KEK Industropolis Batang Promotes Strategic Partnership between Indonesia and Japan to Accelerate High-Tech Investment
KEK Industropolis Batang Promotes Strategic Partnership between Indonesia and Japan to Accelerate High-Tech Investment
JAKARTA - The Special Economic Zone (KEK) Industropolis Batang officially strengthened its position on the international stage through a series of strategic agendas in Japan. The peak was marked by active participation in the Indonesia - Japan Investment Business Forum which was held on May 22, 2026 in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy in Tokyo, Bank Indonesia (BI) Tokyo, IIPC Tokyo (BKPM), and JETRO at Bellesalle Kanda, Tokyo. This series of activities carries a major mission to introduce investment potential and attract the interest of global industry players in the High-Tech Industry sector.
As part of its long-term development strategy, KEK Industropolis Batang management also carried out a comparative visit to Tsukuba Science City to adopt international standards to realize a sustainable future industrial area in Indonesia. This strategic step aims to examine the success of integration between industrial areas, research centers, and high-quality residential environments with sustainable urban planning.
Through this benchmarking, it is planned that the city planning system will be able to support the attraction and retention of skilled talent, such as engineers, researchers, and their families. Thus, KEK Industropolis Batang is expected to develop holistically not only as a center of industrial activities and a place to work, but also as an ideal residential area, through the implementation of green open spaces, efficient mobility systems, and integrated energy and environmental management.
Head of Industrial Sales KEK Industropolis Batang, Irma Sefrinta, in her statement, Sunday, May 24, emphasized that the vision of this National Strategic Project goes beyond the concept of conventional industrial areas. KEK Industropolis Batang is committed to transforming Batang into a center of sustainable innovation. This step is in line with the investment target of the forum which specifically targets future sectors, including the electric vehicle ecosystem (EV Ecosystem), medical equipment (Medical Device), electronics, to renewable energy (Renewable Energy).
Director of Marketing and Development of KEK Industropolis Batang, Indri Septa Respati stated that the main competitive advantage of this area lies in the readiness of integrated infrastructure and ecosystems that have been comprehensively prepared to meet the needs of global investors.
His party emphasized that KEK Industropolis Batang not only provides ready-made industrial land, but integrates three main sectors at once, namely industrial & Processing, logistics & distribution, tourism. With the flexibility of development and provision of modern supporting facilities, this area is specifically designed to ensure the highest operational efficiency for global supply chains and provide maximum added value assurance for long-term investment in Southeast Asia.
In line with this, Cahyo Purnomo, Director of Indonesia Investment Promotion Centre (IIPC) Tokyo, emphasized that the economic relationship between Indonesia and Japan has been strong for more than six decades, where Japan has consistently been one of the largest trading partners and the most trusted investor for Indonesia.
“In 2025 alone, Japanese direct investment (FDI) realization reached 3.12 billion US dollars, so that the total investment in the last five years exceeded 18 billion US dollars with an average annual growth of 13.2 percent. Indonesia’s economic resilience also shows a very resilient performance in the midst of global dynamics, where in the first quarter of 2026 Indonesia’s direct investment was recorded at 30.2 billion US dollars or grew by 18.9 percent year-on-year,” said Cahyo.
He added that under President Prabowo’s vision towards Golden Indonesia 2045, Indonesia targets a national economic growth of 7 to 8 percent which requires support for new investments of around 814.4 billion US dollars in the next five years. This momentum is considered a strategic opportunity for Japanese high technology industry players to expand collaboration in Indonesia, not only in the form of conventional business partnerships, but towards sustainable genuine co-creation.
“The Indonesian government continues to strengthen structural reforms through risk-based licensing through OSS, competitive fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, and strengthening industry standards in line with the global ESG framework. The growth of high-value-added downstream investment in Indonesia which increased by more than 43 percent in 2025, especially in strategic mineral sectors such as nickel and cobalt, also opens up great opportunities for KEK Industropolis Batang to grow as a regional supply chain center of the Indo-Pacific that is safe, diversified, and sustainable through the support of advanced technology from Japan,” he continued.
In a business forum attended by more than 100 participants from international investors, government representatives, as well as business associations, strong support was also conveyed by Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, Filianingsih Hendarta. He emphasized that the economic synergy between Indonesia and Japan is a concrete step in strengthening sustainable investment while strengthening global supply chain integration in the Asian region.
Filianingsih said that KEK Industropolis Batang has a very strong value proposition for Japanese High-Tech investors, especially through the support of Local Currency Transaction (LCT) policy, the stability of the national financial system, and the integration of comprehensive fiscal incentives to create an increasingly competitive and globally competitive investment climate. According to him, the combination of infrastructure readiness, regulatory support, and the direction of future industrial development makes KEK Industropolis Batang one of the potential strategic areas to support the expansion of Japanese in