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More than ten years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake, disaster-prevention technology continues to evolve and grow to address future threats.
Among the projects is a program connecting businesses in the disaster-hit areas of Sendai City and neighboring Fukushima Prefecture with companies working in the field abroad.
The two municipalities run the program alongside the central government and the Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO.
Sendai City official Arakida Osamu acknowledges there is substantial work to be done. “The next ten years will be about sharing our knowledge learned during the recovery with the world,” he says. “We would like to build a system that fosters cooperation between industry, governments and other groups, to develop the field of disaster prevention and come up with new solutions.”
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Matrade inks MoC with Japan External Trade Organisation 06 Apr 2021 / 21:24 H.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) in Tokyo to further enhance trade promotion co-operation between Malaysia and Japan.
The MoC was signed during the second leg of Senior Minister and Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali’s trade and investment mission to Korea and Japan on Monday. The mission is the first trade and investment mission led by Azmin this year, which kickstarted on April 1 and will end on April 6.
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KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): Malaysia is currently undertaking concerted efforts to review its existing policies and restructure its investment strategy to ensure that implementation of high-impact projects can be expedited.
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said it is crucial to keep the government investment policies relevant, resilient and responsive to the evolving ecosystem.
“I am pleased to share that Malaysia’s ongoing investment promotion efforts have successfully kept us on the map of investors, including Japanese investors.
“Guided by this aspiration, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is spearheading a holistic reform of Malaysia’s investment agenda,” he said in his welcoming remarks at the online investment forum organised by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) entitled “Malaysia in its Present State” today.