On July 30, 2015 a meeting with Sergei Rakhmanov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus in Japan, was held at NAS of Belarus. The event involved the managers of the NASB organizations as well as the representatives of Belarusian ministries, agencies and industrial enterprises. During the meeting Sergei Rakhmanov made a report on development of business relations between Belarus and Japan stressing the rising interest of Japanese businessmen towards investing in and furthering collaboration with Belarusian businesses. Over the last years in the light of closer cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union the Japanese partners have shown greater interest in the experience and practices of Belarusian scientists and manufacturers. The report also states that the exports of Belarusian services in the field of sciences and education saw a 2.7-fold increase from 2011 to 2014.