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Japanese Investors Express Interest During Kalla Visit

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Japanese Investors Express Interest

Japanese investors express interest during Kalla visit  Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said a number of Japanese companies and banks have expressed interest in investing in Indonesia.

Japanese Investors Express Interest
Vice President Jusuf Kalla (right) sits with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad (center) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an international conference in Tokyo on June 11. Japanese investors express interest during Kalla visit (Courtesy of/Vice President’s office)

The interest was expressed on the sidelines of the International Conference on The Future of Asia held from June 10 to 13 in Tokyo.

“Almost all companies expressed a desire to increase their investments, from banking to manufacturing industries,” Kalla said, as quoted by tempo.co on Wednesday.

During the conference, Kalla met with, among others, representatives of MUFG Bank Ltd and Marubeni Corporation as well as Japan-Indonesia Association chairman Yasuo Fukuda.

Kalla said he told Japanese businesspeople that the automotive industry invested significant funds in Indonesia and claimed that several companies wanted to invest in this sector.

The banking industry was also attractive to Japanese investors, said Kalla.

Japanese interest in the Indonesian banking sector has been shown by the plans of major Japanese lenders to acquire two Indonesian banks.

Last year, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation announced it would raise its stake to a majority in PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Negara Tbk (BTPN). Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has also announced its plan to buy 73.8 percent of Bank Danamon’s shares.

Many potential Japanese investors also inquired about infrastructure projects under development by the government, said Kalla, adding that these investors also asked what investment was needed by the country.

Japanese companies are currently involved in several major projects in Indonesia, including the mass rapid transit (MRT) project in Jakarta, the Patimban Port project in West Java and the Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed train project. Japanese investors express interest during Kalla visit  (ris/bbn, The Jakarta Post)

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