On March 18-19, a delegation of representatives of the Japanese organization "JETRO" headed by the head of the main office in Tokyo was staying in Lutsk. \nOn March 18, during the visit, a meeting was held with the first deputy head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Panchyshyn, where the current situation in terms of the region's economic development, its foreign economic relations, and investment policy were discussed; opportunities for implementing projects in the region involving a number of Japanese companies were studied. \nOn March 19, after a meeting with the regional leadership, the Japanese guests, accompanied by deputy head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Syminskyi and deputy mayor Serhii Tarasiuk, visited the Lutsk Automobile Plant. The main purpose of their visit was to familiarize themselves with the status of the project at LuAZ jointly with the Japanese company "Isuzu". \nVice-president of the "Ukrprominvest" concern, chairman of the Supervisory Board of OJSC "LuAZ" Oleh Svinarchuk told the guests about the main directions of development of the Industrial-Investment Holding "Bohdan" and the Lutsk Automobile Plant in terms of producing passenger and commercial vehicles. \nRepresentatives of "Jetro" familiarized themselves with the plant, its production facilities, and also received comprehensive answers to their questions. \nAs the deputy mayor of Lutsk, Serhii Tarasiuk, told a correspondent of ULutsk InvestmentF, the main purpose of the Japanese visit to Lutsk was to study the economic situation and investment climate of the city. No specific investment proposals were discussed during the meeting. According to Serhii Tarasiuk, the Japanese delegation was satisfied with its visit to Lutsk. \n