Myanmar State Counselor visits Japan to call for investment

This is Suu Kyi’s first visit to Japan after the new government took office in March this year.

Suu Kyi is scheduled to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and a group of Japanese businesses.

She is also scheduled to visit Kyoto, where she spent time in the 1980s studying the life of her father, revolutionary leader Aung San.

The Japan visit is part of a series of foreign trips that Suu Kyi has made to advertise Myanmar as a destination for investors. She previously visited China, the US and India.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry reported that in the 2014 fiscal year ending in March 2015, Japan's direct investment in Myanmar hit US$86 million.

Myanmar’s export to Japan reached US$513 million, mainly apparels, farm produce while its import from Japan was valued at US$1.3 billion, mainly cars and machineries.