazō dedicated his book Bushido: The Soul of Japan