Japanese, Saudi firms to cooperate in Electric Vehicle, animation

January 15, 2018

Riyadh- Japanese and Saudi companies exchanged six sets of notes on cooperation in electric vehicles, animator training and other areas in a business forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital.

The forum brought together more than 300 people, including officials of Japanese manufacturers Toyota Motor Corp., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. as well as entertainment, trading and financial companies.

Notes were exchanged on electric vehicle demonstration tests between Saudi Electricity Co. and a Japanese group made up of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Nissan Motor Co. and electrical equipment maker Takaoka Toko Co. .

The Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East, headed by Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi, will cooperate with the Saudi General Commission for Audiovisual Media so that animator education will be added to Saudi Arabia's vocational training program.

Fujifilm Corp. will work with the Saudi government sports agency to launch a health checkup facility for women.

Saudi Arabia is trying to change its economic structure heavily reliant on oil. In March last year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Saudi King Salman agreed on a long-term bilateral economic cooperation plan to support the reform.

The plan calls for setting up a base to implement the plan in each other's country. Japan opened its base in Riyadh on Sunday. Jiji Press