Relationship dossier
Japan
Poland
Relationship assessment
Japan and Poland sustain a strategic partnership with diplomatic, economic, and growing security cooperation.
Japan toward Poland
+40Japan has pursued a strategic partnership with Poland since 2015 and has worked with the Polish government on defense cooperation, including through a bilateral defense cooperation memorandum in 2022.
Poland toward Japan
+40Poland has pursued a strategic partnership with Japan since 2015 and has worked with the Japanese government on defense cooperation, including through a bilateral defense cooperation memorandum in 2022.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship has an enduring cooperative structure, formalized as a strategic partnership in 2015 and broadened through bilateral defense cooperation. These arrangements support a positive assessment, while their practical scope and implementation remain uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Japan and Poland maintain a strategic partnership with cooperation spanning diplomacy, economic relations, and security. The partnership was elevated in 2015, and the countries have pursued defense cooperation, including a defense cooperation memorandum in 2022. The relationship is substantially cooperative, though the scope and implementation of security initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
Japan and Poland elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership.
The two governments signed a memorandum on defense cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral defense cooperation are unclear.
- The scale and current priorities of government-to-government economic cooperation are uncertain.