Prabowo Reveals Meeting with Japanese PM Discussing Energy-Security Cooperation

President Prabowo Subianto and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a bilateral meeting as part of his official visit to Japan. Prabowo revealed that the meeting discussed cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

“We discussed many issues in the economic field, bilateral cooperation in energy, maritime, marine and fisheries, security, and all this shows a positive and good trajectory,” Prabowo said after the bilateral meeting session at Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, on Tuesday (31/3/2026).

Prabowo emphasised that the Indonesian government will accelerate the ratification of the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA). He hopes the agreement can be completed soon.

“We, Indonesia, will work hard to accelerate the ratification and implementation of the amendment protocol to the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. I hope we can settle this quickly,” he said.

Furthermore, Prabowo invited Japan to participate in building Indonesia’s economy through cooperation in several sectors, including partnerships in critical minerals and rare earth metals.

“We also continue to invite and open ourselves to Japanese participation in Indonesia’s economy, as well as partnership cooperation in critical minerals and rare earth, and we invite Japan to participate in Indonesia’s industrialisation with downstreaming,” he said.

In addition, Prabowo opened cooperation in renewable energy and nuclear energy. He also promoted the Asia Zero Emission Community, or Asia Zero Emission Community, where Indonesia and Japan are initiators.

“We are also open to cooperation in renewable energy and nuclear energy. We will also promote the Asia Zero Emission Community, where Japanese companies are involved in Indonesia, and we will accelerate and help debottlenecking existing projects, for example Legoknangka,” he stated.

Cooperation is also encouraged in other fields, such as education, tourism, and human development programmes.

“We also invite Japan to join together in cooperation and collaboration in all fields, including those I mentioned earlier, education, tourism, and people-to-people programmes,” he concluded.