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SPEECH
TOKYO,
3 March 2010
SPEECH OF THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA DR. DRAGO STAMBUK AT THE CELEBRATION OF CROATIAN TOURISM DAY IN TOKYO,
2nd March 2010
Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, dear friends,
Croats call their homeland “Our Beautiful One”. The same is the title and the first verse of our national anthem which counts only the blessings of beauty and nature: planes, rivers, forests, sea…
If it’s true, according to great Russian writer Dostoyevski – that the beauty will save the world – than Croatia has a lot to do with a saving of our only world today. Croatian anthem is the world’s first green anthem and it has no mention of blood-letting, wars or revolutions, as some other national anthems do.
Clean, pristine, ecologically healthy land, water and air – endow Croatia and make it very special place on Earth. The number of endemic plants in my country surpasses those in any other European country. Glorious ancient cities glisten along one of the most beautiful coasts, enhanced by the deep sapphire-blue Croatian Adriatic which Jacques Cousteau, the world reknown oceanographer, called the most beautiful sea inside-out. Another international figure, George Bernard Shaw, named Croatian city of Dubrovnik - Paradise on Earth.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
31 March 2009
During past three years the number of Japanese tourists visiting Croatia has been rapidly growing. Around 144,000 arrivals of guests from Japan was marked in 2008, which is 66% more than previous year and almost 5 times more compared to 2005. According to data released by Croatian Bureau of Statistics, comparing by countries and regions, Japan was the outbound market that marked the biggest growth in 2008. Recent popularity of Croatia in Japan is apparent in the words of Mr. Sadakazu Tanigaki, member of Parliamentary Friendship League Croatia-Japan, former Minister of Finance and Prime ministerial candidate, who in the interview for The Daily Yomiuri on the occasion of Croatian National Day in 2008 has said that “Japan is currently experiencing Croatia boom”.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
9 March 2009
Croatian producers SMS, Kutjevo and Bristak participated on the 34. international food and beverage exhibition FOODEX JAPAN 2009 held from 3rd until 6th of March in Makuhari Messe. Croatian companies exhibited Croatian vines, olive oil, different kinds of jams and spreads as well as marinated and salted anchovies to Japanese importers and companies for food and beverage industry.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
22 December 2008
Croatia was featured in September 2009 edition of renowned Japanese boating magazine KAZI. The central position in the article titled “Unequaled Five Stared Croatian Sea” is given to the attractiveness of the Adriatic Sea cruising. However, Croatian historical heritage, as well as Croatian gastronomy found its place in extensive 10-pages article accompanied with numerous photographs.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
10 December 2008
In the renowned Japanese wine guide “World Wines Dictionary – edition 2009-10“ published yearly by Kodansha, one of the leading Japanese publishing companies, Croatian wines “Klikun Noire” and “Chardonnay” of Croatian wine maker KUTJEVO were presented. This is the first time ever that Croatian wines found their place in prestigious Japanese wine guide.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
3 December 2008
On December 3 2008 in the Crystal Hall of Hotel Kvarner in Opatija Captain Mate Beretin was bestowed with “Vjesnik’s Blue Ribbon”, the prestigious award for rescuing at sea. Croatian Ambassador to Japan Drago Stambuk proposed and recommended Capt. Beretin together with five Croatian officers and the rest of the crew of Japanese tanker Towada as candidates finding out about their admirable deed from Japanese press.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
1 December 2008
In the August 2008 issue of the renowned fashion magazine FIGARO JAPON extensive feature article about Croatia ranging 48 pages together with the supplement on 12 pages was published. Feature article titled “Holliday in Croatia – lovely European province” covers Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Rovinj, Opatija, Istra peninsula, Adriatic coast, while the supplement covers Croatian islands of Brac, Pag and Losinj.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
11 November 2008
On November 16 2008 at St. Ignatius church in Tokyo the Holy Mass for the Vukovar victims and the prayer for the world peace was celebrated. After organizing Holy Masses for the Vukovar victims in the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki in 2006 and in the Memorial Cathedral for Peace in Hiroshima in 2007, this was the third consecutive Holy Mass for the Vukovar victims organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to Japan on the eve of the fall of Vukovar on November 18.
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PRESS RELEASE 312/08
TOKYO,
24 October 2008
Croatian Ambassador to Japan Drago Štambuk met 24 October 2008 in Tokyo with Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone.
The recently-appointed Ambassador Štambuk relayed to Minister Nakasone the greetings and congratulations by Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Gordan Jandroković.
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PRESS RELEASE 303/08
TOKYO,
23 October 2008
At the Croatian Embassy in Tokyo, Ambassador Drago Štambuk opened yesterday calligraphy exhibition entitled “Squaring the Circle”.
The exhibition, instead of Japan’s traditional kanji, as objects of artistic interpretation features the geometrical shapes of squares and circles – the symbols of Croatia and Japan.
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NEWS
TOKYO,
29 September 2008
Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan Drago Stambuk recently participated at the 40th Kwansei Gakuin Glee Club Festival, where Kwansei Gakuin Elementary, Junior High and High School, as well as Kwansei Gakuin University choirs performed. Kwansei Gakuin University (City of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture) has a long tradition of choir singing, with Kwansei Gakuing Glee Club, the oldest Japanese male choir, celebrating this year the 109th anniversary of foundation.
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PRESS RELEASE 252/08
TOKYO,
18 September 2008
Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Japan Dr. Drago Štambuk inaugurated the Croatian Tourist Workshop in Tokyo on Wednesday, 17 September 2008.
In his address Ambassador Štambuk expressed satisfaction with the fact that the number of Japanese tourist in Croatia doubled this year and also expressed his wish for a better cooperation between Japanese and Croatian tourist companies with the aim to increase the number of visits to Croatia.
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INTERVIEW
APIU NEWSLETTER,
1 April 2008
Interview with H.E. Dr. Drago Štambuk, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan, for Croatian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency Newsletter
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INTERVIEW
JOI MAGAZINE,
1 September 2007
Ambassador Drago Štambuk´s preface, JOI Magazine, Sept. 2007
When Japanese companies started investing in Central and Eastern Europe in early 90’s, there was a war against Croatia, and due to that unfortunate circumstances my country was overlooked by Japanese companies and became so the missing link in the chain of Japanese investments in our region. However, more than 10 years after the war the situation has completely changed, and today’s Croatia is politically and economically stable, prosperous country, peaceful and secure.
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