Yogi meets top reps of Japanesecos, discusses investment in UP

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday arrived in Tokyo for a visit aimed at attracting investments and industrial cooperation.He was received in the capital city by Yamanashi prefecture vice governor Junichi Ishidera and members of the Indian diaspora.Before reaching Japan for a three-day visit, the CM spent two days in Singapore.The CM met senior managing executive officer and executive general manager (sales management division) of Konoike Transport Co Ltd, Shigeki Tanabe, and discussed investment opportunities in Uttar Pradesh.The CM highlighted opportunities in setting up logistics parks, warehousing, transport infrastructure, and medical devices manufacturing, detailing options along the Defence Corridor and in the Medical Devices Park in YEIDA.Later, the CM also met managing officer and chief operating officer (infrastructure projects business unit) of Mitsui & Co Ltd, Kazuki Shimizu. He invited the company to visit UP and explore investment opportunities in the state.Yogi highlighted investment opportunities in four key sectors, including renewable energy, with a focus on solar, bioenergy, green hydrogen, and energy storage, and information and communication technology, under which discussions were held on investments in IT parks, electronics manufacturing, digital services, and the start-up ecosystem.The other two sectors that the CM promoted were semiconductors, focusing on chip manufacturing and the expansion of the electronics value chain, and data centres, for which in-depth discussions were held regarding investment in hyper-scale data centres, cloud infrastructure, and digital connectivity hubs.The CM invited Mitsui for a long-term partnership, assuring the company that UP was committed to strengthening India-Japan economic cooperation at the grassroots level."UP, being the largest consumer market in India, provides a highly conducive environment for investors due to its excellent connectivity, dedicated freight corridor, expressway network, and rapidly developing industrial clusters," Yogi said, underlining his govt's industry-friendly policies, single-window clearance system, and time-bound approval process as an example of UP's safe, transparent, and result-oriented environment.