Japanese investments are looking up

Experienced player: The Japanese are bidding for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, estimated to cost around RM60bil.

JAPANESE investments in Malaysia this year may rise by at least 30% after the latest survey shows that the business sentiment of the Japanese has continued to trend upwards on the back of gradual improvement in the local economy.

These investments are expected to jump by leaps and bounds if Japanese firms succeed in bidding for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, estimated to cost around RM60bil.