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Tue, 06/23/2009 - 20:45
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JAPAN TO BRING INVESTORS TO INDONESIA

Jakarta, June 23 (ANTARA) - Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri said his government will soon bring investors to Indonesia following continued improvement of the country's economy.

"I cannot confirm the schedule, but our government's policy is already there, namely to bring investors and investment to Indonesia," Ambassador Kojiro Shiojiri said here on Tuesday.

In the near future, the Japanese government would bring investors to Indonesia, especially to invest in the fields of infrastructure, agriculture, and plantations.

The bilateral relations between Indonesia and Japan were currently very close particularly in the economic field, he said.

The cooperation include an Indonesian-Japanese economic partnership aimed at boosting the two nations' economies, especially in Indonesia.

"The government of Japan will continue to intensify cooperation in various fields with Indonesia, especially in the economic field," Ambassador Kajiro Shiojiri said after giving a public lecture at the University of Dharma Persada.

The Japanese ambassador's lecture was titled "Development of Human Resources to Face Manpower and Industrial Markets".

Some 500 students of the private university listened to the Japanese ambassador's lecture.

It was reported early this year that Japan would extend at least 500 million US dollars in trade financing to Indonesia this year to assist the Southeast Asian country's economy.

The 500 million dollar financing package comes after Japan doubled the size of a currency swap with Indonesia to 12 billion dollars earlier this year.

Japan will also provide 1.5 billion dollars in guarantees for Indonesia's planned yen-denominated bonds, and a standby loan commitment of 1.5 billion dollars this year.

Yamada said during the Group of 20 summit in London, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had requested Prime Minister Taro Aso for Japan to increase its investment in Indonesia's oil, natural gas and coal sectors.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, is the second-largest supplier of LNG to Japan after Malaysia.***


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