Overview

• In Tokyo on Friday, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai met NTT Limited CEO Kayo Ito to discuss technology-driven investments in Chhattisgarh.
• The discussions with NTT emphasized strengthening the state’s digital ecosystem, with the company profiled as a global IT infrastructure leader with about USD 90 billion in annual revenue.
• Sai also met senior Japan External Trade Organisation officials Nakajo Kazuya, Ando Yuji, and Hara Harunobu to explore investment and industrial collaboration.
• He pitched opportunities across information technology, textiles, aerospace, automobiles, electronics, and clean energy, citing transparent policies, simplified procedures, and strong industrial infrastructure.
• Marking National Space Day, the delegation visited Tokyo’s “Deep Space—To the Moon & Beyond” exhibition, which Sai said would inform the planned Rajnandgaon Space Manufacturing Cluster, before concluding with a dinner hosted by Indian Ambassador Sibi George that underscored Indo-Pacific trade linkages.