The meeting was stipulated in the Memorandum on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Power signed in December 2016 by Rosatom, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Toru Obara and Yuko Tsuda from the Japanese delegation found the visit to be useful and interesting and noted the importance of mutual understanding in pursuit of joint goals. The visitors also expressed a hope that the meeting would be the first step to future cooperation. In their turn, researchers and experts of Leipunsky Institute assured that they were open for contacts and cooperation in research.