December 24, 2024 07:10 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
India refrains from commenting on extradition request for ousted Bengladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina | I don't blame Allu Arjun, ready to withdraw case: Pushpa 2 stampede victim's husband | Indian New Wave Cinema Architect Shyam Benegal dies at age 90 | Cylinder blast at a temple in Karnataka's Hubbali injures nine people | Kuwait PM personally sees off Modi at airport as Indian premier concludes two-day trip | Three pro-Khalistani terrorists, who attacked a police outpost in Gurdaspur, killed in an encounter | Who is Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American picked by Donald Trump as US AI policy advisor? | Mohali building collapse: Death toll rises to 2, many feared trapped for 17 hours | 4-year-old killed after speeding car driven by a teen hits him in Mumbai | PM Modi attends opening ceremony of Arabian Gulf Cup in Kuwait

Looking forward to Jammu and Kashmir as a business opportunity: Ambassador of Japan to India

| @indiablooms | Aug 10, 2019, at 09:19 pm

Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS): Ambassador of Japan to India, Kenji Hiramatsu, on Saturday said his country is looking forward to Jammu and Kashmir as a business opportunity, days after the central government withdrew the special status which the valley enjoyed for so long.

At an interactive session at The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hiramatsu said, "Yes of course we are looking forward to Jammu and Kashmir as a business opportunity. I hope the situation there gets stabilised as soon as possible.......In future, we are definitely looking forward as a major opportunity."

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre on Monday scrapped Articles 370 and 35A which had given a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Due to the special status, non permanent residents could buy a piece of land in Jammu and Kashmir.

Hiramatsu also spoke about the need for industrialisation in West Bengal, the eastern state of the country.

"The eastern part of India will provide opportunity for job. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said her state is the gateway of South Asia. Darjeeling here is very famous. We would like to do more business in Darjeeling," said Hiramatsu.

But also the Ambassador stressed on the importance of skill development which the state as well as the country needs.

"Skill development is very important in making industries," he said. He also proposed Japan's Technology Training Programme is one way to reduce the skill gap.

Hiramatsu stated Japanese companies are working much in the southern India like in Chennai and Bengaluru.

The Japanese Consulate has stated 19 Japanese companies and 209 Japanese establishments are working in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.