Another article features the scientific cooperation between the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and several institutions in Japan and the Republic of Korea. One is the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (which plays a pivotal role in the administration of a wide spectrum of Japan’s scientific and academic programs). The two others are the National Research Foundation of Korea (one of the leading research funding and management agencies supporting all areas of academic discipline) and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (the nation’s highest integrated think-tank for science technology). and Dan Dvořák.