On 1 April, Turkmenistan’s Ambassador to Japan, A. Bayramov, met with H. Koinuma, President of the Turkmen-Japanese Science and Technology Association, and representatives of Japanese companies collaborating with the association. This was reported by the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Turkmenistan.

The meeting discussed the further development of scientific and technological cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan. The possibility of new Japanese companies and organisations entering the Turkmen market was considered.

Plans were discussed for the introduction of water purification technologies and equipment by the Japanese company ‘Tohkemy Corporation’. It is cooperating with the Oguz Han University of Engineering and Technology on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 15 April 2025.

They also reviewed a project by a professor from Chubu University on the processing of natural gas into liquefied gas for subsequent export and the production of helium from liquefied gas.

In addition, the meeting participants were briefed on the capabilities of the Japanese organisation ‘Asia Seed’ in the development of human resources within the education systems of Asian countries.