Malaysia and Japan: Fanning old flames

Diplomatic dance: Suga and Indonesian President Joko Widodo greeting each other during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Bogor, on the outskirts of Jakarta. — AFP

Closer to home, Suga has been visiting Vietnam, current Asean chair and Indonesia, Asean’s largest economy, this past week – his first overseas visits as Japan’s prime minister and a powerful show of intent. Perhaps it comes from being out of touch for a while. Historically, Malaysia has always made the first move. We initiated the LEP, after all. That Japan wholeheartedly backed the idea was a surprise, but a pleasant one.

Malaysia has moved past that stage now. We welcome their attention, and are always grateful if the foreign direct investment has a “Made in Japan” logo stamped on it, but we are also aggressively looking for other partners, too. But, in our aggressiveness, has Malaysia decided that courting Japan is no longer a priority?Japan is a world leader in water treatment and river rehabilitation. Given what has been in our news recently, any help on those fronts would be appreciated.

With our current cabinet and economy, I think japan will think twice.

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