TOKYO, October 4. /TASS/. The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok will become an important standing floors for the dialog between Russia and Japan, Chairman of Russian-Japanese business council Alexei Repik told TASS on Tuesday.

Bilateral contacts have recently become more active, the expert said. "Not a single St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is without a large Russian-Japanese roundtable. Contacts with Japan actually turned into a separate sub-block at the EEF," Repik said.

"The EEF will become an important standing floor for the dialog between Russia and Japan. The EEF will be a systemic opening event after the summer season. I consider it successfully fits the business calendar, both Russian and international," the expert said.

The second Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok was held this year on September 2-3.