Roman Matys spoke to the Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan’s most widely read newspapers with a daily print circulation of over 7.5 million, about the development prospects of Lviv and the Lviv region.
The Japanese paper describes Lviv as a “gateway to Europe”, a large city in western Ukraine with cobbled streets, and highlights the region’s success in expanding ties with Europe. “The region’s investment programme has paid off. Last year foreign direct investment in the Lviv region doubled. Poland came first among investors, Cyprus second and Germany third,” said Roman Matys, then head of investment policy at the Lviv Regional State Administration.
The full article is available on the Mainichi Shimbun website (in Japanese).