Investment Office President A. Burak Dağlıoğlu addressed Japanese investors at a webinar co-hosted with the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), touching on the two countries' ever-growing friendly ties that began with the frigate Ertuğrul and have evolved into commercial relations over 150 years.
Giving examples of Japanese investments in Türkiye such as HIS Travel, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura Hospital, Ebara, Daio Paper, and mentioning the recent MoU signed with JOI, Dağlıoğlu underlined Türkiye's consent to increase bilateral investments and cooperation with Japan.
Investment Office Country Advisor to Japan Youchi Aoki also made a presentation during the webinar. The total FDI inflows from Japan to Türkiye have reached USD 3 billion since 2003, while there are over 250 companies with Japanese capital in Türkiye as of 2020-end.