Japanese ‘go bananas’ with Sri Lankan fruits, fish
View(s):Japan’s ITOCHU Corporation will help further strengthen Japan-Sri Lanka trade ties under which investments are to be for expanding the island’s banana and tuna fishing industries, according to a Government statement
Kouhei Watanebe, Chairman of the Japan – Sri Lanka Business Co-operation Council and advisor to the ITOCHU Corporation, made these comments when he and the corporation’s representatives met Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa in Colombo on Tuesday. Mr. Watanebe added that ITOCHU was also focusing on developing Sri Lanka’s infrastructure, transport sector and environment-friendly coal power plants.
Minister Rajapaksa said there was a very good market for banana, pineapple, rambutan and other fruits grown in Sri Lanka where the cultivation was being expanded with government assistance.
Picture shows the Minister and Mr Watanebe
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