The State Government on Monday said it would invite more Japanese companies to set up various industrial units in the State. A meeting between State Ministers and a representative team of Japan was held at the State Secretariat under chairmanship of Industries and School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra at the Secretariat here. Japanese industrial representatives led by Higashiosaka city Mayao Joshikaju Noda expressed wiliness to strengthen their trade relation with Odisha as there is a very good waterway communication between Japan and Odisha.
Meanwhile, they expressed happiness over that some educational institutes and industrial houses operating in and around Bhubaneswar are striving for skill development while adopting good environmental measures. Mayor Noda invited Mishra and IT Minister Pranab Prakash Das to visit Japan in future and said he would request members of the 74-member Japan Industry Federation to visit Odisha. Japan Industry Federation president Masanori Hoda, who was too present at the meeting, said steps would be taken to set up a Rs 200-crore waste management project in Odisha through the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA).