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Government sets out to lure foreign investors

By Michiyo Nakamoto

Published: September 7 2010 15:51 | Last updated: September 7 2010 15:51

This summer, Tatsuya Terazawa, a director at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and his colleagues embarked on a mission to sell Japan.

Armed with charts and graphs outlining the government’s growth strategy, the team from Meti’s economic and industrial policy division flew to leading cities in Asia, Europe and the US in a first-time effort by the ministry to persuade foreign investors to put their money in to Japan.

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