Saudi businesswoman lauds Kingdom-Japan cooperation ‘changing the world’

TOKYO, July 16 (Arab News): The Kingdom's cooperation with Japan to develop new technology for the construction industry is "changing the world," according to a leading Saudi businesswoman.
Mashael Abdullah bin Al-Saedan, founder and chairwoman of AL SAEDAN BT, made the comments in Fukushima at the weekend while participating in the opening of a joint-venture project to provide affordable housing in Saudi Arabia.
"I really think this Saudi-Japanese partnership in the construction and building sector is changing the world," she said. "This sector drives the economic cycle because it drives more than 200 industries, so it has had a very strong economic impact globally, especially after the corona (Covid-19) crisis."
She said the world needs technologies that reduce costs, raise productivity, maintain high quality and lead to long-term investment.
"These technologies are developed for the first time in the world in partnership between Saudi Arabia and Japan, and they are exported from Saudi Arabia to the world, including 3D printing materials and the standardisation of mass production products," she explained.
Bin Al-Saedan said that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had in 2017 expressed his desire to see Saudi Arabia "built with robots." "Today we have translated the dreams of his highness into reality. What I mean is we have made this transformation which is changing the world, and it will be completed within the 2030 Vision in record time. The use of modern technologies makes this possible."