Bangladesh-Japan bilateral meeting highlights investment, trade, and technological cooperation
Published At: September 17, 2025Taskeen Ahmed, President of DCCI, met with Saida Shinichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, today at the DCCI Gulshan Center in Dhaka.
The bilateral meeting highlighted a strong economic partnership between Bangladesh and Japan.
Ambassador Saida Shinichi praised Bangladesh’s growing potential in business, trade, and investment, and emphasized that to fully harness these opportunities, Bangladesh must focus on diversifying its industrial structure and enhancing efficiency and accountability in public service.
He noted that Bangladesh’s domestic market is steadily expanding, and with favorable investment facilities already in place, Japanese entrepreneurs are likely to increase their footprint in the country.
The Ambassador also highlighted the promising scope for collaboration between Bangladesh’s skilled IT professionals and Japan’s advanced technology sector, which could yield mutual benefits.
Taskeen said that Japanese entrepreneurs have already invested $507.14 million in sectors such as fertilizer, construction, textiles, power, gas, and petroleum—though Japan’s total global foreign investment stands at $184.02 billion. He encouraged Japanese investors to take advantage of the various incentives Bangladesh offers to foreign investors.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Shinichi shared that the 7th meeting of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Bangladesh and Japan was recently held in Tokyo. Both parties expressed optimism that the agreement would be signed soon, potentially unlocking a new era of economic cooperation.
DCCI President Taskeen Ahmed reaffirmed the longstanding partnership between Bangladesh and Japan, acknowledging Japan’s vital role in infrastructure development, bilateral trade, and investment.
He cited Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data showing that bilateral trade reached $3.12 billion in FY2023-24, with imports totaling $1.81 billion and exports $1.31 billion. Japan currently ranks as Bangladesh’s 12th largest export destination, 9th largest import source, and 11th largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) stock.
The DCCI President urged Japan to expand its technical and technological cooperation in key sectors including automobiles, machinery, electrical equipment, agro-processing, agricultural logistics, jute and footwear, ICT, infrastructure development, logistics management, and skilled manpower development.
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