Additionally, in October 2013, the “4th Vice-Ministerial Level Meeting in the Transport Sector between Indonesia and Japan” was held and progress was confirmed for cooperation projects being promoted by both countries in the fields of logistics, railways, automobiles, ports, maritime traffic, and aviation and exchanged opinions on solutions to issues encountered. In response, Indonesia expressed strong interest in a high-quality logistics system to handle increased trade and the improvement of user convenience (IC cards), safety, and environment in the field of railway services and it was confirmed that both countries would continue to strive for close cooperation and coordination.

### c. South Korea

In March 2014 the “9th Japan-South Korea High-Level Transport Meeting” was held in Okinawa and in addition to exchanging information on case studies of logistics policies, safety measures for the transport sector, and substitute driving systems for automobiles, an agreement was reached to continue bilateral cooperation in the transport sector.

### d. India

In October 2013, the “7th Meeting of Japan-India Joint Working Group on Urban Development” was held in Tokyo for the purpose of greatly contributing to the further growth and development of economic and social aspects of the cities of Japan and India where information and opinions were exchanged on the urban transportation, urban development, and water environment sector.

## (2) Jakarta Metropolitan Priority Area for Investment and Industry (MPA) $ ^{Note} $

At the “4th Metropolitan Priority Area for Investment and Industry Steering Committee” held in Tokyo in December 2013, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan and the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia among other parties agreed to further cooperation to smoothly and swiftly realize projects being promoted through the cooperation of both countries including rail, road, ports, aviation, sewerage, and others.

## (3) Initiatives in Other Emerging Countries

In order to establish seamless and highly reliable logistics infrastructure in India, the Director-General level “Japan-India Policy Dialog” was held in October 2012 (1st: Delhi) and July 2013 (2nd: Chennai) and exchanged opinions on the improvement of the logistics environment including the development of southern ports and finished automobile transport schemes.

Regarding Russia, with regard to the “Memorandum of Cooperation in the Transport Sector” concluded between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Transport of Russia, opinions were exchanged using occasions such as the “Japan-Russia Transport Working Group” on topics such as increasing the competitiveness and efficiency of the Siberian railway and the utilization of far east ports. Regarding Russia’s urban environmental problems, the “Japan-Russia Urban Environment Problem Working Group” was established as a bilateral cooperation framework and the first meeting was held in April 2013 in Moscow. Also, at the Japan-Russia Forum held in April 2013 when the Prime Minister visited Russia, the urban environment sector was one of the specific sectors mentioned in a speech as one of the sectors where bilateral economic cooperation would be promoted and emphasized that Japan was ready to contribute. Additionally, in September 2013 a meeting for working group chairs was held and in addition to reaching an agreement on specific areas for cooperation among others and in October of the same year, the “Japan-Russia Urban Environment Problem Council” was established as Japan’s parent organization of the working group with broad support including that from relevant companies and organizations.