Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 11 (ANI): Japan’s Ambassador to India, Keiichi Ono, accompanied by Japan’s Minister of Economic and Development Affairs, Koyoko Hokugo, paid a courtesy go to to Gujarat’s Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on Friday.
As per an official assertion by the Gujarat Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), throughout his three-day go to to Gujarat, which included Dholera SIR and conferences with 150 high industrialists in Ahmedabad, the Ambassador highlighted Japan’s intent to deepen ties with the state. He additionally appreciated the State Government’s assist to over 350 Japanese corporations working within the state.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that Gujarat is sort of a second house for Japan, providing a supportive atmosphere with Japanese townships, eating places, and industries.
He additionally highlighted Japan’s lively participation within the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, noting that each one MoUs signed throughout the 2017 Indo-Japan Annual Summit in Gandhinagar, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after which Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have been efficiently carried out.
The Japanese Ambassador notably emphasised the position of Dholera SIR within the progress of semiconductor industries, expressing Japan’s dedication to leveraging its experience on this sector for Gujarat’s profit. Many Japanese semiconductor corporations are desperate to put money into Dholera. In this regard, they requested the Chief Minister that the Government of Gujarat additional strengthen the services for industrial infrastructure, social infrastructure, and human useful resource improvement.
CM Patel said that the state authorities offers precedence to the semiconductor sector. Not solely that, however it is usually working with a dedication to offer all of the required world-class infrastructure services inside an outlined timeline.
The Ambassador of Japan additionally shared particulars a couple of survey being performed by Japan’s Mizuho Bank in Dholera and Japan’s semiconductor parks to discover how the absolute best ecosystem for the semiconductor sector might be developed.
Expressing the readiness of the related state authorities departments to cooperate on this survey, the Chief Minister added that the survey will show helpful in constructing a vivid future for semiconductor industries and establishing Gujarat as a semiconductor hub.
Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono, whereas expressing Japan’s corporations’ curiosity in electrical automobile manufacturing in Gujarat, additionally advocated for accelerating the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Corridor-Bullet Train Project by cooperation throughout this assembly. He additionally expressed his intent to additional strengthen the bridge of Japan-India-Gujarat relations by commerce, industrial, and cultural exchanges.
The assembly was attended by the Chief Minister’s Additional Chief Secretary, MK Das, Principal Secretary of Industries, Mamta Verma, and the Chief Minister’s Additional Principal Secretary, Avantika Singh and Japan’s Honorary Consul in Gujarat, Mukesh Patel. (ANI)

