Japanese firms eye green tech investments in M’sia, says envoy

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Noriyuki Shikata says businesses in his country are showing renewed interest in Malaysia.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/08/japanese-firms-eye-green-tech-investments-in-msia-says-envoy/   Laporan Lanjut:   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTExclusive #NoriyukiShikata #Japan #GreenTech

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00:00So speaking of a free and open international trading system, I'd like to

00:04talk about FDIs and how FDI will flow between the two countries moving

00:09forward. Traditionally there have been flows especially with regard to let's

00:14say E&E, automotives, but what new areas do you think can be expanded in the

00:22years moving forward? Before I left Tokyo for Malaysia, I was meeting with a

00:30number of Japanese business leaders and they have renewed interest in investing

00:37in Malaysia. Japanese firms have expressed a strong interest in

00:42investing in Malaysia, particularly in green technology, says Japanese ambassador

00:47designate Noriyuki Shikata. This includes so-called green

00:53transformation related investments, as I mentioned green hydrogen, biomass, CCUS

01:02among others. Shikata said the renewed interest is also driven by Malaysia's

01:07role as a data center hub in Asia. Malaysia is becoming a hub, Asian hub of

01:13data centers. There would be a number of new business opportunities, investment

01:20opportunities for Japanese companies to come up with sustainable investments

01:27toward the future for the better life of many Malaysian people. Separately,

01:33Shikata said he was pleasantly surprised by how Malaysian youth have embraced

01:37Japanese culture from food to music and anime. I'm struck by popularity of

01:46Japanese culture including Japanese food or J-pop or anime singers among others

01:55and this creates renewed opportunities for younger generations to be friends

02:03with each other between Japan and Malaysia. He said the admiration is

02:09mutual and envisions a shift from Malaysia's decades-old look east policy

02:13to more balanced and reciprocal partnership. There should be more Japanese

02:18young people who come to Malaysia, maybe including studying at Malaysian

02:25universities. So hopefully this look east policy would become

02:32kind of a mutually, you know, look each other policy and would create a new

02:39fruitful future for our people.

02:44Danish Roger Reza, FMT News.

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