Fajarasia.co – PT Bank Negara Indonesia or BNI moved its branch office in Tokyo to the business district or business district of the Nurihiko Building South Tower Tokyo, which was inaugurated today through the signing of the inscription for the expansion of the Japanese market.
BNI’s President Director Royke Tumilaar said Japan is one of Indonesia’s main trading partners with bilateral relations since 1958. In 1959, BNI was present in Tokyo as a representative office which was later upgraded to a branch office in order to serve various banking services and products.
“We continue to strive to strengthen foreign business performance and improve services to local customers, including the diaspora, one of which is by relocating the BNI Tokyo office to a more strategic location, easily accessible, and in the business district,” said Royke in an official statement in Jakarta, Friday (10/6/2022).
According to him, BNI Tokyo has a role as a bridge between Indonesia and Japan, as reflected in its role as a liaison or liaison, especially for various Japanese companies, including small-medium scale investments in the country.
The new BNI Tokyo office has more space than the previous office with more complete facilities, such as a meeting room that can be used to serve the needs of Japanese companies when conducting business meetings with Indonesian companies.
In addition, BNI Tokyo provides a place to promote various superior products of Indonesian MSMEs as well as facilitate business meetings or business matching between buyers from Japan and sellers from Indonesia.
“To reduce logistics costs and make MSME products more competitive, we have also collaborated with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) to prepare distribution centers that use a dropship strategy which is considered effective for MSMEs,” he said.
Royke explained that the data shows that Japan has great business potential for Indonesia, with a fairly high volume of trade between the two countries, which is USD 32.49 billion in 2021.
Japan’s recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) to Indonesia is quite large, the Indonesian diaspora population is estimated at 56 thousand people, and the large number of Indonesian-related companies in Japan are potential target markets.
As of the first quarter of 2022, BNI Tokyo’s assets were recorded at USD 946 million with a composition of Indonesia-related businesses of 96.91 percent. BNI already has an XPORA service that synergizes BNI’s MSME customers in Indonesia with potential markets abroad.
In this context, BNI Tokyo is actively involved in the center for MSMEs in Japan which is a collaboration between SOEs in Japan and the Indonesian Embassy to support MSMEs in Indonesia to go global.
“BNI Tokyo also facilitates Indonesian diaspora entrepreneurs who need financial support to increase their business capacity. It is hoped that BNI Tokyo can become a catalyst for the development of diaspora-owned businesses, become a business bridge between Indonesia and the East Asia Region, and make a real contribution to supporting national economic growth,” he added.****
