Japan business group to help Indonesia improve infrastructure+
Breitbart Monday 14th February, 2011
JAKARTA, Feb. 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)-;The Japan Business Federation agreed Monday to cooperate with the Indonesian government in promoting infrastructure improvements in the Southeast Asian country, including a large-scale urban transport network in the Jakarta metropolitan area, federation officials said. The agreement was reached during a meeting in Jakarta between Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the federation better known as Nippon Keidanren in Japan, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Yonekura, who is heading a Keidanren mission on a six-day tour of Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, also agreed that the most powerful Japanese business lobby will step up its contribution to environmental protection, energy saving and development of natural resources in Indone...
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