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Japanese investors keen to invest in Bangladesh

Wednesday, 6 August 2008


Japanese investors have expressed their keen interest to invest in Bangladesh.

They expressed their interest while taking part in an investment seminar organised by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), the official trade and investment promotion organisation of government of Japan, in Singapore recently, said a press release.

More than 65 participants from Japanese companies operating in Singapore took part in the seminar.

This is the first time, a JETRO-organised investment seminar aimed at attracting Japanese investment to the South West Asian countries, had taken place in a third country.

In the seminar, a number of investors have also decided to carry out a feasibility study on new investments.

The country representatives of JETRO Dhaka, Colombo and Karachi attended the seminar as the guest speakers.

Speaking on the occasion, Country Representative of JETRO, Dhaka Tomohiro Kinomoto briefed the Japanese businessmen about attractive investment incentives offered by the Bangladesh government.