This was already the sixth consecutive joint seminar of V4 countries and Japan. The theme of this year’s seminar was „Brexit as Seen from Central Europe and Japan: Political and Economic Perspective“. A number of experts both from V4 countries and Japan spoke about various aspects of the approaching exit of the UK from EU. The Czech Republic was represented by Mr. Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. His lecture dealt with impact of Brexit on EU’s external relations, namely development cooperation, migration and security.