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Japanese business leaders submit policy recommendations to Asean

The Federation of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Asean (FJCCIA), which represents over 7,400 Japanese companies, submits an economic blueprint to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) through its Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn on Sept. 18, 2026. The plan aims to deepen regional economic co-creation ahead of the Asean Community Vision 2045.

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00:00Today, FJCCIA has submitted policy recommendations to the ASEAN Secretary-General
00:09to deepen the Japanese-ASEAN co-creation partnership toward 2045.
00:18FJCCIA represents approximately 7,400 Japanese companies operating across all 10 ASEAN member states.
00:31Our goal is to support ASEAN Community Vision 2045 by creating and enabling environment for Japanese companies
00:45to contribute as ASEAN citizens through investment, employment, skill development and technology cooperation.
00:57ASEAN is at an important turning point as it pursues its ambition to become the world's largest economy by 2045.
01:11At the same time, it faces supply chain disruption driven by U.S.-China rivalry, higher logistics and energy costs
01:28caused by geopolitical tensions and increasing protectionism and opaque non-tariff measures.
01:41ASEAN must also manage digital transformation, green transition and demographic change.
01:49Our recommendations are grounded in a survey of 1,041 FJCCIA member companies.
02:0177% contribute to ASEAN integration through cross-border production and trade.
02:1252% are expanding or considering expanding their investment in ASEAN while 63% are co-creating new value with
02:27local partners.
02:28Japanese companies are already engaged in more than 300 co-operation projects in areas including AI,
02:40semiconductors, critical minerals, healthcare and next generation mobility.
02:46Our proposal has four pillars.
02:49First, resilient supply chains and connectivity.
02:55We call for upgrading the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership or AJSEP
03:03and for full implementation of the revised ASEAN Trading Goods Agreement or ATIGA.
03:11We seek stronger monitoring of non-tariff measures and reduced administrative burdens including those related to certificates of origin.
03:27We also propose full digitalization of trade procedures through the ASEAN single window including electronic certificates of origin
03:41and five sanitary certificates linked with Japanese systems.
03:48First, measures against unfair trade, trade circumvention, intellectual property infringement and smuggling should also be strengthened.
04:04Second, the green economy and sustainable industrial foundations.
04:10We recommend harmonizing circular economy standards across ASEAN and expanding the ASEAN power grid and cross-border renewable energy trade.
04:25In the automotive sector, we support a multi-pathway approach that includes electrification, hydrogen, carbon neutral fuels and e-fuels.
04:41This will help achieve decarbonization while preserving jobs and industrial supply chains.
04:50We also support the use of ASEAN taxonomy version 4 as a common language for
04:59localization and globalization,اجful, and blockchain-based wraparate three models.
05:06Let's do it in the near future.
05:06Hold it in to the near future.
05:06Bye.
05:06Bye.
05:08Bye.
05:08Bye.
05:10Bye.
05:11Bye.
05:11Bye.
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