Japanese and South Korean Investors Ready to Increase Investments, Confidence in Indonesia Rises

JAKARTA. Global investor interest in Indonesia is showing a positive trend alongside the government’s active steps to strengthen economic diplomacy. This is reflected in the results of President Prabowo Subianto’s working visit to Japan and South Korea, which is considered successful in opening new investment opportunities. Investment Minister and Downstreaming/Head of BKPM, as well as CEO of Danantara, Rosan Roeslani, assessed that President Prabowo Subianto’s working visit to Japan and South Korea produced strong signals of increasing global investor confidence in Indonesia. Rosan stated that the series of agendas during the visit were highly productive as they directly brought the government together with major business players from both countries. “The trip to Japan and Korea was very productive. In Japan, there were around 300 major entrepreneurs, then we also held a limited meeting with 12 major entrepreneurs, and in Korea there were 11 major entrepreneurs,” said Rosan in his statement, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube on Friday (3/4/2026). According to him, these forums provided space for investors to directly convey input, obstacles, and their expansion plans to the President. He emphasised that Indonesia’s political and security stability is one of the main factors attracting long-term investment. This was also directly acknowledged by the investors in various meetings. Moving forward, the government will focus on following up on the various memoranda of understanding (MoUs) that have been agreed upon so that they can be quickly realised and provide tangible impacts on the economy, particularly in job creation. “We see this as a very positive signal. The incoming investments will continue to grow and provide benefits to the national economy,” said Rosan.