“I am happy to meet by recording the various the many facets and the commitment in the various slopes that you put on the local community, from culture, to the economy. There is in these sectors a presence of our country that combines the diplomatic one and it is important for this country that is a friend of Italy of growing friendship and that will be more and more. This is a precious collaboration based on the healthier cohabitation values, it is a pleasure to meet you that the Republic is near “. These are the words addressed by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella to the Italian community in Kyoto, for the second stage of the state visit to Japan.