SHARJAH, twenty fourth November, 2025 (WAM) — The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), in collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), organised the Sharjah-Japan Business Forum to discover new prospects for commerce and funding cooperation.
The discussion board aimed to deepen present partnerships between the 2 nations’ enterprise communities, showcase high-potential alternatives in superior know-how and industrial fields, and supply a direct networking platform for buyers and entrepreneurs from each side.
The occasion was attended by Mohammed Ahmed Amin Al Awadi, Director-General of SCCI; Takafumi Suzuki, Executive Vice-President of JETRO; and Imanishi Jun, Consul-General of Japan in Dubai.
The programme featured a set of structured bilateral conferences between buyers from each nations. During these classes, each side highlighted out there alternatives, establish new avenues for increasing funding cooperation, and mentioned methods to ascertain new industrial partnerships. They additionally thought of coordinated approaches to strengthening efficient channels of communication between UAE-based buyers and Japanese stakeholders.
Mohammed Al Awadi offered key development indicators in UAE-Japan financial relations. He acknowledged that the UAE is now Japan’s main commerce associate for each exports and imports, capturing 52% of Japan’s exports to GCC markets. Japan, in flip, ranks because the UAE’s ninth-largest buying and selling associate globally.
According to 2024 official information, complete bilateral commerce reached roughly USD 49.6 billion, together with petroleum merchandise, whereas non-oil commerce amounted to round USD 17.5 billion. These figures mirror the power of the financial relationship, the effectiveness of diversification methods, and the constant circulation of high-value items between the 2 markets.
For his half, Takafumi Suzuki voiced the Japanese delegation’s appreciation for the Sharjah Chamber’s function in internet hosting the discussion board, praising the emirate’s superior infrastructure and versatile regulatory setting which place Sharjah as a really perfect vacation spot for Japanese investments.
He underlined Japan’s robust curiosity within the emirate’s rising industrial and industrial panorama and confirmed that Japanese corporations are wanting to increase their regional operations from Sharjah and to capitalise on out there funding alternatives. He famous that such growth would strengthen cooperation in know-how, business, and commerce, thereby supporting shared pursuits and advancing the financial development of each markets.
During the discussion board, the Sharjah Chamber reaffirmed its dedication to deepening cooperation with its companions in each private and non-private sectors to facilitate the Japanese enterprise group’s entry to funding alternatives within the emirate, with a selected give attention to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector.
The Chamber additionally highlighted its efforts to attach Sharjah’s innovation ecosystem with its counterparts in Japanese cities. It inspired Japanese corporations and entrepreneurs to spend money on Sharjah, which serves as a strategic base for manufacturing and regional export operations focusing on the Middle East and Africa.